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^^ In this system, the water and oil would enter through the tube on the left. Since oil stays on top of water, the water would exit through the small tube on the bottom. The oil will then flow over the barrier and travel down the large tube into a compartment in which it will be contained.
 * Preliminary Design**

In my design the oil is separated from the water by the properties of gravity and is skimmed off the top while the water exits into the release chamber.

In this system you have this box-like contraption that floats in the water atop a barge. The barge can be either pushed or pulled by a tugboat which is controlled by any fisherman or boat driver. As the barge floats around we would have a pump, pumping in oil water that fills up in the main atrium of the box. As the water continues to fill in and rise with the oil sitting lightly atop, it fits right under our oil slump trapping the oil above. the oil flows into an opening in the oil slump and then falls into a container, all the while the water slips under the slump falling into another container where it is then released back into the gulf.