Can Waterworld Star Kevin Costner Save the Ocean From Oil? Maybe!
Actor Kevin Costner testified Wednesday before the House Committee on Science and Technology, focusing on the research and technology needs of oil spill remediation efforts.
This is the second time in a week that a Hollywood icon has offered advice to a Congress, scientists and BP officials regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Do you think Congress has officially "lost it's mind" and was willing to hear from the star of Waterworld out of desperation? Maybe not.
Costner has personally invested over $20 million since 1993 in developing a technology that uses a centrifuge to separate the oil from the water, eliminating the need for chemical dispersants.
Ocean Therapy Solutions is the name of the company producing the technology that was acquired by Costner through a technology transfer from the Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory in 1993.
Costner spent the subsequent years and $20 million in research and development to perfect the device for use in oil spill clean-ups.
The company produces 5 models of the device ranging in scale from the Model V02 with a flow rate of 0.
5 gallons per minute suitable for laboratory or pilot plant applications, to the large V20 model with a throughput of 200 gallons per minute.
The centrifuge separates the oil and the resulting water output is 97% pure.
The device is capable of operating at heat and cold temperature extremes, handles varying densities of oil contaminants and has very few moving parts, resulting in an easily maintained, efficient machine.
BP has purchased 32 of the large scale devices.
According to Ocean Therapy Solutions, they conducted successful tests of its centrifuge devices in brown water this past weekend and planned to test the machines in deeper, blue water beginning Monday.
"The blue water tests were delayed as we continued to outfit the barges with proper powers, pumps and crew quarters.
We are pleased with the results we have obtained so far and continue to make adjustments to the machines to maximize their performance.
The tests remain closed to media as we continue our work".
The Gulf Oil Spill will be the ultimate test for Ocean Therapy Solutions' technology.
This environmental disaster could be the best thing that ever happened to the company and the company will hopefully be the best thing that has happened to the Gulf of Mexico in 52 days.
This is the second time in a week that a Hollywood icon has offered advice to a Congress, scientists and BP officials regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Do you think Congress has officially "lost it's mind" and was willing to hear from the star of Waterworld out of desperation? Maybe not.
Costner has personally invested over $20 million since 1993 in developing a technology that uses a centrifuge to separate the oil from the water, eliminating the need for chemical dispersants.
Ocean Therapy Solutions is the name of the company producing the technology that was acquired by Costner through a technology transfer from the Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory in 1993.
Costner spent the subsequent years and $20 million in research and development to perfect the device for use in oil spill clean-ups.
The company produces 5 models of the device ranging in scale from the Model V02 with a flow rate of 0.
5 gallons per minute suitable for laboratory or pilot plant applications, to the large V20 model with a throughput of 200 gallons per minute.
The centrifuge separates the oil and the resulting water output is 97% pure.
The device is capable of operating at heat and cold temperature extremes, handles varying densities of oil contaminants and has very few moving parts, resulting in an easily maintained, efficient machine.
BP has purchased 32 of the large scale devices.
According to Ocean Therapy Solutions, they conducted successful tests of its centrifuge devices in brown water this past weekend and planned to test the machines in deeper, blue water beginning Monday.
"The blue water tests were delayed as we continued to outfit the barges with proper powers, pumps and crew quarters.
We are pleased with the results we have obtained so far and continue to make adjustments to the machines to maximize their performance.
The tests remain closed to media as we continue our work".
The Gulf Oil Spill will be the ultimate test for Ocean Therapy Solutions' technology.
This environmental disaster could be the best thing that ever happened to the company and the company will hopefully be the best thing that has happened to the Gulf of Mexico in 52 days.