World’s largest oil skimmer heads to Gulf spill

June 30, 2010 by  

Crews aboard vessels around the drillship Discoverer Enterprise continue operations to minimize the impact from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in this June 28, 2010 handout photograph. Thousands of volunteers and vessels are working together on largest oil spill response in U.S. History. REUTERS/Walter Shinn/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP – With hurricane-whipped waves pushing more oil onto the Gulf of Mexico’s once-white beaches, the government pinned its latest cleanup hopes Wednesday on a huge new piece of equipment: the world’s largest oil-skimming vessel.



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