The actor Kevin Costner provided to the BP oil centrifuges with technology developed by him and a group of scientists to separate the oil from the water to try to clean the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, informed the press John Houghtaling, Costner’s partner.
Costner is a passionate environmentalist and fisherman in his spare time, he traveled to New Orleans to present the invention in society and propose its use to save the fragile ecosystem and, above all, to avoid another disaster of the magnitude of the spill of 37,000 tonnes of hydrocarbon in March 1989 caused the tanker Exxon Valdez in Alaska.
It was this ecological tragedy that prompted the actor, 55, to invest in technology that can mitigate the effects of other similar discharge without knowing that this time would come this year, 21 years later.
For 15 years the actor has overseen the construction of machines that separate oil from water, he invested $ 24 million of his own money on private sector development.
Costner, who traveled to New Orleans with Houghtaling said he was “saddened” by the spill caused by the collapse of the rig Deepwater Horizon, operated by British Petroleum (BP), exactly one month ago, but also hopeful because, he said, “That’s why we have developed” machines.
Doug Suttles said that BP has authorized the use of six of the 32 machines that have Ocean Therapy Solutions for testing. These devices are able to purify 97 percent of contaminated water and John Houghtaling told reporters that the company is working to develop technology to also separate the remaining 3 percent.
The machines, Costner said, “are ready to be used and solve problems and not talk about them” only. The technology was ready for use ten years ago, but nobody was interested in those machines, said Houghtaling.
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