Patent ID: 8343352
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: C02F,E02B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of collecting and/or containing oil in an oil spill comprising: providing an absorbent mat formed from side by side strips of material arranged side by side and connected at spaced positions longitudinally of the strips so that each strip is connected to a next adjacent strip on one side at first spaced positions and to a next adjacent strip on an opposed side at second spaced positions which are arranged alternately to the first spaced positions so as to form a honeycomb structure with top and bottom surfaces of the mat defined by edges of the strips; the mat therefore having tubular cells extending between the top and bottom surfaces of the mat defined between edges of the strips placing the mat on or around oil from an oil spill with one of the surfaces of the mat flat on the oil spill and the cells at right angles to the oil spill; and absorbing the oil into the cells.