Over forty vessels were deployed, laying down booms around the oil and using skimmers to try to reclaim what they could.

Oil was collected from water by using skimmers.

If they were extremely careful to use sleds and skimmers on only the most critical errands, they might just last out Pern's current pass through the Oort cloud matter.

The fact that they used much faster skimmers and not slow, lumbering crawlers might not make much difference to a wary enemy.

Cleanup crews using vacuum trucks and skimmers recovered another 36,000 gallons of oil.

Salt was drained by being raked to the side of the pans, and then transferred using skimmers onto the hurdle boards (walkways) around the pans.

Oil washed up in Ireland was due to be recovered mechanically by local authorities using bulldozers and skimmers with the assistance and supervision of the Coast Guard.

Oil was collected by using skimmers.

But the stormy weather prevented cleanup crews from placing booms around the oil slick or from using skimmers to suck up the oil on the surface.

The gelled oil is removed from the water using nets, suction equipment, or skimmers, and is sometimes reused after being mixed with fuel oil.