To efficiently recovery oil from oil/water mixed liquid, fibrous sepiolite, polyethylene powder and nickel nitrate was respectively used as raw mateials, carbon source and pore-forming agents, and catalyst precursor to prepare carbon nanotubes (CNTs) modified sepiolite porous ceramics by freeze-drying/catalytic pyrolysis method, and the effects of solid content and pyrolysing temperature on the morphology of the modified porous ceramics were studied. The water contact angle and oil-water separation performance in severly environment such as acid (pH=1), alkali (pH=14), and high (373 K) and low temperature (77 K) were also characterized. The results showed that when the concentration of catalyst precursor solution was 0.5 mol/L, the solid content of sepiolite was 15wt%, the catalytic pyrolysis temperature was 973 K, and the soaking time was 2 h, the as-prepared CNTs modified porous ceramics possessed superhydrophobic/superlipophilic nature, and their maximum adsorption capacity for diesel, paraffin oil, vegetable oil, and vacuum pump oil is respectively 15.7, 20.8, 23 and 25 times of their own weight. The oil flux during the continuous separation process is up to 250 kg·s ^-1·m ^-2, and the separation efficiency and selectivity can be maintained without significant decreasing within 5 h.