Article extract, authored by Paula Dittrick, May 17, 2010
Many oil companies offered technical expertise and equipment to BP PLC and the oil spill response team in a cooperative effort to stop the flow from a leaking deepwater well and help mitigate environmental damages.
“We are all working together to stop the uncontrolled release of oil in the Gulf of Mexico,” said National Ocean Industries Association Pres. Randall Luthi from his office in Washington, DC, on May 7.
“Our member companies want answers as much as anyone as to the cause of this event, and we understand the offshore industry will be closely examined by the authorities at the state and national level,” Luthi said. NOIA represents the offshore industry.
Transocean Ltd.’s Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilled the Macondo well for BP and its partners, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. Ltd. BP is the operator. An Apr. 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire left 11 crew members missing and presumed dead. The Deepwater Horizon sank on Apr. 22 (OGJ, May 3, 2010, p. 31).
Anadarko has four employees assisting BP’s technical teams. Separately, Statoil ASA offered spill assistance as well as its drilling and well expertise.
ExxonMobil Corp. offered a drilling rig as a staging base, two supply vessels, and an underwater vehicle. It also provided technical expertise on blowout preventers, dispersant injection, well construction, and containment options.
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