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U.S. Coast Guard Deepwater Horizon Incident

Response Summary

Background:Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Deepwater Horizon (DWH)

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• Dynamically positioned, semi-submersible drilling unit located over 50 miles offshore Louisiana

Day 1 – April 20th

• D8 Command Centers notified of fire/explosion on MODU DWH approx 10:00 pm

• Initiated SAR efforts

• Coordinated firefighting efforts

• Established incident command post

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Timeline & Key Events

Day 1:

Apr 2

0th

10:00

pm - U

SCG notifi

ed of

explo

sion

Day 3: Apr 22 nd

10:22am – MODU Sank w/ 700,000

gal fuel onboard

Day 10

: Apr 2

9th

Event

decla

red S

ONS by S

ecret

ary of

DHS

Day 12

: May

1st

ADM Alle

n (USCG) n

amed

NIC

Days19-82: May 8 th – Jul 10 th

Multiple unsuccessful attempts to

stop flow of oil

Day 87

: Jul 1

5th

2:22p

m - DW

H Well

shut-

in vi

a Stac

king C

ap

(oil s

tops f

lowing

into

Gulf)

Day 107: Aug 4 th

Static Kill operations completed

Day 121: Aug 18 th

Bottom Kill delayed. Annulus pressure

testing completed.

Day 138: Sept 4 th

Well declared no longer a threat. with

installation of new BOP

Day 150: Sept 16 th

Relief well intercept completed

Day 15

3: Sep

t 19t

h

Well

perm

anen

tly se

aled

with “b

ottom

kill”

April September2010

Sheer Scope and Complexity of the Spill 5 States Effected

Oil Containment Boom/Skimmers 13.5 million ft 835 skimmers How much is enough?

Over 50 Miles Offshore

Area of the spill

Depth: 5000 FT

Overlapping issues Oil Containment and recovery Hurricane Season Wildlife Fishery Management Tourism

Subsea Oil Monitoring Plan

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POTUS

National Incident CommandNCP - Federal Washington, DC

Unified Area Command Federal On Scene Coordinator

Federal, State & RP New Orleans, LA

National Response TeamNCP - 15 Federal Agencies

Regional Response TeamFederal and State by Region

Unified Incident Command

Fed, State, Local , RP Houma, LA

Unified Incident Command

Fed, State, Local, RP Mobile, AL

Unified Incident Command

Fed, State, Local, RP Miami, FL

Unified Incident Command

Fed, State, Local, RPGalveston, TX

Overall Organizational Chart

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Area Command Staging Areas

LA & AL

Unified Incident Command

Source Control Fed & RP

Houston, TX

Secretary DHS

National Incident Command (NIC) Headed by Adm. Thad Allen, USCG (ret.) Reports to the Secretary of Homeland Security Coordinates response at the national level

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National Incident Commander

Director Intergovernmental & Interagency

Deputy National Incident

Commander

National Incident Command (DC)

Chief of Staff

Critical Resource Unit

Situation Unit

NGA

Production Development

Requests for Information

Interagency Strategic Planning

Director

Support

Legal

Legislative Affairs

Strategic Communications

Interagency Solutions Group (IASG)Agencies: EPA, DOI (MMS), DOS, DOC (NOAA & NMFS), FEMA, DOD, USDA,

DOL, HHS, GSA, DOE, DHS, DOT, USCG

Interagency Coordinator

Situation Unit Coordination

Deputy Director

Documentation

Production Unit

National Incident

Command Staff Director

National Incident Commander Chief of Staff

Press Assistant

Administration Scheduler

DHS Liaison Advance Team

Special Assistant

Hearing Preparation

Planning Staff

Department of Defense Liaison

TeamUSCG/DHS/

FEMA PlannersNational

Geospatial-Intelligence

Agency

NIC Organizational Chart

68 Offers of assistance received from :

Canada

Mexico

Norway

Japan

Germany

France

Russia

Tunisia

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Belgium

Qatar

Kenya

China

Russia

Netherlands

Sweden

UK

European Maritime Safety Agency

International Maritime Organization

European Union

UNIFIED AREA COMMAND Federal On-scene Coordinator (FOSC)

Position filled by Coast Guard Rear Admiral Located at the Unified Area Command

in Robert/New Orleans, LA Reports to the NIC Coordinate efforts amongst Unified Incident

Command Posts (UICs)

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Federal On Scene Coordinator Unified Area Command

Federal, State & RP New Orleans, LA

Air Coordination Command

Tyndall AFB

Unified Incident Command

Fed, State, Local RP

Houma, LA

Unified Incident Command

Fed, State, Local, RP

Mobile, AL

Unified Incident Command

Fed, State, Local, RP

Miami, FL

Area Command Staging Areas

Alabama & Louisiana

Unified Incident CommandFed, State, Local, RP

Galveston, TX

Unified Incident Command

Source Control Federal & RPHouston, TX

Resource Challenges: Containment Boom

Limited national production capacity National risk exposure (reallocation

of national supply

Skimmers Limited national inventory Offshore vs Nearshore requirements Training of Volunteers/Vessels of

Opportunity

Personnel Logistics support Training

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Incident Commanders Positions filled by Coast Guard Captains Teamed with senior BP official and State On

Scene Coordinators to lead all tactical operations Designated FOSC(r) authorities Responsible for :

Key point of contacts for Governors, State and local government/community outreach

Deploy shore cleanup teams to process hazardous materials and oil

Oversee the operations of branch directors Oversee local, tactical response operations Vessel of Opportunity Employment Strategic Communications

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Concept of Operations

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Well Site

Subsea

On-shore zone

In-shore zone: Inland watersNear shore zone: Base Line - 3nmOffshore zone: 3nm – within 5nm of sourceWell Site: 5nm circle around source

Offshore Operations

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Skimming

In-Situ Burning

Dispersants Surface Subsurface

Nearshore Operations

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Skimmers

Vessels of Opportunity

Bays and Beaches Operations

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Skimmers

Boom & Barrier Establishment

Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Teams

Clean-up Personnel

Wildlife Recovery Personnel

Source Control Efforts

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Top Kill

May 26: “Top kill” operation commences

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More than 48,000 responders • 2,998 Coast Guard• 1,819 National Guard• 41,370 Contractors• 731 BP

• 2015 Volunteers

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Critical Resources Equipment/Resources

• 13.5 million feet of boom deployed

• 9,700 vessels at peak

• 60 CG vessels deployed to scene

• 127 aircraft • 78 rotary wing and 45 fixed

wing• 22 Coast Guard aircraft

Fate of Oil 4.93 million barrels oil discharged (estimated)

800,000 barrels oily water recovered

More than 400 in-situ burns conducted

265,000+ barrels mitigated through burns

1.8 million gallons of dispersants applied

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Surface

Subsurface

Static Kill

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Moving Forward

Transition to Long-Term Recovery and Natural Resources Damage Assessments and Public Health programs…continue to work to restore the Gulf Region to pre-spill conditions.

Capture Lessons Learned and Identify potential Areas for Improvement and implement recommendations to more effectively respond to future spills.

Review the National Contingency Plan and National Response Framework to identify National-level issues to enhance public’s expectation for a coordinated, ‘whole of government’ response to Incidents of National Significance.

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