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BP 'Excited' Over Kevin Costner's Oil Cleanup Machine, Purchases 32 Units (Test Confirms it Works)
ABC News ^ | 06/19/2010 | SUZAN CLARKE, RAY SANCHEZ, DARCY BONFILS and MONICA ESCOBEDO

Posted on 06/19/2010 8:11:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Actor's Machine Designed to Separate Oil and Water, BP: Tests Confirm Device Works.

After actor Kevin Costner spent weeks calling attention to a high-tech oil cleanup device his company spent years developing, BP tested the machine and overnight released a statement saying that not only does the device work, officials are "excited" about its potential.

"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 machine is a centrifuge designed to separate spilled oil from water and, according to Costner, could be instrumental in cleaning up the massive oil slick expanding in the Gulf.

Costner has spent the past 15 years and more than $20 million of his own money to develop the oil separator, which during successful testing, left water 99 percent clean of crude.

"If 20 of my V20s [machines] would have been at the Exxon Valdez, 90 percent of that oil would have been cleaned up within the week," he said, referring to one of the models of the oil separators.

Costner told "Good Morning America" anchor Sam Champion Monday that he became inspired to work on the device after watching coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

That spill occurred off the coast of Alaska when the supertanker Exxon Valdez hit a reef in 1989. Approximately 11 million gallons of oil spilled into Prince William Sound, causing widespread harm to the local wildlife, environment and economy.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bp; kevincostner; oilspill
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t want to disparage Costner. If he has a machine that works and can help...great. But why is BP behind in this techology? Sheesh.


41 posted on 06/19/2010 8:43:11 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (?)
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To: SeekAndFind

My she has very LARGE knees!


42 posted on 06/19/2010 8:43:56 PM PDT by listenhillary (You might be a modern LIBERAL if you read 1984 & said "YEAH! That's the world that I want!")
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To: dfwgator

I was going to say that, but I was sure someone already did. I was right.


43 posted on 06/19/2010 8:44:51 PM PDT by listenhillary (You might be a modern LIBERAL if you read 1984 & said "YEAH! That's the world that I want!")
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To: dfwgator

I just KNEW somebody would post that!

I love Free Republic!


44 posted on 06/19/2010 8:45:13 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Soul Seeker
But why is BP behind in this techology? Sheesh.

One does not put money into something they think is highly unlikely to happen.... until, well, it happens.
45 posted on 06/19/2010 8:45:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Paradox
Not to mention that they will go to where oil is floating, not just stick a hose in FLA and start processing the entire Gulf.
46 posted on 06/19/2010 8:45:54 PM PDT by mainsail that
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To: Moonman62
The Dutch ships use gravity to separate the oil and water, which I think would be much more environmentally friendly.

Two questions :
1) Why was their offer of help refused ?
2) What's stopping Obummer from taking up their offer now ?
47 posted on 06/19/2010 8:47:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Another example that someone who is “just an actor” can actually have a brain and some entrepreneurial spirit. Good thing Costner could command some media attention. If it were Joe Sixpack with this fantastic invention, the bureaucrats wouldn’t give it a second look.


48 posted on 06/19/2010 8:51:58 PM PDT by Inkie
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama denied and fish died.


49 posted on 06/19/2010 8:52:07 PM PDT by volunbeer (Dear heaven.... we really need President Reagan again!)
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To: One Name

I thought I heard on the radio that this scooped up oil was unrefineable and would go straight to the landfill.


50 posted on 06/19/2010 8:54:17 PM PDT by Inkie
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To: bravo whiskey

Not all refineries are the same. The biggest difference as far as process units go are on the front end, and depend on the feedstock they are designed for. Some are designed for light sweet crudes, while others are set up for heavier sour crudes. The latter tend to include desalters and more aggressive crude units, along with vacuum distallation units and cokers, plus H2S extraction units to meet federal fuel standards, and also produce sulfur as a byproduct.

Now will Comrade Zero shoot down Costner’s centrifuge for the same reason as the Dutch skimmers - not 100% efficient? Will he offend his Hollywood constituency, or will he throw Costner under the bus as a way of telling Hollywood “stick to spewing approved Party propaganda”?


51 posted on 06/19/2010 8:58:13 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (FUBO! I salute you with the soles of my shoes!)
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To: Inkie

If the oil is mixed with chemical dispersants, that may be true.


52 posted on 06/19/2010 8:58:39 PM PDT by listenhillary (You might be a modern LIBERAL if you read 1984 & said "YEAH! That's the world that I want!")
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To: SeekAndFind

I think it was refused because it returns a little bit of oil to the water, and Obama didn’t want to give an exception to the rule.


53 posted on 06/19/2010 9:00:59 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: SeekAndFind
What's stopping Obummer from taking up their offer now ?

To succeed in getting $7/gallon gas plus cap and trade passed, it is necessary to have the worse possible environmental impact from the oil.

Obama is about destroying the United States as we know it, isn't that OBVIOUS now?

54 posted on 06/19/2010 9:07:08 PM PDT by politicianslie (A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders)
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To: Moonman62

Yeah.. It’s definitely better to leave ALL the oil in the ocean than to suck up 99% because we all know that 1% will totally ruin the environment! /s


55 posted on 06/19/2010 9:07:13 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: SeekAndFind

I heard about these machines just a few days after the blow out and Costner couldn’t get a audience with anyone and of course I was dubious of his ability to come up with something like this. I suppose it just skims the surface and not the entire Gulf basin?


56 posted on 06/19/2010 9:08:37 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: SeekAndFind
Why was their offer of help refused ?

Two reasons. First being the Jones act. Second being they pump 1% back in and the EPA won't allow that (leaving it 100% instead of 99%)

The Dutch were ready to go what on day 3? The government is just to much to blame as BP far as I'm concerned.

57 posted on 06/19/2010 9:09:28 PM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Inkie

That would probably work also but I would at least apply it to gravel roads like “chip seal” oil to get some use out of it.


58 posted on 06/19/2010 9:10:50 PM PDT by One Name
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To: Blood of Tyrants

2,000 barrels of oil per day per machine times 32 machines
equals 64,000 barrels per day removed. How much has your hot air removed from the gulf?

none


59 posted on 06/19/2010 9:17:37 PM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Costner has spent the past 15 years and more than $20 million of his own money to develop the oil separator, which during successful testing, left water 99 percent clean of crude.

His machine returns a bit of oil just like the Dutch system.

The difference is PR.

60 posted on 06/19/2010 9:21:22 PM PDT by marron
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