. The skim disk consists of a plastic disk and 110-volt fan-cooled gear motor. The product also features a boomerang-shaped wiper blade that extends over the edge of the receiving trough. In addition, ...

NEAH BAY — A new oil-skimming system is up and running at Neah Bay. The Elastec/American Marine X150 grooved-disc skimmer has more storage capacity and is three to four times faster than other systems ...

A large oil spill in Cook Inlet is the stuff of nightmares for Alaskans who call the area home. One of the organizations dedicated to cleaning up potential spills is CIRCAC, the Cook Inlet Regional ...

Waikato Regional Council is welcoming the stationing of a new device in the region to help deal with maritime fuel and oil spills by sucking material in almost like a vacuum cleaner. The so-called ...

Grooved Disc Skimmer: The Grooved Oil Disc Skimmer, so far only recently commercialized, is in the process of being developed into full system which will include a self-contained launching system and ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abanaki Corporation reported that its patent-pending Fuzzy2™ material being used on a disk oil skimmer in the Gulf picked up 56,000 gallons of oil in one day, triple the ...

Cleaning up marine oil spills can be a challenge as there are various types of oil spilled but only a few effective recovery methods. The three main technologies for oil spill recovery for inland and ...

An innovative piece of oil-spill recovery equipment — evolved from a design created at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management in 2006 by Victoria Broje, who was a ...