Booming Business

A great deal of attention has been paid to the use of oil booms–a generally small-scale production item that has become central to large-scale containment of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the US government’s response website, www.RestoreTheGulf.gov, more than 3.51 million feet of oil booms have been deployed. Another 820,000+ feet are on-hand for deployment. Also in the July 21 numbers: more than 41,000 responders and 4,300 vessels have been involved in the oil zone response.