COPC RESPONSE
Throughout the two incidents, COPC, with the supervision of CNOOC, quickly took steps to identify problems and mitigate impact. COPC response efforts have included:
- Notifying the authorities and our co-venturer as soon as incidents were discovered.
- Implementing sealing measures to plug the original seep points and installing additional containment devices over the original sources as an extra measure of environmental protection.
- Launching a phased depressurization of the Peng Lai 19-3 field to manage subsurface pressure.
- Developing a revised marine Environmental Impact Assessment and revising the Overall Development Program.
- Executing shoreline surveillance, sampling and general clean-up program to monitor, and protect the shoreline of Bohai Bay.