It has been a while since we've heard anything about the oil separation device backed by actor Kevin Costner and purportedly an improved form of skimming oil escaping into the seas from the BP (NYSE:BP) oil spill.
The new system had to be integrated on a barge to work, and in a relatively short 10-day period has been put together, and the first one was sent out into the Gulf to do its work on Thursday.
Reiterating Costner's claims, Doug Suttles, chief operating officer of BP,
said it is an improvement over other skimmers in that it can operate in harsher weather, being able to withstand waves of up to 10 feet, whereas other skimmers can only operate in four feet, and results aren't that great under those conditions.
Suttles also said they remove more oil, which is obviously better for the environment, as they can eliminate a larger amount which could end up washing along shores or migrating via currents to places further away.
The fact that they work and will be a vast improvement over prior skimmers is great news, and makes you wonder how much better things would have been if they had been available from the beginning.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
BP (NYSE:BP) Acquires 32 Kevin Costner Oil Cleanup Devices
Actor Kevin Costner asked lawmakers and BP (NYSE:BP) to give his oil cleanup machines a try, a venture inspired from images viewed by Costner when the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Alaska.
Costner has invested $20 million of his own money into the project, starting a company named Costner Industries, which worked with Ocean Therapy Solutions who developed the machines.
Initial tests failed when BP viewed the machines, but that was evidently from the thickness of the oil which changed from the dispersants used on it.
After the devices were adapted to be used with a thicker consistency, they worked as they were supposed, resulting in BP ordering 32 of the machines from Costner.
"We were confident the technology would work but we needed to test it at the extremes. We've done that and are excited by the results," said Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer. "We are very pleased with the results and today we have placed a significant order with OTS [Costner's Ocean Therapy Solutions] and will be working with them to rapidly manufacture and deploy 32 of their machines."
The largest of the devices can clean water at 200 gallons of oil a minute, and for the day it can capture 2,000 barrels of oil.
Costner has invested $20 million of his own money into the project, starting a company named Costner Industries, which worked with Ocean Therapy Solutions who developed the machines.
Initial tests failed when BP viewed the machines, but that was evidently from the thickness of the oil which changed from the dispersants used on it.
After the devices were adapted to be used with a thicker consistency, they worked as they were supposed, resulting in BP ordering 32 of the machines from Costner.
"We were confident the technology would work but we needed to test it at the extremes. We've done that and are excited by the results," said Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer. "We are very pleased with the results and today we have placed a significant order with OTS [Costner's Ocean Therapy Solutions] and will be working with them to rapidly manufacture and deploy 32 of their machines."
The largest of the devices can clean water at 200 gallons of oil a minute, and for the day it can capture 2,000 barrels of oil.
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