As part of the Clean Gulf conference this week (see related article in this issue), Paige Doelling, Kyle Jellison, and John Tarpley toured the Marine Well Containment Company shore facility in Ingleside, Texas.

Following presentations on methods for oil well source control and a technical overview of the company’s’ containment system, they toured the facility viewing three different capping stacks and a specially built oil tanker with oil recovery, gas, and water separation equipment. The system is capable of operating on wells at a depth of 10,000 feet. The company and equipment were established post-Macondo well blowout for rapid response to any future incident.

For more information, contact Paige.Doelling@noaa.gov.

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