Recovery of spilled crude oil from water

The invention relates to a membrane technology developed using polymeric material, to recover crude oil found in water due to spillages. Although several techniques have been employed for removing crude oil from bodies of water, these techniques are either focused on dissolving the spilled oil (rendering it useless) or using multiple processes to adsorb and recover the oil. This membrane technology presents an affordable solution for recovering spilled crude oil from water, without dissolving the oil or leaving behind a super hydrophobic membrane soaked with oil in the water. The membrane ensures that the spilled oil is effectively removed from the water and that the oil is recovered for further processing, leading to a reuse of the membrane.