The oil is stored in a large rubber "bladder ... constantly changing the consistency," Capelotti said, and skimmer boat operators must be trained on how to handle the various forms.

Oil nearer the well site can be corralled and burned, but not as it comes closer to shore. "The ocean is a giant washing machine, constantly changing the consistency," Capelotti said, and skimmer boat ...

Local and state leaders have also questioned why BP -- the owner of the ruptured well spewing millions of gallons of oil -- hasn't enlisted foreign-registered boats and skimmers to remove more oil ...

BP says it has some oil skimmers back out on the seas off ... ranging from technical advice to skimmer boats and booms. But many of those offers are weeks old, and only a small number have been ...

On the deck of boats, they look like fluorescent pool ... the oil clings to it while the water simply falls off. Then the skimmer scrapes the oil off before the object take another pass through ...

GULFPORT, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour inspected the first of what he said will soon be a fleet of 27 oil-skimmer boats for Mississippi on Tuesday, and the head of BP's oil-disaster ...

A stricken Japanese oil tanker that's leaked tons of oil into ... "Booms had been placed already around the ship and the skimmer boat is also present as precautionary measures," the group said.

Another 500 metres of booms have reached Chennai from Paradip (Odisha) along with oil skimmers. Sufficient boats and manpower have been deployed for oil removal activities at the creek.

A major oil spill that has shut beaches at a popular tourist resort was caused by a dredger boat losing engine power ... where two skimmer craft will then lift the oil into storage tanks, the ...