For four weeks, BP has been trying to stem the leak on the massive oil well, and nothing has helped to stop the millions of gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.
BP has literally run out of ideas on how to stop the leak and is accepting suggestions from the public. No jokes — if you have an idea, call the tipline! Kevin Costner did!
In fact, next week, BP has plans to test an idea from the “Waterworld” star — a centrifuge machine that separates oil from water. Costner has apparently invested more than $24 million on developing centrifuge technology that can be dropped into the slick to start separating the oil from the water, and storing the petroleum in tanks.
“It’s like a big vacuum cleaner,” said Costner’s business partner, John Houghtaling II of New Orleans, “These machines are ready to be employed. The technology is familiar to the industry.”
Houghtaling, chief executive of Ocean Therapy Solutions, which developed the machines says, “Kevin saw the Exxon Valdez spill, and as a fisherman and an environmentalist, it just stuck in his craw, the fact that we didn’t have separation technology.”
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