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Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on July 18, 2011
WASHINGTON – In a letter to federal regulators on Friday, July 15, BP announced that they have adopted new safety standards at drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
In the letter, BP told regulators that the standards exceed existing federal requirements and demonstrate the company’s commitment to preventing a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster which occurred over a year ago 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Houston Chronicle reports:
BP pledged to use a second set of pipe-cutting shear rams on equipment known as blowout preventers. The extra set of rams would double the opportunities for those devices to successfully shear off drill pipe and seal a subsea well in case of an emergency.
The company said it would also keep a closer watch on its contractors by having engineers witness all laboratory testing of cement slurries before the mixes are applied to create barriers at deep-water wells. The change responds to criticism about the cement mixture used at BP’s failed Macondo well, which failed early stability tests.
Bob Dudley, BP group chief executive, said the changes, which are limited to the Gulf of Mexico, illustrate its commitment “to apply what we have learned to improve the way we operate.”
BP said the standards include new requirements for features on and testing of blowout preventers and lab tests of cement used in well casings.
The company also said it will include in its response plan new information about managing spills in open water and near shore.
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