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This article is an overview of the Simulation Tank for Oil Recovery in Marine Situations (STORMS) which the Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI) operate; and related research activities conducted in the STORMS. Oil spills may still cause severe environmental and economic damage. Research works into responding to such incidents are important to prevent or minimize damage. STORMS is a seawater test tank specially designed for oil spill response and was built in 2004. The tank is as large so as to test full scale oil skimmers and can simulate various situations in which any oil recovery mission may actually encounter at sea; this includes wave, current, temperature, as well as wind. Over the last 4-years of operation, the facility has played an important role in oil spill research and response engineering in Japan. This article also present an example of developments carried out in STORMS, such as the high oil concentration weir skimmer.
