HONOLULU - Coast Guard Cutter Kukui crewmembers prepare to deploy the fast sweep boom, a component of the Spilled Oil Recovery System, in Honolulu Harbor Dec. 14, 2010.
The skimming system, SORS, has four main steps: concentrate the oily sheen; skim the oil/water mix; pump oil skimmed from the water's surface; and contain the skimmed oil in a tank or other form of storage so the oil can later be transferred to an appropriate recycling or disposal facility.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony L. Soto
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