Oil Stop offers a full range of oil spill control equipment including oil spill containment boom, liquid storage devices, fire-proof boom, and oil skimmers. Ancillary equipment and accessories offered by Oil Stop include boom reels, power packs, inflation blowers, turbidity control curtains, flood control barriers, “decon” pools, and associated equipment. Oil Stop’s offices and manufacturing facility are located in Harvey (New Orleans), Louisiana U.S.A. Oil Stop also has sales offices in New Iberia, Louisiana and Houston, Texas, and has sales agents in 25 countries worldwide.

Oil Stop supplies oil spill control equipment to major oil companies, co-ops and government agencies worldwide, and has supplied the United States Coast Guard with offshore inflatable boom and Fast SweepTM systems for their Strike Teams, B-Class buoy tenders Spilled Oil Recovery Systems (SORS), and Vessel of Opportunity Skimming (VOSS) systems. In addition, Oil Stop personnel provide on-site training for customers in locations around the world.
Oil Stop specializes in designing, providing, and installing complete custom contingency equipment packages as well as oil spill protection systems for water intakes. Oil Stop is considered an innovator in oil spill equipment design, and holds several patents on boom designs. Oil Stop’s Auto BoomTM is its most well-known product worldwide, and features single-point inflation for safe and rapid deployment.

Oil Stop is a Division of American Pollution Control Corporation (AMPOL), a leader in oil spill response and environmental services.

Oil Stop is ISO 9001:2000 certified (Certificate Number 2006-01727)

Oil Stop was founded in 1990, and has supplied the world with the finest spill control equipment since its inception.

Oil Stop’s General Manager, Andre “Andy” Charitat, Production Manager, Wayne Donovan, and Sales Manager, Leo Guidroz have combined 60 years experience in oil spill response equipment manufacturing and operation.