Responding to today’s launch of the Subsea Well Response Project’s capping equipment, Paul Shrieve at GL Noble Denton, the independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, said:

“We welcome the launch of this equipment as evidence that the oil and gas industry is sharply focused on addressing concerns about subsea drilling, which emerged after the Deepwater Horizon incident in 2010. This tangible response echoes the findings of recent research commissioned by GL Noble Denton* in which 57% of oil and gas professionals said they have taken lessons from the Gulf of Mexico spill and changed their operating practices as a result.

“GL Noble Denton continues to support the oil and gas sector’s drive for safer operations by publishing guidelines for industry best practice. Following the Deepwater Horizon incident, we launched a new Guideline for the certification of blow-out preventers (BOPs). This is now used as the standard to which GL Noble Denton inspects and certifies BOPs as part of its certification services for sub-sea drilling assets.

“The introduction of new capping equipment – such as that launched today by the Subsea Well Response Project – combined with the publication of best-practice guidelines for safe operations, is bringing the oil and gas industry ever closer to preventing and controlling offshore incidents more effectively in the future.”

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