Patent ID: 8216457

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of emergency extraction line components deployed in a body of water and operable to intake a liquid, each emergency extraction line component comprising: a body comprising a buoyant material; a first contaminant-transporting conduit running through the body; a second contaminant-transporting conduit running through the body and connected to the first contaminant-containing conduit with a third contaminant-transporting conduit; a first liquid intake connected to the first contaminant-transporting conduit with a fourth contaminant-transporting conduit and located at a point in the body above a centerline of the first contaminant-transporting conduit; and a second liquid intake connected to the first contaminant-transporting conduit with a fifth contaminant-transporting conduit and located at a point in the body below the centerline of the first contaminant-transporting conduit; wherein each emergency extraction line component is connected to at least one other emergency extraction line component at the first contaminant-transporting conduit and at the second contaminant-transporting conduit for the emergency extraction line component and the first contaminant-transporting conduit is operably connected to a first pump and the second contaminant-transporting conduit is operably connected to a second pump.