Also a second comment Oil can be seperated very easily from water (as Water is a lot heavier hence why it floats on the surface) but the scale of the filter must be huge just to keep up with what's coming out of the well!

Apparently it coming out of the well at 20,000 barrells a day Still! (even 80% of it is being capped to a tanker on the surface) but 20,000 barrells is 2847 litres a MINUTE coming out under 10BAR pressure... That's a fuckin unbelievable.... out of this 30cm thin pipe