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 A Whale has now reached the Gulf of Mexico and is anchored in the Mississippi River in anticipation of the go-ahead to begin to "skim" the oil in the water A giant oil purification plant in the form of a converted supertanker can be programmed to clean water in the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel is owned by Taiwanese shipping company TMT. It has been converted for the purpose of clean water at a shipyard in Portugal. The hull has been raised twelve valves through which water is taken onboard, purified and then released again. Capacity is 21 million gallons per day. Owner and president, the Taiwanese billionaire Nobu-Su, told the press that the beta A Whale of the Gulf of Mexico on Oja "like a lawn mower cutting the grass'. The vessel known as "A Whale" is about 400 meters long and will be if it is put into operation the world's largest oil purification vessel. According to Company A Whale able to take care of half a million barrels of oily water per day. The U.S. Coast Guard will now decide whether A Whale is up to standard to be deployed in rehabilitation work. BP has previously promised to meet the expenses of remediation. In the field it prefers at this time up into a severe storm, which makes clean-up work. |
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