On December 29, 2011, the Coast Guard published a notice of availability and request for comments regarding a draft policy letter on Dynamic Positioning (DP) Systems, Emergency Disconnect Systems, Blowout Preventers, and related training and emergency procedures on a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit. We received comments both as submissions to the docket and at a public meeting held on February 9, 2012, at Coast Guard Headquarters. Based on the comments received, the Coast Guard intends to adjust the scope of the policy described in that notice. The Coast Guard is publishing this notice to recommend interim voluntary DP system guidance and recommend DP incident reporting criteria.
A report issued last month provided much-needed answers about how a critical piece of equipment failed to avert an oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Now it should be easier for the United States to push forward with a reasonable and responsible offshore drilling program. The government-sponsored report said the blowout preventer at BP's Macondo well malfunctioned because surging oil and gas mangled a drill pipe, and emergency shears weren't able to fully sever the pipe.
The Coast Guard announces the availability of a draft policy letter entitled, ``Dynamically Positioned Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Critical Systems, Personnel and Training.'' We request your comments on this draft guidance.
The Coast Guard proposes a 500-meter safety zone around the MODU KULLUK, while anchored or deploying and recovering moorings on location in order to drill exploratory wells at various prospects located in the Beaufort Sea Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska, from 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. on October 31, 2012. See TABLE 1. The purpose of the temporary safety zones is to protect the MODU from vessels operating outside the normal shipping channels and fairways. Placing a safety zone around the MODU will significantly reduce the threat of allisions that could result in oil spills, and releases of natural gas, and thereby protect the safety of life, property, and the environment. Lawful demonstrations may be conducted outside of the safety zone.
For years, both of New Mexico's U.S. senators have voted against lifting the decades-old moratorium on offshore drilling. But this week, when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the Obama administration's plan to open up part of the Atlantic coast and other areas to offshore drilling, both Sen. Jeff Bingaman, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Sen. Tom Udall applauded the announcement.
LONDON - Oil rig company Ensco PLC has agreed to buy U.S. rival Pride International Inc. in a $7.3 billion deal that will create the world's second largest offshore drilling company. The deal provided a boost Monday for drilling industry shares following several months of political and public pressure in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last April.
The Democratic majority in Virginia's Senate killed for the year legislation from Sen. Frank Wagner, a Virginia Beach Republican, that would dedicate future offshore drilling royalties to the state general fund, a coastal energy research consortium and localities for transportation fixes. Wagner carried SB601 on behalf of Gov. Bob McDonnell, whose transportation funding plan partly relies on money from drilling. It was defeated on a 22-18 party-line vote Wednesday.
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