Free Webcast: The Gulf DH Spill
A free webcast (sponsored by The Response Group) will be broadcast live from the Clean Gulf Conference & Exhibition on Tuesday 19th October at 0930–1130 EDT. The topic will be that of lessons learnt from the 2010 Gulf spill which occurred on 20th April with the explosion of Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
The explosion at the DH drilling rig escalated into one of the nation's largest offshore drilling and oil spill response incidents. The entire oil spill response community has come together in some capacity to help assist in the response. Operating alongside the US Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, BP launched a comprehensive, pre-approved oil spill response plan following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon. The company has dedicated millions of dollars per day to construction vessels, oil spill booms, ROVs, personnel and three deepwater drilling rigs working to stop the flow of oil from the Macondo well.
This incident has led to the promotion of a wide array of oil spill prevention and response techniques, processes and developments both in technology and services. Our panel of the key participants and leading personnel from the operator, regulator and responder communities will give an information-packed review of what has been learned to date and what we expect to occur in the immediate future as a result of the DH Incident.
Moderator:
•Phil Wieczynski, Chief-Bureau of Emergency Response, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Speakers:
•Michael J. Utsler, Chief Operating Officer, BP Gulf Coast Restoration Organisation
•Phil Wieczynski, Chief-Bureau of Emergency Response, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
•Roland Guidry, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, Department of Public Safety & Corrections
•Roy Barrett, President, The Response Group
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