U.S. NAVY SALVAGE REPORT DEEPWATER HORIZON ... - ESSM

SUPSALV SITREP #78: DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL RESPONSE; 15 July 2010
EQUIP/PERSONNEL STATUS:
ESSM Oil Spill Response (OSR) equipment deployed/staged per attached spreadsheet. Assets and 128
personnel spread between Pensacola FL; Mobile and Bayou LaBatre AL; Pascagoula, Gulfport and Ship
Island MS; and Slidell, Venice and Port Fourchon/Grand Isle LA. Mike Dean, Deputy SUPSALV, in
Houston, TX at the BP Engineering Crisis Center. Kemp Skudin, 00C25, (228-822-0492) has relieved me
as SUPSALV lead.
OPS Summary/Current Activities (15 July):
Coordinating SUPSALV operations from staging area on State Pier, Gulfport MS, positioning, maintaining
and operating SUPSALV OSR equipment assets as directed by USCG FOSC; assisting CNIC
management team co-located w/SUPSALV command element; CNIC craft formation at dress-right-dress
attached. All USCG-requested SUPSALV equipment is in GOM OPAREA. Total SUPSALV boom in
GOM is 95,000 FT w/60,700 FT of boom deployed. Total SUPSALV volume recovered to date: VOSS offshore:
20,487 BBLs and Marcos near-shore: 1,975 BBLs.
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi Coast - (10) Marco Class V skimmers w/6 barges operating in ICP Mobile
Task Forces between Pascagoula, MS and Pensacola, FL, as directed. The skimmer service vessel,
OSV BAYOU BEE in area continuing Class V skimmer service OPS. Bay St Louis area herding/capture
and recovery strategy using 4000' of SUPSALV 18" boom, and Ship Island boom repairs awaiting
assignment of suitable work platforms; expect boom to be picked up tomorrow. CAPT Gunzel from
SUPSALV at ICP Mobile for OPS Planning mtg regarding Navy Airship.
Louisiana - SUPSALV personnel w/OSV CASPIAN U/W from Venice recovered abt 2500' of 26" boom at
North Pass, LA; abt half is beyond repair. Skimmer OPS and training conducted at Slidell/Rigolets area.
SUPSALV personnel in Grand Isle, LA, continue shoreline and near-shore skimming operations - no oil
encountered.
Offshore - OSVs VANGUARD and VANTAGE w/VOSSs U/W conducting off-shore support at MC252
site. RENE w/Class XI in Gulfport awaiting new crane. Second phase of A-WHALE operational test
continues - two SUPSALV observers onboard.
Intentions Next 24 Hrs (16 July):
Continue booming operations out of Venice, LA w/OSV CASPIAN and shoreline and Class V
skimming/boom ops IVO Grand Isle. Class V systems continue near-shore operations along LA, MS, AL,
and FL coastlines. OSVs VANGUARD and VANTAGE conduct off-shore skimming OPS, RENE in port
awaiting crane and continue system maintenance. Continue work with CNIC command team to transport
additional CNIC equipment to Gulfport to await assignment.
Issues/Concerns: NTR
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