The Caribbean region including Jamaica and other "Small Island Developing States" lack the resources to combat a major oil spill, delegates to a regional convention on oil spill prevention and response have been warned.
THE date April 20, 2010, will be forever etched on the collective memory of the oil and gas industry. This was the night a massive hydrocarbon release engulfed the Deepwater Horizon while drilling the US Gulf of Mexico Macondo field, claiming the lives of 11 men and unleashing the largest oil spill in the history of the American petroleum industry.
The tragic loss of 11 lives and the environmental damage caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is understandably raising interest in the safety regulations governing offshore drilling in the UK continental shelf (UKCS).
INDUSTRY body Oil and Gas UK said yesterday it was setting up an advisory group to provide a focal point for the sector's review of its oil-spill prevention and response practices.
