Clean technology investment firm Evok Innovations has unveiled a lightweight oil spill boom that its manufacturer , HARBO Technologies of Israel , said can be deployed in less than two hours . T - Fence uses a series of cartridges small enough to be carried as payload on a commercial vehicle , and is two - thirds lighter than traditional booms . At a recent refinery incident in California , 82 ft of T - boom was deployed by two employees in less than two minutes , successfully preventing the oil spill , HARBO said .
Clean technology investment firm Evok Innovations has unveiled a lightweight oil spill boom that its manufacturer, HARBO Technologies of Israel, said can be deployed in less than two hours. T-Fence comprises a series of cartridges small enough to be carried as luggage on a commercial plane, and is two-thirds lighter than traditional booms. At a recent refinery incident in California, 82 ft of T-Fence was deployed by two employees in less than 15 minutes, successfully containing the oil spill, HARBO said.