Why did the gulf of mexico oil spill happen?

 The main cause of the explosion on Deepwater Horizon was the failure of cement at the bottom of the 18,000-foot-deep well, which was supposed to contain oil and gas. That led to a chain of human and mechanical errors that allowed gas to shoot onto the rig under enormous pressure, triggering an explosion and fire that killed 11 of the 126 crew members and led to an oil spill that took 87 days to bring under control. The oil that leaked from the well before it was sealed formed a slick that covered more than 57,500 square miles (149,000 square kilometres) of the Gulf. To clean the oil from the open water, 1.8 million gallons of dispersant -- a substance that emulsifies the oil and makes it easier for bacteria to metabolize it -- are pumped directly into the spill and applied to the slick in the air. Booms were deployed in part of the fence and then sucked up or burned the oil contained. The oil was manually cleaned up in Louisiana in May when it began to contaminate beaches; Harder to clean are the state's marshes and estuaries, where the terrain is woven together by delicate vegetation. By June, balls of oil and tar had landed on beaches in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. In total, an estimated 1,100 miles (1,770 kilometers) of coastline was contaminated. Hopetopway's booms are dedicated to contributing to offshore oil spill time, with mature production technology and reliable quality.

Here is the contene list:

● What is an oil boom?

● What are the characteristics of oil containment booms?

● Oil containment boom cleaning and maintenance.

What is an oil boom?

It is an economical and universal oil-proof arm, especially suitable for floating objects such as oil spill in quiet coastal waters. It can be fixed for a long time. It has been widely used in inland pollutant discharge inlet, rivers, ports, lakes, offshore oil drilling platforms and other waters. PVC oil boom is universal transverse horizontal bubble cloth solid float high strength both sides plastic coated is applied to oil boom, have certain ability to resist the wind and waves and the capacity, strong and durable, easy to use, the advantages of easy cleaning and maintenance, the most prominent advantage is inside the oil boom is not water, consequently cloth when launch and recovery is very light, suitable for manual cloth, both for long-term cloth in the water, Also suitable for emergency layout.

What are the characteristics of containment booms?

Convenience in storage, deployment and retrieval due to their shape

Unique design ensures that us stays upright in the water.

●Light weight, compact and ideal to deploy in emergency situations.

●Toggle pins optional for Rapid Connection and deployment.

Cleaning and maintenance of containment boom.

1. Remove the containment boom in time when it is contaminated with oil. Had better use special cleaning machine, also can use cotton yarn, degreasing agent, brush to wait for cleaning. Booms stored in water for a long period of time should be regularly cleaned of booms' attachments and regularly inspected ashore.

2. Check the booms frequently, fill in the missing parts, remove the booms that cannot be repaired, and join them together according to the manufacturer's suggestions. Booms are locally worn out. Booms can be repaired with booms cloth and adhesive.

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Suzhou Hopetopway New Material Co., Ltd. has been engaged in safetyprot products for many years. Hopetopway has a strong R&D team. Hopetopway also has modern factories with multiple production lines. And a large number of meticulous quality control personnel. Provide global customers with high-quality safetyprot products. Our goal is: Safetyprot Is Hopetopway.

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