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Title: Oil spill recovery method and apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6580715

The recovery of oil in an oil spill on water is achieved by a medium which not only absorbs the oil but causes it to become heavy and loose its buoyancy in relation to water so it can be made to sink, together with apparatus for effecting the deposit of the medium upon the oil in an oil spill and for collecting the sinking oil below the surface and before it attaches itself to the bottom surface so it can be removed to a place where the recovered oil may be extracted from the medium which sank the oil.

Assignee:
IFI; EDB-81-049784
Patent Number(s):
US 4226711
OSTI ID:
6580715
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 14 Jul 1978
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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