Oil Containment Booms are a fast response barrier designed for immediate deployment around spills. Equipped for calm water, fast water, or moving water areas, these booms can effectively contain your spills and prevent spreading around your site. Booms are available for most water conditions, as well as land spills. Oil Booms Oil Booms Standard design of the oil containment boom will feature an impermeable skirt, top flotation device and bottom ballast chain. Depending on the type of water where you will be storing these boom, they may also feature a variety of cables to help with containment in your location. Boom containment in locations like streams, canals, marinas, marine construction sites etc. can help contain the spill to a single location, preventing the spread of materials into lakes, shores or other large or protected water areas. Spill Response Applications Oil spill containment booms can be used in several different locations to help contain, cleanup and control spills. Oil boom deployment and cleanup is offered in multiple water locations including: Calm Waters Fast Waters Lakes Rivers Ponds Ocean Shores In order to successfully meet containment needs in your location, booms are made to handle several different strengths including use in calm water, moving water and open water conditions.