There have been thousands of ideas suggested to BP on first how to stop the leak and then clean up the mess. A small Missouri manufacturer believes a machine he developed could make a big difference. You've heard the old adage: necessity is the mother of invention. Well an engineering and manufacturing firm near Lebanon in southwest Missouri has adapted a fluid separator machine to handle heavy crude oil and water the kind of equipment that is needed to protect those valuable wetlands and beaches along the Gulf Coast.
It can pull 80 - 85% percent of the oil from the water.
It can pull 80 - 85% percent of the oil from the water.
