Oil Bosses Testing Costner’s Gadget

KEVIN COSTNER’s dreams of saving the Louisiana coastline from a mass oil spillage have moved a step closer - BP bosses have agreed to test out his water-oil separation device.

The Bodyguard star jetted into the region last week (13May10) with his scientist brother Dan after an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico ruptured, sending a huge slick drifting towards the state’s shores.

The brothers run Costner Industries Nevada Corporation (CINC), and have previously promoted a filtration system, designed by Dan Costner, to recycle oil.

Now BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles has agreed to test out six of the devices on the oil spill this week (beg17May10).

At a news conference last week (end16May10), Costner said, “Years before I got involved, oil spills were coming and I was wondering why we couldn’t clean this up. This is why it was developed… I’m just really happy that the light of day has come to this.”