Oil Spill Containment Booms
Our Oil Booms are most commonly used as spill-response booms. Also called oil spill containment boom, it is designed with semi-flexible internal foam flotation and a flexible fabric skirt. These are available in different sizes and strengths to contain spills in conditions from quiescent waters to open ocean waves.
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Oil Spill Cleanup Boom Calm Water is the perfect oil spill containment boom for quick response to spills in small streams, canals, roadside ditches and other shallow calm water areas. Our Calm Water Oil Booms are easily stored and transported. View Marine Mooring Anchors
Oil Spill Cleanup Boom Fast Current & Protected Water are used in estuaries, rivers, streams and near shore environments where current is a factor.
Oil Spill Cleanup Boom Open Water is a high buoyancy oil spill containment boom suited for harbors and open waters.
Accessories for all booms include anchors, markers, lights, slides, tow-bridles, and buoys. View Boom Accessories
Oil Spill Containment Boom Deployment
How to handle an oil spill depends on different factors like type of the oil spilled, location, weather, time of day, manpower available and equipment at hand.There are three different types of boom deployment:
- Containment Boom: Containment oil boom deployment is a common tactic for areas with a mild current or moving water conditions. This type of deployment requires the boom to be installed around the spill area and perpendicular to where the spill is located. Booms are intended to complete contain the spill area and prevent further spreading.
Deflection Boom: Deflection deployment refers to booms which are placed along side spills to deflect oil to the desired cleanup locations. This type of deployment is common in areas where there are strong currents and where complete containment of the spill is not possible.
- Exclusion Boom: Exclusion boom deployment occurs when booms are placed around a particular area to protect oil from flowing into that spot. This type of deployment is intended to block or protect certain areas (sensitive spots such as marsh lands, intakes or shores) from contamination.
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Environmental Effects of Oil Spills
Oil penetrates and opens up the structure of the plumage of birds, reducing its insulating ability, and so making the birds more vulnerable to temperature fluctuations and much less buoyant in the water. It also impairs birds' flight abilities, making it difficult or impossible to forage and escape from predators. As they attempt to preen, birds typically ingest oil that coats their feathers, causing kidney damage, altered liver function, and digestive tract irritation.
This and the limited foraging ability quickly causes dehydration and metabolic imbalances. Hormonal balance alteration including changes in luteinizing protein can also result in some birds exposed to petroleum.
Most birds affected by an oil spill die unless there is human intervention.
Marine mammals exposed to oil spills are affected in similar ways as seabirds. Oil coats the fur of Sea otters and seals, reducing its insulation abilities and leading to body temperature fluctuations and hypothermia. Ingestion of the oil causes dehydration and impaired digestion.
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Other Oil Booms:
- Oil Spill Containment Boom Calm Water
- Oil Spill Containment Boom Fast Current & Protected Water
- Oil Booms Open Water
- Oil Absorbent Boom
- Spill Berms
- Oil Skimmers
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