METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING OIL FROM WATER

摘要

Apparatus in fluid communication with an oil-contamined water supply, such a s a water leg portion of an offshore drilling or production platform sump tank , for conveying the separated water into contact with an organophilic clay in a vessel maintained at an operating pressure above atmospheric, preferably at a pressure of at least 10 psig, such that the hydrocarbons and other organic material contaminants will be adsorbed onto the organophilic clay and the water will pass through the clay and will be conveyed back to the ocean wate r without contamination.