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HWCG Selects ATV to Design, Qualify and Manufactur...

ATV to qualify and manufacture a 7” 20k 350oF Gate Valve to upgrade HWCG’s 20k valve based capping stack by 2020.

08 May 2019, Houston, Texas and Colico, Italy: HWCG, a deepwater oil and gas emergency response consortium for the US Gulf of Mexico, announces today that it has commissioned Advanced...

Responder Immunity

When the Deepwater Horizon incident occurred on April 20, 2010 at the Macondo prospect located off the Gulf of Mexico, emergency response vessels quickly headed to the rig in an attempt to contain the blowout. After Macondo, the current responder immunity policy exposed inadequate protection for responders because they were...

Subsea Dispersant Application

Dispersants are products used in oil spill cleanup to enhance the natural degradation and accelerate the breakdown of oil in the environment through natural processes. Dispersants work by reducing the surface tension of oil, reducing the size of oil droplets to a diameter typically similar to that of a human...

PTS and HWCG LLC to Host Well Testing & Water Trea...

Production Technology and Services, Inc. (PTS), a provider of complete offerings in all facets of well testing, and HWCG LLC, a consortium of deepwater operators and non-operators in the Gulf of Mexico with the goal to protect people, property and the environment, will host a Well Testing and Water Treatment...

HWCG Gives BSEE Regional Gulf of Mexico Director B...

On September 6th, 2018 HWCG’s Board of Directors provided BSEE’s Gulf of Mexico Regional Director and his technical support staff with a biannual update that highlighted recent changes in membership, improvements made to organizational leadership and advisory roles, progress on improved response capability as a result of HWCG’s Single...

HWCG Contributes to World Oil “Teamwork – The grea...

HWCG contributed to an educational World Oil special focus article that explains why collaboration is the foundation for most offshore advances. To read the full article and learn more about how our consortium provides solutions for the industry, click here.

HWCG to Speak at the 22nd Annual Gulf of Mexico De...

HWCG’s Technical Director, Ross Frazer, will speak at the Deepwater Technical Symposium in New Orleans on August 27-29, 2018. His presentation will focus on the evolution and enhancement of a deepwater well containment solution and how HWCG has continued to refine both the equipment and its application. To listen to...

HWCG to Host Hundreds of Technical Experts and Reg...

Houston, TX – (August 2018) – As a leader among well control providers, HWCG LLC will bring together hundreds of well control experts and regulatory representatives for its annual source control drill in Katy, TX on August 7-8. Independent oil and natural gas acquisition, exploitation and exploration company, W&T Offshore,...