Abstract: An oil separation method and apparatus for the separation of acceptable oil from contaminated oil containing solids and liquids withdrawn from an oil well. A single oil skimming unit is partitioned into compartments and provided with rotating skimming tubes. A water leg may be raised and lowered in order to maintain a constant fluid level in the first, or water, compartment. Two pump jets are incoporated into the neck of the gas separator in order to continually move the solid contaminants so that they are not as able to settle and block fluid flow in the gas separator.