Deepwater Horizon

U.S. Gulf of Mexico | United States

The Deepwater Horizon rig explosion was one of the most high profile oil spills in recent history. The rig, owned by BP p.l.c., exploded and subsequently sank in the Gulf of Mexico, spilling large amounts of oil in the process.

The RESOLVE PIONEER was part of a fleet of offshore support vessels to assist the burning rig as it was engulfed by a fuel fed blaze. Then, as the rig sank, Resolve Marine emergency response personnel supported oil spill containment and cleanup operation over the course of six months.

As a subcontractor to NRC and BP, Resolve Marine commanded more than 120 vessels involved in cleanup and recovery throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Pollution response operations required hundreds of contracted personnel for transporting and deploying miles of pollution boom, rigging out decontamination barges and vessels, and supervising the “vessels of opportunity” fleet.

Operations were conducted from Resolve Marine's facility in Mobile, Alabama and five other coastal operations bases. Resolve Marine's U.S. Gulf facility was a central staging location that supported BP, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy and NRC.

Harbor boom and skimming environmental cleanup equipment