oil skimmer
Surface petroleum remover
An oil skimmer is a device that removes oil floating on water surfaces.
Industrial skimmers clean up spills in oceans, harbors, and waterways, while smaller versions remove oils and greases from coolant tanks and machinery.
The devices exploit oil's tendency to float, using drums, belts, or discs to collect the slick while leaving water behind: Cleanup crews deployed oil skimmers after the tanker leaked.
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- spillAccidental liquid release
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- boomLoud deep sound
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
petroleum · crude · cleanup · marine · vessel · separator · floating · floating debris · suction · drum · belt · weir · pump out · absorbent · bilge · refinery · harbor · pollution
oil skimmeroil tanker
Vessel transporting liquid fuel
oil rig · polluter · oil well · drilling rig
oil skimmeroil spill
Petroleum released into water
polluter · Deepwater Horizon · Exxon Valdez · tanker spill · blowout
oil, oils, oily, oiliness, oiled, oiling, oilskin, oilcloth, skim