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As with previous X PRIZE competitions, this one was intended to encourage private sector scientific research, by offering a cash prize to whichever team could best meet a given challenge. In this case, teams had to demonstrate a system of their own making, that could recover oil from a sea water surface at the highest Oil Recovery Rate (ORR) above 2,500 US gallons (9,463.5 liters) per minute, with an Oil Recovery Efficiency (ORE) of greater than 70 percent. Today, the winning teams were announced.</p> <div style="width: 530px; height: 409px; " class="article_img"><a href="/web/20131006180455/http://www.gizmag.com/oil-cleanup-x-challenge-winners/20141/picture/144668/" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/oilwinners-0.jpg" width="530" alt="An illustration of the first-placing winning Team Elastec/American Marine entry in the Wen..."/></a></div> <p>Taking the US$1million first prize was Team Elastec/American Marine, with an ORR of 4,670 gallons (17,678 liters) per minute and an ORE of 89.5 percent. The Illinois-based team used a unique grooved disc skimmer, which is designed to be pulled alongside a boat. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455/http://www.elastec.com/" target="_blank">Elastec/American Marine</a> is reportedly one of the largest manufacturers of oil spill equipment in North America.</p> <div style="width: 529px; height: 338px; " class="article_img"><a href="/web/20131006180455/http://www.gizmag.com/oil-cleanup-x-challenge-winners/20141/picture/144685/" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/oilwinners-3.jpg" width="529" alt="Team NOFI's Current Buster Technology is available in different sizes"/></a></div> <p>Norway's Team NOFI took the $300,000 second prize, managing an ORR of 2,712 gallons (10,266 liters) per minute and an ORE of 83 percent. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455/http://www.nofi.no/nofi-current-buster-technology-pat-aamp-pat-pending.4663323-139608.html" target="_blank">NOFI</a>'s Current Buster Technology incorporates a flexible V-shaped surface boom, that is towed between two vessels or alongside one (via an overhead arm). Oil is corralled down to the end of the V, where a separator removes it from the water. The company claims that its system can collect and separate oil at speeds of up to 5 knots.</p> <p>The $100,000 third prize was not awarded.</p> <!-- INTEL BANNER --> <!-- stumbleupon_recommended --> <!-- FM Content Well Zone Zone --> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455js_/http://static.fmpub.net/zone/7980"></script> <div id="bottom_unit"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- adstage = '2'; google_ad_client = 'pub-1607124478120364'; google_ad_output = 'js'; google_ad_channel = '5541773889+7414841517'; google_max_num_ads = '1'; google_skip = google_adnum; google_feedback = 'on'; google_ad_type = 'text'; google_image_size = '300x250'; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> </div> </div> <span class="title share_bar">Share</span> <div id="article_share_bar" class="dotsontop share_bar"> <div class="as_button fb_as_button"><div class="fb-like" data-href="http://www.gizmag.com/oil-cleanup-x-challenge-winners/20141/" data-send="false" data-layout="box_count" data-show-faces="false"></div><script type="text/javascript">_ga.trackFacebook();</script></div> <div class="as_button"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="gizmag">Tweet</a></div> <div class="as_button"><div class="g-plusone" data-size="tall" data-href="http://www.gizmag.com/oil-cleanup-x-challenge-winners/20141/"></div></div> <div class="as_button"><iframe style="overflow: hidden; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455if_/http://badge.stumbleupon.com/badge/embed/5/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gizmag.com%2Foil-cleanup-x-challenge-winners%2F20141%2F" width="50" height="60" id="iframe-stmblpn-widget-2"></iframe></div> <div class="as_button"><div class="pin-it-button" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20131006180455oe_/http://www.gizmag.com/oil-cleanup-x-challenge-winners/20141/" data-image="http://images.gizmag.com/hero/oilwinners.jpg" data-description="The winners of the US$1.4 million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE were announced today. 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And then buy a whole heap of equipment to shut up the doomsayers </p> <span class="name">Tony Smale</span><br> <span class="date"> 12th October, 2011 @ 06:24 pm PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-85480" class="a_comment"> <p>These oil cleanup devices probably won't work in the freezing waters and ice off of the Alaskan coast. The US Govt is granting permits for test drilling up there, with no thought to the dire consequences of a Deep Horizon event in that area. The next contest should test these devices for the clean up of thick, viscous, cold oil in a sea with 6 foot avg. wave height. </p> <span class="name">ujbenderyou</span><br> <span class="date"> 13th October, 2011 @ 03:07 pm PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-85486" class="a_comment"> <p>The article and the pictures do not do justice to the entries, especially the winning entry! </p> <p></p> <p>The main part of this challenge is to remove the oil from the water, not just to gather it up - the booms are easy to see, but extraction is the real challenge. </p> <p></p> <p>The Elastec solution has an rate that is 70% higher than the 2nd place entry, and an efficiency of nearly 90%. There's a video at the Elastec site, and the extraction rate and efficiency is amazing to watch. I'm just blown away by the elegance of their solution. </p> <span class="name">Jeffrey Karter</span><br> <span class="date"> 13th October, 2011 @ 03:11 pm PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-86050" class="a_comment"> <p>Those booms look great in a placid swimming pool. 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