In this video, you can see how the US Coast Guard, handled an Oil Spill in New Castle. In this news report, you can see the importance of having the proper boom to handle this type of events and the importance to act quickly with the best tools to prevent any...
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Oil Spill 101 Video: Blocking with Boom
One of the key tools and methods of containing an oil spill is with the use of floating booms. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) produced a very good video that explains the basics of that method. We encourage responders and...
How to Select an Oil Spill Containment Boom?
The Petroleum industry has come a long way from about 4 million barrels produced in 1930 to about 73 million in 2012. Products made from petroleum are found everywhere and range from basketballs to solvents to toothbrushes. Unfortunately, the industry is also...
Green Ways to Clean Up Oil Spills
Oil spills are major ecological disasters. Not only do they take huge amounts of time and much manual labor to clean up, but the effects of the spill are also long standing and not fully understood. Manufacturers of containment equipment have played an important role...