Skimmer, booms, and the rest of the technology we use to fight an oil spill in those first desperate hours By Eric Limer Published: May 21, 2015 10:45 AM EDT Media Platforms Design Team ...

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A boat with the nonprofit collective Clean Seas deploys a boom, with an oil platform seen in the distance, to try to contain an oil spill on May 19, 2015 north of Goleta, California.

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Still, the spill will significantly boost this year’s tally for pipeline spills, which as of mid-September was close to 2.3 million gallons — an almost 20 percent increase over 2012’s total.

Images of damaged coastlines, oily sheens, containment booms and endangered wildlife are part of every offshore oil spill. And while a response team arrives and the clean up gets underway ...

Responders estimated up to 420 gallons of crude oil entered the water. More than 2,000 feet of hard boom and sorbent boom have been placed around the affected areas to contain and recover oil product.