Energy Tomorrow Blog

Making Offshore Operations Even Safer

offshore safety  center for offshore safety  macondo well  oil spill response  oil spill prevention  gulf of mexico  deep water drilling  industry standards 

Mark Green
Posted April 9, 2015

Three zeroes stand out in the first annual performance report by the Center for Offshore Safety (COS), the oil and natural gas industry-led initiative to promote continuous offshore safety improvement following the 2010 Macondo incident: Zero fatalities, zero loss-of-well-control incidents and zero oil spills equal to or greater than 10,000 gallons in Gulf of Mexico operations.

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Gerard: Don't Put Energy Jobs at Risk

bp  deepwater horizon  department of the interior  energy policy  gulf of mexico  gulf oil spill  Jack Gerard  liability trust fund  mms  moratorium  offshore drilling  oil spill cleanup  oil spill liability trust fund  doi  oil spill in gulf  osltf 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted June 9, 2010

API President and CEO Jack Gerard told Congress today that raising the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund cap from $75 million to $10 billion "would place about 145,000 jobs at risk."

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Pressure Mounts Against Deepwater Drilling Ban

access  bop  bp  department of the interior  doi  energy policy  gulf of mexico  gulf oil spill  mms  moratorium  offshore drilling  oil spill cleanup  oil spill in gulf 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted June 9, 2010

The Department of the Interior (DOI) late yesterday sent out a list of new safety requirements to offshore drillers as pressure mounted against the drilling moratorium. 

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Oil Spill Response Expanding Daily

bp  deepwater horizon  gulf of mexico  gulf oil spill  oil industry task forces  oil spill cleanup  oil spill in gulf  oil spill response  spill response  offshore equipment safety  offshore operating procedures 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted May 12, 2010

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill response has become so massive, and the activities aimed at pinpointing a cause have become so numerous, it's becoming increasingly difficult to mention everything in a single blog post.

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Update on the Industry's Task Forces

bp  deepwater horizon  gulf of mexico  gulf oil spill  offshore drilling  offshore equipment safety  offshore operating procedures  oil industry task forces  oil spill cleanup  oil spill in gulf  oil spill response  spill response 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted May 11, 2010

As we've explained on this blog, API and its member companies have developed dozens of standards and best practices on offshore energy development. The oil and natural industry takes seriously its responsibility to produce energy safely and to protect the environment, and many of the industry's standards and best practices address these critically important issues.

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