1. Offshore Situation Room : Enhancing Resilience to Offshore Oil Disasters in the Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings of a Workshop
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board, Karina Khazmutdinova, Sydney Steward, Riddhi Suva, Jamie Biglow, Joel Silverman, Kate Fisher, Yee San Su, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board, Karina Khazmutdinova, Sydney Steward, Riddhi Suva, Jamie Biglow, Joel Silverman, Kate Fisher, and Yee San Su
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- Oil pollution of the sea--Mexico, Gulf of--Congresses
- Abstract
More than a decade after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Gulf Research Program convened a diverse group of 60 experts in a virtual event to inform its efforts to enhance resilience to future offshore oil disasters in the Gulf of Mexico region. The event, Offshore Situation Room, took place over three half-days during June 15-17, 2021, and had four main objectives: 1) develop a concise, prioritized list of questions that need to be addressed to support successful prevention, response, and recovery that would minimize the impacts of an offshore oil disaster; 2) provide a collaborative atmosphere where participants can share ideas, capabilities, and information, and build a community dedicated to the successful prevention of, response to, and recovery from an offshore oil spill disaster; 3) explore capabilities for and impediments to prevention, response, recovery, and understanding impacts of an offshore oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico; and 4) highlight how changes in policy, response, resilience, and restoration efforts may affect outcomes of a major offshore incident. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the event.
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- 2021