Oil spill recovery system and method
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United States of America Patent
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Aug 11, 2015
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Jul 3, 2014
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Dec 27, 2012
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Jun 27, 2012
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Abstract
An oil spill cleanup system has a vessel, a separator within the vessel for separating oil and water, a pump for pumping an oil/water mixture into the separator, and one or more probes and submersibles having hoses connected to the pump, for collecting the oil/water mixture. The separator has two or more adjacent tanks, for containing the oil/water mixture. Gravity separates the oil from water in the first tank and the water is evacuated from the bottom, while the oil overflows in the second tank, having an increased oil concentration, and so on, until the pure oil is evacuated. A mobile oil platform is also disclosed, having a subsea well connected to a hose, the hose carrying oil to a vessel, wherein the vessel receives the oil and is exchangeable with an empty vessel when full. When the vessel drops the hose, floats maintain the location thereof.
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- 2012 Application Filing Year
- B63G Class
- 71 Applications Filed
- 62 Patents Issued To-Date
- 87.33 % Issued To-Date
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