Patent ID: 7987903

Claim:
An apparatus for containing oil from a deep water oil well, the apparatus comprising: an anchor section for anchoring the apparatus to a sea-floor, the anchor section comprising a base portion for positioning in the sea-floor and an anchor wall extending upward from the base portion, the anchor wall comprising a body with a top end; a plurality of riser sections, each of the plurality of riser sections comprising a riser wall, an inlet valve and an outlet valve, each riser wall having a body and a top end, the inlet valve opposite the outlet valve, a first riser section of the plurality of riser sections positioned on the anchor section; an upper section having a base portion and an enclosure portion, the base portion mounted on the top end of the riser wall of a last riser section of the plurality of riser sections, the enclosure portion having an aperture; a plurality of gasket sections, each of the plurality of gasket sections positioned between adjacent riser sections of each of the plurality of riser sections; and a flow tube in flow communication with an interior of the apparatus through the aperture of the enclosure portion of the upper section; wherein a pressure within the apparatus is equal to a pressure outside of the apparatus, and wherein oil is suctioned from the interior of the apparatus through the flow tube.