MC252MC252Weather & OperationsWeather & Operations

The Maritime AllianceThe Maritime Alliance Symposium Symposium““Ocean & Weather Impacting Ocean & Weather Impacting

Business & Infrastructure” Business & Infrastructure”

March 4, 2011March 4, 2011Hubbs SeaWorld InstituteHubbs SeaWorld Institute

San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego, California

Presented byPresented byJessica M. Cummins PMP, DABCHSJessica M. Cummins PMP, DABCHS

Emergency Planning AnalystEmergency Planning Analyst

Deepwater Horizon PlatformMacondo Well

Mississippi Canyon 252

April 20, 2010

Source BP

Severe Weather Severe Weather Contingency Plan-Contingency Plan-

AnnexAnnex

Mobile ICP AORMobile ICP AOR

Purpose of the Severe Weather Purpose of the Severe Weather Contingency Plan (SWCP)Contingency Plan (SWCP)

•Provides guidance for directing the Provides guidance for directing the timely and effective suspension of timely and effective suspension of response operations;response operations;

• Potential relocation of response Potential relocation of response assets;assets;

• and the reconstitution of those and the reconstitution of those assets after the severe weather threat assets after the severe weather threat has passedhas passed

When Do We ActivateWhen Do We Activatethe Plan?the Plan?

•We monitor the weather daily and look for We monitor the weather daily and look for tropical cyclone activity which may be tropical cyclone activity which may be developing in the Atlantic Ocean (SWOC)developing in the Atlantic Ocean (SWOC)

• We have established “Severe Weather We have established “Severe Weather Readiness Conditions” (SWRC 1-6) which are Readiness Conditions” (SWRC 1-6) which are initiated based on weather forecasts and initiated based on weather forecasts and trajectories towards our Area of Responsibilitytrajectories towards our Area of Responsibility

• Unified Area Command in conjunction with Unified Area Command in conjunction with Mobile Sector Unified Command will declare Mobile Sector Unified Command will declare the activationthe activation

Decision Making ProcessDecision Making Process

• Unified Area Command in conjunction with Unified Area Command in conjunction with Mobile Sector Unified CommandMobile Sector Unified Command

• Timeline depicts activities to secure, Timeline depicts activities to secure, evade/evacuate, and remobilizeevade/evacuate, and remobilize

What are we doing now?What are we doing now?

• Monitoring the weather daily with UAC Monitoring the weather daily with UAC SWOCSWOC

• Ongoing planning throughout Branches and Ongoing planning throughout Branches and ResourcesResources

• Identifying where responders & equipment Identifying where responders & equipment will go ahead of storm impactwill go ahead of storm impact

• Minimizing footprint in deployment sites Minimizing footprint in deployment sites and staging areasand staging areas

• Communicating with appropriate local, Communicating with appropriate local, state and federal agencies and the National state and federal agencies and the National Incident Command (NIC)Incident Command (NIC)

Hurricane Timeline

+1 day+24 hours

Shelter / Re-entry

Re-Entry Assess

regroup first returning

elements via form 210 status change

Review and refresh SWCP

Include updates on current vesse

Communicate with all stakeholders

\Stop incoming

personnel

implimentPhone Tree

and Accountability

Refresh ships crew

Initiate barge plan

Initiate DeconPlan

Deflate sea boom

Release non-essentials

Track equip

Decon vessels and flush sea chests

Move to alternate ICP

Closing Team

Departs

Suspend ops

Secure equipment

2

1

3

Impact

-1 day-24 hours

-2 days-48 hours

-3 days-72 hours

-4 days-96 hours

-5 days-120 hours

-6 days-144 hours

EvacuateSecure

7

Larger Vessels

evade storm

All remanining

vessels released to seek safe

harbor

6

5

Release VOOs to

safe harbor

Transport equip upland

Personnel accounting Continue to

monitor activities and accountability of equipment

4

Offshore Offshore –– TIMELINE SUMMARYTIMELINE SUMMARY

PrepareInitiate

Execute

Re-establish

Standing orders are to maintain <50% fuel, supplies and water

Not more that 48 hrs of supplies staged forward

Multi-day ops. minimized