gCaptain

Maritime News

Menu
  • gCaptain
    • About
    • Book
    • Contact Us
    • Press
    • Ship’s Store
    • Site Search
    • Submit Link
    • Close
  • Shop
    • NEW
    • Best Sellers
    • gCaptain Logo Gear
    • Gift Cards
    • Hats
    • Kids
    • Sale
    • Shirts
    • Tools & Toys
    • Women’s Clothing
    • Wall Art
    • Work Gear
    • Close
  • Jobs
  • Forum
      • Links
        • Forum Home
        • Forum App
        • Categories
        • Forum Search
        • Close
      • Member Links
        • New Posts
        • My Posts
        • Unread
        • Member FAQ
        • Close
    • Close
  • Newsletter
  • Advertising
  • Social
    • Etsy
    • Forum
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Close
  • Search

Oil Spill Co-Chair Praises Industry’s Response, Asks For Safety Organization

March 9, 2011 by gCaptain

0shares
  • 0
  • 0

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–William Reilly, co-chair of the presidential panel tasked with investigating causes of the BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) oil spill, on Tuesday called the oil and gas industry’s response to the disaster “remarkable and reassuring.”

Speaking at the IHS CERA energy conference in Houston, Reilly, a former Environmental Protection Agency administrator who oversaw the cleanup of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, heaped praise on a pair of spill containment systems developed after the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April, unleashing the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

In issuing the first deep-water drilling permit since the April 20, 2010, disaster, federal regulators last week cited separate spill containment systems developed by a consortium of major oil companies and Houston-based Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (HLX), whose equipment was used to stanch the flow of BP’s runaway well.

“From where I sit, the major obstacles to drill have been removed,” Reilly said.

Still, Reilly urged the industry to create an independent safety organization and push U.S. lawmakers to better fund offshore regulators. Industry executives are expected to meet and decide on the panel’s safety organization proposal on March 15, Reilly said.

Reilly also said talks were planned with Mexican leaders to discuss a treaty over deep-water Gulf of Mexico drilling safety. He said Cuba should also be party to any resulting pacts “to the extent possible.”

-By Ryan Dezember, Dow Jones Newswires

-By Ryan Dezember, Dow Jones Newswires

Pictured: Helix’s Producer 1 courtesy Helix

Filed Under: News, Offshore News, Uncategorized Tagged With: Deepwater Horizon Investigation, Featured, gulf of mexico, Helix, oil-spill, spill containment system

avatar

About gCaptain

gCaptain is the top-visited maritime and offshore industry news site in the world. Since 2007, gCaptain has proven to be a highly effective platform for information sharing and a source for up-to-date and relevant news for industry professionals worldwide.

Subscribe Now

Enter your email address to receive gCaptain’s Free Daily Newsletter!

SPONSORED POST

Pingle: Your Credential Mate – Organize your licenses and certificates, set reminders and eliminate expiration anxiety.

Pingle: Your Credential Mate – Organize your licenses and certificates, set reminders and eliminate expiration anxiety.

  Featured

Pirates Kidnap Twelve Crew from Dutch Cargo Ship Off Nigeria

Pirates Kidnap Twelve Crew from Dutch Cargo Ship Off Nigeria

Fire-Ravaged Maersk Honam Nearing Anchorage Outside Jebel Ali Port

Fire-Ravaged Maersk Honam Nearing Anchorage Outside Jebel Ali Port

Coast Guard: Dutch-Flagged Tanker Spills  HFO in Lower Mississippi River

Coast Guard: Dutch-Flagged Tanker Spills HFO in Lower Mississippi River

Panama Canal Tugboat Captains Locked in Heated Dispute with Management Over Safe Manning of Tugs

Panama Canal Tugboat Captains Locked in Heated Dispute with Management Over Safe Manning of Tugs

Butane Leaks After Very Large Gas Carrier and Tanker Collide Singapore -AIS Replay

Butane Leaks After Very Large Gas Carrier and Tanker Collide Singapore -AIS Replay

  Video

Incident Video: Bulk Carrier Crashes Into Dock at Argentine Grain Hub

Incident Video: Bulk Carrier Crashes Into Dock at Argentine Grain Hub

Incident Video: Tanker’s Hull Punctured by Floating Crane in Iraq

Incident Video: Tanker’s Hull Punctured by Floating Crane in Iraq

Incident Video: Car Carrier Crunches Tugboat in Durban Harbour

Incident Video: Car Carrier Crunches Tugboat in Durban Harbour

  Latest News

Panama Canal Increases Maximum Beam for Ships Using Neopanamax Locks

Lego Wealth Fund Will Exit Tankers Investment After Loss

Photos: First Johan Sverdrup Topside Installed in North Sea

Avatars by Sterling Adventures