Transcript Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) Presentation to Valero

Deep Water Horizon Response
Marine Spill Response Corporation
Deepwater Horizon Response
• MSRC was single largest oil spill response
contractor
• MSRC provided services including:
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Mechanical recovery
Dispersant Services
In situ burn
Emergency Communications Services
General Contractor for hiring of subcontractors
performing other response services
• MSRC was not involved in:
– Drilling activities
– Subsea Well Control Efforts
– Drafting of MMS Response Plan or Spill Management
MSRC Mechanical Recovery Response
• 12 Responder Class Oil Spill Response Vessels
(OSRVs)
– Initial four vessels were on scene within 24 hours,
before the fire was extinguished
– All Atlantic and Gulf Coast vessels and two from
California
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3 Ocean-going barges
26 Shallow Water Barges
6 Fast Response Vessels
71 Marine Assets
42 Skimmers
65,000 ft of boom
MSRC Dispersant Services
• King Air 90 based at Stennis Airfield in
Mississippi was immediately activated
• C-130 based in Coolidge, Arizona was
immediately activated and relocated to
Stennis Airfield
• MSRC coordinated all dispersant
logistic services for Stennis based
aircraft including:
– 4 C-130s – CCA/OSR/MSRC
– 4 Air Force C-130s
– 801,000 gallons of dispersant sprayed from
Stennis based aircraft
MSRC Dispersant Services
• King Air 90 based at Stennis Airfield in
Mississippi was immediately activated
• C-130 based in Coolidge, Arizona was
immediately activated and relocated to
Stennis Airfield
• MSRC coordinated all dispersant
logistic services for Stennis based
aircraft including:
– 4 C-130s – CCA/OSR/MSRC
– 4 Air Force C-130s
– 801,000 gallons of dispersant sprayed from
Stennis based aircraft
MSRC In Situ Burn Support
• MSRC provided 9 in situ burn kits
• Support personnel
MSRC Emergency Communications
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5 Emergency Communications Packages (ECP)
4 Small Satellite Package (SSP)
30 MSRC Personnel
3 Specialized Contractor Companies
– 46 personnel
• Services included:
– Full ECP and SSP deployment and support
– Telephony and Internet support via satellite link
– Established emergency communications until
permanent systems were in place
MSRC General Contractor Services
• 52 Contractors
– 7,278 contract personnel at peak of
activities
• Services included:
– Shoreline clean-up (pre and post
impact)
– Boom deployment
– Skimming operations
– OSRV Back-deck Operations
– SBS Operations
– Logistics Support
– Safety
Challenges to Mechanical Recovery
Offshore
• SAFETY – SAFETY –SAFETY!!!
• Recovered oil storage
– MSRC OSRV’s capable of 4,000 bbls on board
• Weather conditions
• Logistics – resupply of the vessels/ crew
• Maintenance and repair
– MSRC instituted a “Pit-Stop” Program
• Dispersant use
• Spotting and Locating the oil
– X-Band radar and Infrared Capabilities being added
Challenges to Mechanical Recovery
Nearshore
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Weathering of oil
Dispersant usage
Encounter rate very low – “Streamers”
Debris
Different skimmers would work on different
days in the same geographic location.