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Beaufort Sea: Hypothetical Very Large Oil Spill and Gas Release
OCS Report BOEM 2020-001 BEAUFORT SEA: HYPOTHETICAL VERY LARGE OIL SPILL AND GAS RELEASE U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Alaska OCS Region OCS Study BOEM 2020-001 BEAUFORT SEA: HYPOTHETICAL VERY LARGE OIL SPILL AND GAS RELEASE January 2020 Author: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Alaska OCS Region U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Alaska OCS Region REPORT AVAILABILITY To download a PDF file of this report, go to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (www.boem.gov/newsroom/library/alaska-scientific-and-technical-publications, and click on 2020). CITATION BOEM, 2020. Beaufort Sea: Hypothetical Very Large Oil Spill and Gas Release. OCS Report BOEM 2020-001 Anchorage, AK: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS Region. 151 pp. Beaufort Sea: Hypothetical Very Large Oil Spill and Gas Release BOEM Contents List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ............................................................................................................. vii 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 What is a VLOS? ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 What Could Precipitate a VLOS? ................................................................................................ 1 1.2.1 Historical OCS and Worldwide -
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling STOPPING THE SPILL: THE FIVE-MONTH EFFORT TO KILL THE MACONDO WELL ---Draft--- Staff Working Paper No. 6 Staff Working Papers are written by the staff of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling for the use of members of the Commission. They are preliminary, subject to change, and do not necessarily reflect the views either of the Commission as a whole or of any of its members. In addition, they may be based in part on confidential interviews with government and non-government personnel. The effort to contain and control the blowout of the Macondo well was unprecedented. From April 20, 2010, the day the well blew out, until September 19, 2010, when the government finally declared it “dead,” BP expended enormous resources to develop and deploy new technologies that eventually captured a substantial amount of oil at the source and, after 87 days, stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The government organized a team of scientists and engineers, who took a crash course in petroleum engineering and, over time, were able to provide substantive oversight of BP, in combination with the Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service (MMS).1 BP had to construct novel devices, and the government had to mobilize personnel on the fly, because neither was ready for a disaster of this nature in deepwater. The containment story thus contains two parallel threads. First, on April 20, the oil and gas industry was unprepared to respond to a deepwater blowout, and the federal government was similarly unprepared to provide meaningful supervision. -
Effects of Water Depth Workshop 2011
Table of Contents Workshop Steering Committee ....................................................................................... iii Session Chairs ................................................................................................................ iii Recorder Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... v Administrative Staff Acknowledgements ........................................................................ vii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 1 Introduction to Technical Summaries .............................................................................. 5 Technical Summary of Workshop Session #1 – Surface BOPs ...................................... 9 Technical Summary of Workshop Session #2 – Subsea BOPs ................................... 17 Technical Summary of Workshop Session #3 – Well Drilling and Completion Design and Barriers ............................................................................................................ 23 Technical Summary of Workshop Session #4 – Pre-Incident Planning, Preparedness, and Response .............................................................................................................. 33 Technical Summary of Workshop Session #5 – Post Incident Containment and Well Control ............................................................................................................ 37 Technical Summary -
IN the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the EASTERN DISTRICT of LOUISIANA in Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon
Case 2:10-md-02179-CJB-DPC Document 14021 Filed 01/15/15 Page 1 of 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater * Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, * MDL 2179 on April 20, 2010, * * * SECTION J This Document Applies To: * * No. 10-2771, In re: The Complaint and Petition * JUDGE BARBIER of Triton Asset Leasing GmbH, et al. * * and * MAG. JUDGE SHUSHAN * No. 10-4536, United States of America v. BP * Exploration & Production, Inc., et al. * ——————————————————————————————————————— FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW PHASE TWO TRIAL Case 2:10-md-02179-CJB-DPC Document 14021 Filed 01/15/15 Page 2 of 44 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a), the Court enters these Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law relative to the Phase Two trial. If any finding is in truth a conclusion of law or any conclusion stated is in truth a finding of fact, it shall be deemed so, labels notwithstanding. CONTENTS I. Introduction and Procedural History ................................................................................. 3 II. Source Control Segment ....................................................................................................... 5 A. Parties to the Source Control Segment ............................................................................. 5 B. Stipulated Facts; Timeline of Source Control Events ...................................................... 6 i. Terms and Definitions..................................................................................................... -
Macondo Well– Deepwater Horizon Blowout Lessons for Improving Offshore Drilling Safety
Macondo Well– Deepwater Horizon Blowout Lessons for Improving Offshore Drilling Safety ADVANCE COPY NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BEFORE Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:00 a.m. EST Prepublication Copy • Uncorrected Proofs PREPUBLICATION COPY Macondo Well–Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Improving Offshore Drilling Safety Committee for Analysis of Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Fire, and Oil Spill to Identify Measures to Prevent Similar Accidents in the Future Marine Board Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This project was supported by Contract No. N10PC18384 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of the Interior. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. Additional copies of this report are available from The National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street, NW Box 285 Washington, DC 20055 800-624-6242 202-334-3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area) http://www.nap.edu Copyright 2011 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. -
Joint Industry Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Task Force
JOINT INDUSTRY OIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TASK FORCE DRAFT INDUSTRY RECOMMENDATIONS to IMPROVE OIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS and RESPONSE September 3, 2010 Recommendations of the Joint Industry Oil Spill Preparedness & Response Task Force September 3, 2010 The Joint Industry Oil Spill Preparedness & Response Task Force (JITF) is comprised of member companies and affiliates of the American Petroleum Institute (API), International Association of Drilling Contractors, (IADC) Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and US Oil and Gas Association (USOGA). The JITF is co-chaired by Keith Robson and Jay Collins. The following companies and entities participated in the JITF: American Petroleum Institute Marathon Oil Ampol Marine Preservation Assoc. Anadarko Marine Spill Response Corp. Apache Corp. Natl. Ocean Industries Assoc. Aramco Services Co. Oceaneering Baker Hughes Oil Mop, LLC C&C Technologies Oil Spill Response, Ltd. Chevron Petrobras America, Inc. ConocoPhillips Polaris Applied Science Dynamic Offshore Research Planning Ecosystem Mgmt. & Assoc. Seacor Holdings ExxonMobil Shell Exploration & Production Co. GE Oil & Gas Statoil Hess Corporation Tesoro Independent Petroleum Association of America Tidewater LOOP PLC Wild Well Control This document was prepared by Ecosystem Management & Associates, Inc. under contract with the American Petroleum Institute. [i] Recommendations of the Joint Industry Oil Spill Preparedness & Response Task Force September 3, 2010 This page intentionally left blank. [ii] Recommendations of the Joint Industry Oil Spill Preparedness & Response Task Force September 3, 2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION With the emergency response phase of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) incident nearly complete and preliminary findings and lessons learned becoming clearer, industry continues its assessment of what went well, what areas need improvement, and what areas need additional study. -
Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: a State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-2012 Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Elizabeth A. Bradshaw Western Michigan University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, and the Politics and Social Change Commons Recommended Citation Bradshaw, Elizabeth A., "Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill" (2012). Dissertations. 53. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/53 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DEEPWATER, DEEP TIES, DEEP TROUBLE: A STATE-CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME ANALYSIS OF THE 2010 GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL by Elizabeth A. Bradshaw A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Sociology Advisor: Ronald C. Kramer, Ph.D. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan August 2012 THE GRADUATE COLLEGE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN Date June 29, 2012 WE HEREBY APPROVE THE DISSERTATION SUBMITTED BY Elizabeth A. Bradshaw ENTITLED Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill AS PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Doctor of Philosophy Sociology /^^y<^^<^ (Department) Ronald C^ramer, Ph.D Dissertatijzfh Beview Committer Sociology (Program) Gregory J. -
Investor Risk in Shell's Arctic Exploration
OUT IN THE COLD: INVESTOR RISK IN SHELL’S ARCTIC EXPLORATION ‘Oil spill risks, high extraction costs, doubts over the amount of commercially recoverable reserves, and a precedent of cost overruns and delays combine to raise questions about the commercial viability of some proposed Arctic projects.’ Introduction International oil companies (IOCs) are and a precedent of cost overruns and facing a dual threat from both the end delays combine to raise questions of easily accessible oil from conventional about the commercial viability of sources, and the rise of resource some proposed Arctic projects. sovereignty in the Middle East, Russia and Latin America, whereby governments Accordingly, it is necessary to analyse are increasingly asserting control over specific projects and specific territories the natural resources located in their to understand the precise risks of Arctic territories. This is driving the IOCs to projects for a particular company. In ever more extreme forms of oil and gas Russia, for example, political risk and a lack extraction, from Canada’s tar sands of transparency should be of concern to to ultra-deepwater sites, to the Arctic IOCs and their shareholders. This report and other ice-covered watersi. therefore, firstly, examines the risks that are generally applicable to offshore The Arctic Ocean is the last frontier for Arctic extraction projects (as separate the IOCs, with rapid reductions in ice from onshore operations, as offshore cover (due to climate change from the work involves different technological combustion of fossil fuels) making the challenges and is subject to different exploitation of newly discovered offshore regulatory regimes). Secondly, we assess resources possible, at least theoretically. -
Accidental Oil Spills and Gas Releases;
APPENDIX A Accidental Oil Spills and Gas Releases; Information, Models, and Estimates; and Supporting Figures, Tables, and Maps Posted at: https://www.boem.gov/Liberty/ This page intentionally left blank. Appendix A Liberty Development and Production Plan Final EIS Table of Contents Contents A-1 Accidental Large Oil Spills ...................................................................................... 1 A-1.1 Large Spill Size, Source, and Oil-Type Assumptions ............................................................ 1 A-1.1.1 OCS Large Oil Spill Sizes .......................................................................................... 1 A-1.1.2 Onshore Large Oil Pipeline Spill Size ........................................................................ 1 A-1.1.3 Source and Type of Large Oil Spills .......................................................................... 2 A-1.1.4 Historical Loss of Well-Control Incidents on the OCS and North Sea ....................... 2 A-1.2 Behavior and Fate of Crude Oils ............................................................................................ 3 A-1.2.1 Generalized Processes Affecting the Fate and Behavior of Oil................................. 3 A-1.2.2 Assumptions about Oil Spill Weathering .................................................................... 4 A-1.2.3 Modeling Simulations of Oil Weathering .................................................................... 4 A-1.3 Estimates of Where a Large Offshore Oil Spill May Go ........................................................ -
Russian – Norwegian Oil and Gas Industry Cooperation in the High North
Russian – Norwegian Oil and Gas industry cooperation in the High North Drilling, Well Operations and Equipment 21th of February 2014 The Core Team: Introduction by INTSOK To develop the High North as a new energy province, we must have the necessary technology to operate in vulnerable Arctic areas. The Russian – Norwegian oil and gas industry cooperation in the High North project (RU-NO Barents Project) is the largest project INTSOK has ever undertaken in any market worldwide. The scope of the RU-NO Barents project, as a strategic project for both countries, is illustrated by the participation of both government and industry from both countries, thus being a part of the official Norwegian – Russian Energy Dialogue. The main objective of the RU-NO Barents Project is, through industry cooperation and knowledge of Arctic technology needs, to contribute to the growth of the Russian and Norwegian industry participation in future petroleum endeavors in the High North. Acting on this objective, INTSOK has mobilized the industry to: Assess common technology challenges Russia and Norway face in the development of the High North Analyze existing technologies, methods and best practice Russian and Norwegian industry can offer for the High North today Based on the above: Visualize the need for innovation and technology development the industry in our two countries needs to overcome Promote stronger industrial links between our two countries It is envisaged that the RU-NO Barents project will benefit the industry, supporting their strategic decisions/direction for increased participation in field developments in the High North. The RU-NO Barents Project will also be an important arena to promote and ascertain their level of commitment given to innovation and technology development, forging stronger industry links and partnerships across the border to face our common oil and gas technology challenges of the High North and preparing the industry to meet and overcome these challenges. -
ISCO NEWSLETTER the Newsletter of the International Spill Response Community Issue 330, 16 April 2012
ISCO NEWSLETTER The Newsletter of the International Spill Response Community Issue 330, 16 April 2012 [email protected] http://www.spillcontrol.org FREE ADVERTISING FOR ISCO CORPORATE MEMBERS QUICK FINDER Click on these headings CONSULTANTS News EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS EUROPE: COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESPONSE REACH INFORMAL AGREEMENT ON THE SEVESO III ORGANISATIONS DIRECTIVE TRAINING PROVIDERS March 28 - The Committee of Permanent Representatives endorsed today the compromise proposal agreed between the Council and the European Parliament regarding the directive on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous Clicking on any entry will display the substances, thus paving the way towards its formal adoption by the Council. advertiser’s website. The Commission proposal (18257/10) presented on December 2010, aims at Reach your Market replacing, by 1 June 2015, the current Seveso II Directive 1 which applies to around 10 000 establishments in the EU. Its main objectives are: Entries are FREE for ISCO Corporate Members. For non-members one entry is just GBP 500 per annum. − align Annex I (defining the substances falling within the scope of the directive) to changes in the EU system of classification of dangerous substances 2 to Banners should be submitted in JPG format, which it refers; size approx. 490 x 120 pixels. Each entry in the directory will be hyperlinked so that one − adapt Annex I to deal with situations occurring after the alignment where click will immediately display your own substances are included/excluded, that do/do not present a major-accident website. hazard; A one time only charge of £20 will be made for uploading each entry or, if you haven’t a − strengthen the provisions relating to public access to safety information, ready-to-upload banner, we can create one participation in decision-making and access to justice, and improve the way for you for only £70. -
The Digital Oilfield Culture
ContentsMay/June 2019 Vol. 16 Issue 3 New Products & Services ULO Systems Debuts New-Generation RJM 18 First Multi-Functional Shallow Intervention System Launched 19 Logan Industries Introduces New Passive Heave Compensation 20 Wild Well Control Announces Online Drilling Operations Course 20 Technology and Solutions Innovative Offshore Technology Award Winners 22 28 22 African Refining Offshore Technology Source: NOV Source: ATB Riva Calzoni ATB Source: Monthly Focus The Digital Oilfield Culture 24 Downstream Focus Top Refining Projects in Africa 28 Local Impact Worley’s ESD Initiative a Testimony to Positive Transformation 30 36 GW215 Mast Raised at Bushiya-1 well site African Focus Source: Savannah Petroleum Overview: Namibia 31 Overview: Niger 36 ON THE COVER The Ramform Atlas DEPARTMENTS completes MC3D survey offshore Moving On 4 Market Movers 40 Guinea Message from the Editor 6 Around the World 42 African Politics 8 Power & Alternatives 45 Africa’s Big Five 10 Facts and Figures 48 Africa at Large 13 Conferences 50 Downstream News 16 Advertisers’ Index 50 Source: PGS Petroleum Africa May/June 2019 3 MOVING ON International Petroleum Corporation has FEA engineering, Ripoll joins Xodus from Kalra, moved to Framo’s parent company, promoted Daniel Fitzgerald, VP Operations, to Intecsea where he acted as technical authority Alfa Laval, as the new head of the Alfa Laval the position of COO. Fitzgerald’s appointment of the advanced analysis team. Marine Division and a member of the Alfa Laval was effective April 1. At the same time, Ryan Group Management. Adair, formerly VP Reservoir Development, will assume a senior role in the Canadian management Cairn Energy has two new independent non- team as VP Asset Management and Corporate executive directors, Alison Wood and Catherine Planning of IPC Canada.