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Project Number 559
Date of Summary January 24, 2006
Subject Offshore Hurricane Readiness & Recovery Conference
Performing Activity Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC)
Principal Investigator Dr. E. G. Ward and R. B. Gilbert
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion Completed
Description Project to provide facilitation for the break-out sessions of the Offshore Hurricane Readiness & Recovery Conference and prepare a report capturing the findings, issues, and opportunities to improve that are identified by the conference.
Progress The Offshore Hurricane Readiness & Recovery Conference, co-sponsored by MMS, was held July 26-27, 2005 in Houston, Texas. The conference brought industry and government together to share and learn from the experiences of Hurricane Ivan to improve future performance and reliability of offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

The first day agenda included a series of presentations and panel discussions on Hurricane Ivan experiences and topics including:

bullet Performance of Drilling Rigs, Production Facilities and Pipelines
bullet Best Practices Sharing for Readiness Planning
bullet Metocean & Geotechnical Conditions in Hurricane Ivan
bullet Best Practices Sharing for Readiness Planning

The second day agenda included three simultaneous break-out sessions on:

bullet Drilling Rigs
bullet Platform/Production Facilities
bullet Pipelines

and included:

bullet Presentations on the observed impacts
bullet Identifying key observations and lessons learned
bullet Identifying opportunities to improve relative to:
bullet Technology
bullet Design practices
bullet Operational practices
bullet Regulations and standards

OTRC provided facilitation for the break-out sessions of the Offshore Hurricane Readiness & Recovery Conference to help identify and capture of key observations, lessons learned, and identification of opportunities for improvement. The final report, documenting conference activities, reports, and findings, is expected to be provided to MMS in January 2006 and made available to the public by mid-February 2006. The final report (and appendices) capturing conference events, discussions, and ideas for improvements is provided in the Reports Section below.
Reports
2005 Hurricane Readiness & Recovery Conference (43 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). Final Conference Summary Report, E. G. Ward, Offshore Technology Research Center; Robert Gilbert, University of Texas; Robert Spong, Energo, October, 2005
AA   Conference Agenda (4 pages)
AB

 
  1. Welcome, Objectives and Opening Remarks, Sandi Fury, Chevron (7 pages)
     
  2. Keynote Speaker - Work Done to Date
    2a. Chris Oynes, MMS (17 pages)
    2b. Ronald Branch, USCS (11 pages)
     
  3. Regulatory Perspective
    3a. Don Howard, MMS (11 pages)
    3b. Cintron, USCS (10 pages)
     
  4. Planning & Response
    4a. Bemis, Noble Energy (11 pages)
    4b. Dolla, Shell (7 pages)
    4c. Acuf, Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. (5 pages)
AC

 
  1. Ivan Metocena Panel, Cooper, et al (36 pages)
     
  2. Soils - Geotechnical Issues, James R. Hooper (24 pages)
AD
  1. API - Standards Review, Tom Kwan, DTEL  (7 pages)
     
  2. Design & Installation, Evan H. Zimmerman, Delmar Systems, Inc. (20 pages)
     
  3. Drilling Introduction, Connor & Castille (10 pages)
     
  4. Proposed Industry JIP, Castille, Dominion (19 pages)
     
  5. Riser Management in Severe Environments Managing Risk, Pelley, Transocean (8 pages)
AE
  1. Air & Marine Vessel Support:
    1a. Patrick Graves, Air Logistics (6 pages)
    1b. Kazusky (8 pages)
  1. Facility Impact Overview, Tommy Laurendine, MMS (12 pages)
     
  2. Hurricane Ivan Overview, Carl Heinrichs, Apache Corporation (4 pages)
     
  3. Implications of CB Design, Wisch, Chevron (6 pages)
     
  4. MP 252 & VK 915, W. M. Pritchett, Shell (14 pages)
     
  5. MP 281A, Ventura, Dominion (8 pages)
     
  6. Petronius VK 900, Wisch, Chevron (10 pages)
     
  7. VK 823 Virgo, Case, TOTAL (53 pages)
     
  8. VK 989 Prompano & MC 657, Nakika, O'Connor, BP (12 pages)
AF
  1. Air & Marine Vessel Support, Kazusky (8 pages)
     
  2. Data Gathering - Breakout Summary, Tom Wicklund, BP (2 pages)
     
  3. Geotechnical & Facilities Storm Impact
    3a. Kevin Gaudet    , Chevron (10 pages)
    3b. James R. Hooper    , Fugro (11 pages)
     
  4. Pipeline Introduction, Michael Gordon, ExxonMobil Production Co. (8 pages)
     
  5. Recovery (Operations, Assessment, Mitigation), Tom Wicklund, BP (8 pages)
     
  6. Response Management, Wrzyszczynski, Shell (14 pages)
     
  7. Ivan Recovery Tom Wicklund, BP (10 pages)
 

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