ABASCO was established in 1975 as a privately held company based in Houston, Texas and was initially focused upon improved oil spill and industrial skimmer packages which expanded to dispersant spray systems, other mechanical equipment and spill response vessels. The geomembrane division was soon created to provide a wide variety of containment booms, temporary storage devices and other products utilizing specialty fabrics. As the company expanded, the products covered the full range or recovery, containment and storage applications required for emergency response by spill responders, industrial firms and first responders.
Oil booms, also refereed to as containment boom, is a temporary floating barrier designed to contain an oil spill.
EXPLORE Containment BoomsOil skimmers, also known as floating oil skimmers or oil spill skimmers, are mechanical devices used to collect oil.
EXPLORE Response SkimmerThese are portable and versatile all purpose utility pumps.
EXPLORE Offloading / Transfer PumpsThe ABASCO oil spill dispersant systems are design for many different marine application requirements.
EXPLORE Dispersants & SprayersOur marine response vessels are designed for responding to all kinds of oil spills.
EXPLORE Response BoatsABASCO spill response kits comply with Coast Guard 33 CFR, Part 155, Oil Spill Regulations.
EXPLORE Spill Response KitsABASCO sorbent rolls are made of the same polypropylene material as our pads and can be used in the same situations.
EXPLORE SorbentsABASCO spill berms are the perfect solution for spill containment or emergency drips.
EXPLORE Temporary Oil StorageResponse Skimmers – Rotary Skimmers using disc, drum and brush recovery banks; Rope Mop Skimmers and Weir Skimmers supported by Hydraulic or Pneumatic Power Packs; wide variety of Recovery Pumps and ancillary items as required by the equipment and application.
Containment Booms – the complete range of Conventional Boom; Air Inflated Booms; Self Inflating Booms; Harbor Booms; Shoreline Booms and Permanent Booms supported by powered or manual Boom Reels; Anchor Packages and ancillary items as required by the boom type and application.
Temporary Oil Storage – ABASCO offers a complete range of Open Top, Onion Tank and Berms to meet industrial, oil spill and first responder applications.
Dispersant & Sprayers – a broad range of Harbor, Coastal and Offshore Dispersant Spray Systems are available and high performance Dispersant Agents.
Offloading / Transfer Pumps – Recovery Pumps are available to be mounted on skimmers, hydraulic power units or free standing with various sizes of Transfer Pumps available in either diesel or electric powered packages.
Response Boats – the company can provide simple Jon Boats to heavy duty industrial Oil Spill Response Vessels (OSRV) for inland, coastal or limited offshore applications.
Spill Response Kits / Sorbents / Soil Bioremediation – A variety of Oil, Chemical and Universal Response Kits; Remediation Products; Organic Sorbents or Oil, Chemical and Universal Spill Sorbents are available from our Houston warehouse.
Training / Commissioning / Installation – The company has experienced personnel and contractors available to provide on-site support or at the factory of our full product range.