Carson City company tied to actor Kevin Costner may aid in oil spill
Submitted by editor on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 5:39pm
A Carson City company, Costner Industries Nevada Corporation, which actor Kevin Costner finances, may have developed a system with another company owned by the actor that will be deployed by BP and the U.S. Coast Guard next week to help clean the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Las Vegas Sun are reporting.
Costner's company, CINC Industries, Inc., is located on Arrowhead Drive in Carson City. The company makes liquid centrifuges. The Costner company that is leading the charge is called Ocean Therapy Solutions. According to the New York Times story, six centrifuge technology vacuum machines will be tested. It isn't clear in the stories if engineers with the Carson City company are directly or indirectly involved in the technology.
BP says it will test the six centrifuge devices to vacuum up the oil with the technology that was created by Costner and New Orleans business partner John Houghtaling II. The technology cost more than $24 million to develop, according to the stories. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 55-year-old actor conceived the technology in 1995 while working on the movie "Waterworld."
