Patent ID: 8678707

Claim:
A capture system for oil escaping from a deep water well-head, the capture system comprising: an annular magazine residing on a sea bed circling a well-head; a collapsed curtain residing in the annular magazine and forming a closed circle around the well-head and a blowout preventer; cables attached proximal to an upper edge of the curtain for lifting the curtain out of the annular magazine vertically; a cinching belt proximal to the upper edge of the curtain for cinching the upper edge of the curtain either around a drill pipe if present, or to close the upper edge of the curtain, after the upper edge of the curtain is lifted above the blowout preventer; and a fitting through the curtain, the fitting connectable to a hose reaching to an ocean surface to carry oil captured by the curtain to a container residing on the surface.