Galveston oil spill boom

Image #: 28290187 An oil-soaked containment boom lies on the beach, with clean-up workers in the background, on the east end of Galveston Island March 24, 2014. U.S. authorities prepared to partially re-open the Houston Ship Channel on Monday afternoon after an oil barge spill shut it for a third day, forcing the nation’s second-largest refinery to curb production. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES – Tags: DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) Reuters /RICHARD CARSON /LANDOV