OPEC floating oil containment booms. For emergency oil spill response, debris deflection or debris collection in rivers, streams, coastal ports or harbours.

Opec : Types of booms

OPEC provide a wide variety of floating oil containment booms which can be used for;

  • Emergency oil spill response, inshore, lakes, rivers, streams
  • Marine fuelling spill kit for tier one (immediate) response
  • Nearshore and coastal pollution response
  • River water intake debris and oil deflection
  • Litter collection
  • Short and medium contracting works near water courses

Other bespoke applications have included seeding mussels for algae removal, floating golf ball driving range, tidal garden debris deflection, effluent discharge canal and river protection, power station intakes and discharge.

We even made a blue boom to enable filming in a water tank film set for ‘he who cannot be named’!

Boom Types Available:

The booms we offer are available as either air inflated or solid buoyancy as follows

Product Reference 250i 350i
Application Small Streams Rivers, Lakes
Total Height (mm) 250 350
Freeboard (mm) 120 150
Water Draft (mm) 130 200
Unit Length (m) 5,10,20 10,20
Boom Material PVC PVC
Standard Colour Yellow Yellow
Connectors EML EML
Product Reference 600i 750i
Application Rivers, Harbours Coastal, Nearshore
Total Height (mm) 600 750
Freeboard (mm) 260 330
Water Draft (mm) 340 420
Unit Length (m) 10,20 10,20
Boom Material PVC or PUA PVC or PUA
Standard Colour Orange Orange
Connectors EMCON EMCON
Product Reference 250p 330p 500p
Application Small Streams Rivers, Lakes Rivers, Lakes, Marinas
Total Height (mm) 250 330 500
Freeboard (mm) 100 150 200
Water Draft (mm) 150 180 300
Unit Length (m) 5,10,20 10,20 10,20
Boom Material PVC PVC PVC
Standard Colour Yellow Yellow Yellow
Connectors EML EML EML/EMCON
Product Reference 180g 380g
Application Rivers, Harbours Coastal, Nearshore
Total Height (mm) 520 1120
Freeboard (mm) 180 380
Water Draft (mm) 340 740
Unit Length (m) 10,15,20 10,15,20
Boom Material PVC or PUA PVC or PUA
Standard Colour Orange Orange
Connectors EMCON EMCON

*The tables above illustrate the standard range. Other sizes and specifications can be made on request.

Boom Accessories:

  • End fixings with tidal compensators to allow the boom to rise and fall with variable water levels
  • Anchor sets
  • Petrol Boom inflators with adaptor valves

Opec - Emergency Spill Response - Boom Kit