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  2. Boom (containment) - Wikipedia

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    Oil spill containment boom holding back oil Two Indian Coast Guard vessels deploying an ocean boom. A containment boom is a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill. Booms are used to reduce the possibility of polluting shorelines and other resources, and to help make recovery easier. Booms help to concentrate oil in thicker ...

  3. Spill containment - Wikipedia

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    As was the case with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, it may take a very long time for spills to be contained. Containment Booms are quickly deployed and help with recovery efforts after oil spills. Containment booms are a commonly used containment method. The barriers float on the water, with material that hangs below, to catch ...

  4. Deepwater Horizon oil spill response - Wikipedia

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    An oil containment boom deployed by the U.S. Navy surrounds New Harbor Island, Louisiana. The response included deploying many miles of containment boom, whose purpose is to either corral the oil, or to block it from a marsh, mangrove, shrimp, crab, and/or oyster ranch, or other ecologically sensitive areas. Booms extend 18–48 inches (0.46 ...

  5. Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    Oil containment boom used in an attempt to protect barrier islands. Containment booms stretching over 4,200,000 ft (1,300 km) were deployed, either to corral the oil or as barriers to protect marshes, mangroves, shrimp/crab/oyster ranches or other ecologically sensitive areas. Booms extend 18–48 in (0.46–1.22 m) above and below the water ...

  6. Boom (navigational barrier) - Wikipedia

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    Boom defence vessel - a vessel charged with laying anti-submarine nets; Log boom - a boom for collecting logs; Boom (containment) - a boom for containing oil spills; Pile barrage - an underwater fortification consisting of piles driven into the sea or river bed

  7. A Setback for BP's Oil Spill Containment Cap - AOL

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    In a rude welcome to Bob Dudley, BP's new point man in the Gulf oil spill, the company's containment effort hit a potentially serious snag when the cap covering the blown-out well had to be removed.

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