Due to the oil boom quick deployment and convenient operation in applications, it is widely used for long-term deployment on waters such as open seas, bays, harbors, rivers, oil platform, oil-refining plants, oil piers, oil storage, sea bathing area, etc. and it plays an important role in oil spilling accidents for emergent use.

When the oil boom acts as a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill, they 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 surface layers so that skimmers, vacuums, or other collection methods can be used more effectively. They come in many shapes and sizes, with various levels of effectiveness in different types of water conditions.

Usually, oil booms are the first containment method to be used and the last equipment to be removed from the site of the oil spill, they are the most commonly used and most environmentally acceptable response technique to clean up oil spills.

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