Oil booms deployed
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Traditional booms have been used for at least two purposes during the crisis.
Here, Louisiana oil field diver Adam Shaw uses a hook to separate a more traditional oil boom that was to be used to trap oil for burning.
May 28, 2010 7:58 AM PDT
Photo by: Spc. 1st Class (SW) Jeffery Tilghman
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