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It said that much of the spill has now been cleaned up, with some 70 cubic meters of oil-water mixture recovered and little sign of the spill on the water surface except for the area near the two platforms.
China Blames ConocoPhillips for Spill Jason Dean 2011
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"The two together are denser than the oil alone," and so much of the oil-water mixture tends to stay deep in the gulf, Mr. Highsmith said.
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The oil-water mix, which officials evidently assumed was 20 percent oil, could well have been closer to 10 percent, he said.
Optimistic Talk On Gulf Spill, But Oil Remains A Problem (VIDEO) 2010
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The oil-water mix, which officials evidently assumed was 20 percent oil, could well have been closer to 10 percent, he said.
Optimistic Talk On Gulf Spill, But Oil Remains A Problem (VIDEO) 2010
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It said an oil spill response team, part of an effort involving more than 1,000 people and 70 vessels, had recovered more than 260,650 gallons of an oil-water mix.
Coast Guard to set fire to oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico 2010
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The actor says he dumped $24 million into his oil-water separation technology, according to his presentation this week at the Aspen Environment Forum, "and that's after taxes" -- so you figure he had to smile for the camera to the tune of $35 million-plus to make his Ocean Therapy Solutions come to life.
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The actor says he dumped $24 million into his oil-water separation technology, according to his presentation this week at the Aspen Environment Forum, "and that's after taxes" -- so you figure he had to smile for the camera to the tune of $35 million-plus to make his Ocean Therapy Solutions come to life.
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It draws in an oil-water mixture at up to 200 gallons per minute, and spits out separate streams of oil and water from the other end.
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The actor says he dumped $24 million into his oil-water separation technology.
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When the center reported Friday that nearly 9 million gallons of an oil-water mixture had been skimmed from the ocean surface, those statistics came from barges and other vessels funded by BP.
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