Case Study
Muffin Monsters Help BP Oil Spill Vessels Keep Working
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•Case Study: Muffin Monsters Help BP Oil Spill Vessels Keep Working
By JWC Environmental
In the first weeks of the BP oil spill, T&T Marine Salvage arrived on scene quickly to skim and recover oil near the site of the Deepwater Horizon sinking. Then a setback - their massive offshore vessels ran into an issue when seaweed and trash started clogging pipelines and valves onboard the ship.
"We recognized there was a problem quickly," said Mike Popa, a Response Manager for T&T Marine of Galveston, Texas, one of the nation's leading marine response companies. "We had highcapacity hydraulic pumps attached to the arm of an excavator but on board the vessel the 4" (100mm) pipeline valves would become clogged with seaweed, sticks and trash."
Once a valve or pipeline clogged on the 224' (70m) offshore vessel (OSV) the entire pumping operation shut-down - a frustrating setback during the intense pressure of the clean-up operation.
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