ABASCO has provided our customers with highly-engineered, top-quality environmental application products for spill response, sediment control and wastewater market applications since 1975. ABASCO offers a diverse product line utilized to maintain water quality focused upon inland or coastal spill recovery and cleanup activities; sediment control requirements for marine and construction projects and waste water diversion baffles to enhance the process along with industrial skimmers used to recover oil. Each market served by ABASCO has product designs and personnel trained to support the varied industry applications for our environmental products as well as the ability to customize products for unique applications.
ABASCO’s corporate offices and manufacturing plant comprise 30,000 sq. ft. (2,800sq m) of under roof area in the Houston metropolitan area. In addition to its our sales staff, ABASCO sells through a worldwide network of distributors and in-country representatives. ABASCO also utilizes an established network of consultants and sub-contractors to provide a wide variety of services and specialized training as required by our customer base.
ABASCO operates under a quality management system that is ISO 9001:2000 compliant. ABASCO’s products are designed, manufactured and tested as applicable in accordance with ASTM and OPA 90 standards. ABASCO is an active member of the ASTM F-20 committee for oil spill products; International Spill Control Organization (ISCO), International Erosion Control Association (IECA) for sediment control markets and Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition & conference (WEFTEC) serving the waste water industry.
ABASCO has provide oil spill response, sediment control and waste water products to the major oil and gas firms, power industry, marine industry, oil spill contractors, Navy/Coast Guard, petrochemical industry, rail road industry, road transportation, mining industry, tourism, and municipal waste water treatment industry as key examples of product and market diversity. A representative list of major clients are mentioned on our web site and numerous other domestic and international companies have been served over the 40 + year history of the company
ABASCO maintains turbidity curtains used for sediment control and oil spill response containment products in stock already palletized and stretch wrapped for immediate shipment in the case of an emergency. In addition, the company offers the ancillary products such as tow bridles, anchor systems, buoy lights in our inventory system along with custom orders provided on a fast turnaround basis. Stocking levels will vary depending upon immediate demand and ER requirements with immediate access to air, ocean or domestic trucking. ABASCO can activate additional personnel expanding to a 24hr / 6 day week production schedule as was accomplished during the BP Deepwater Oil Spill with daily truckloads of 18” containment boom produced during the height of the SONS incident. The company is located adjacent to Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport and has easy access to the Port of Houston.