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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide oil containment boom?
Oil Containment Boom
Yes.
KDT provides oil containment boom, from calm-water harbor boom to ocean boom and shore-seal boom, delivered with anchoring gear and deployed, tended and recovered by our crews on your spill.
Typical configuration
- Harbor / calm-water boom
- About 6 in float over a 12 in skirt (18 in total height, typical)
- Ocean / open-water boom
- About 24–48 in total height, heavier ballast and tension members
- Shore-seal boom
- Air-filled upper chamber over water-filled lower chambers for intertidal zones
- Section length
- Typically 50 or 100 ft per section
- Connectors
- ASTM F962 universal slide (Z-type) connectors, typical
- Anchoring
- Fluke anchors, chain, trip lines and marker buoys
Containment boom is the floating barrier that keeps oil where it can be recovered and away from where it can do damage. Each section has a float above the water, a skirt hanging below it, and a ballast chain or tension member along the bottom. Boom is sized by float height and skirt depth: short, light boom for calm harbors and marinas, taller and heavier ocean boom for open water and chop, and shore-seal boom with water-filled lower chambers that seal against a beach or mudflat as the tide goes in and out.
KDT brings the boom, the connectors, anchors, buoys and lines, and the people and boats to put it in. We deploy it to the tactics in the Incident Action Plan, whether that's exclusion booming to protect a marsh inlet, deflection or cascade booming to steer oil to a collection point, or a tight containment ring around a source. Most protection strategies come straight out of the area's Geographic Response Plans, and we work to them under the Unified Command.
Boom that's left alone fails. Our crews tend it on every tide and every shift: checking anchors, adjusting angles to the current, swapping out oiled sections and replacing what the weather tears up. At demob we recover it, decon it and haul it out.
Available as
- Calm-water and harbor containment boom
- Ocean boom for open water and heavier seas
- Shore-seal (intertidal) boom
- Sorbent boom for sheen and final polishing
- Fence boom and permanent-style boom for marinas and outfalls
- Anchor kits, towing bridles and boom vanes
What's included
- Delivery of boom and anchoring systems to the staging area
- Deployment by boat and shore crews to the IAP tactics
- Boom tending every shift, with tide and current adjustments
- Replacement of oiled or damaged sections
- Recovery, decon and pickup at demob
Where it's used
- Containing oil at or near the source
- Exclusion booming to protect marshes, inlets and water intakes
- Deflection and cascade booming to a collection point for skimmers
- Shoreline protection on beaches and mudflats
- Containment around a vessel, dock or outfall during a hazmat release
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide oil containment boom?
Yes. We supply harbor, ocean and shore-seal boom with the anchors and lines to hold it, and our crews deploy, tend and recover it for the life of the spill.
What size boom do I need?
It depends on the water. Calm harbors and protected waters usually take about 18 in boom; open water with waves and current needs taller, heavier ocean boom. On shorelines where the tide goes out, shore-seal boom keeps the seal on the bottom. Tell us the location and conditions and we'll match it.
How much boom does a spill take?
Often a lot more than people expect. Protection strategies commonly call for several times the width of the area being protected, because boom has to be angled to the current. We work from the Geographic Response Plans and the IAP to size the order.
Who tends the boom after it's deployed?
We do. Boom has to be checked and adjusted on every tide and every shift, and oiled or damaged sections swapped out. That's included in the service.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.