A lubricant scoop in a gas turbine engine having a rotor shaft and a bearing assembly , said lubricant scoop comprising: a plurality of vanes configured to rotate with and extending tangentially from said rotor shaft in a circumferential row, each of said plurality of vanes defining a lubricant capture region between a radially-inward surface of the vane and the rotor shaft; and fluid pathways in fluid communication with the lubricant capture region for providing lubricant from the lubricant capture region to the bearing assembly; wherein each of the plurality of vanes has a leading edge , a trailing edge , and an intermediate trailing edge ; wherein each of the plurality of vanes has a protruding lower lip extending radially inward at an intermediate portion of the vane such that a cavity is partially defined by the lower lip, said cavity being in fluid communication with the fluid pathways and configured to provide improved lubricant flow through the fluid pathways; wherein said lower lip separates a first capture surface from a second capture surface ; wherein the intermediate trailing edge is defined at the juncture between said lower lip and said second capture surface; wherein the trailing edge is defined at the juncture between said second capture surface and a body of the rotor shaft ; and wherein the cavity is further partially defined between the body of the rotor shaft and the second capture surface extending between the body and the intermediate trailing edge; characterised in that said lower lip terminates at a tip which is disposed circumferentially closer to the trailing edge of the vane than the intermediate trailing edge. a plurality of vanes configured to rotate with and extending tangentially from said rotor shaft in a circumferential row, each of said plurality of vanes defining a lubricant capture region between a radially-inward surface of the vane and the rotor shaft; and fluid pathways in fluid communication with the lubricant capture region for providing lubricant from the lubricant capture region to the bearing assembly; wherein each of the plurality of vanes has a leading edge , a trailing edge , and an intermediate trailing edge ; wherein each of the plurality of vanes has a protruding lower lip extending radially inward at an intermediate portion of the vane such that a cavity is partially defined by the lower lip, said cavity being in fluid communication with the fluid pathways and configured to provide improved lubricant flow through the fluid pathways; wherein said lower lip separates a first capture surface from a second capture surface ; wherein the intermediate trailing edge is defined at the juncture between said lower lip and said second capture surface; wherein the trailing edge is defined at the juncture between said second capture surface and a body of the rotor shaft ; and wherein the cavity is further partially defined between the body of the rotor shaft and the second capture surface extending between the body and the intermediate trailing edge; characterised in that said lower lip terminates at a tip which is disposed circumferentially closer to the trailing edge of the vane than the intermediate trailing edge. <EOS>