press releases

Craig T. Castille Named Managing Director of HWCG ...

HWCG recently announced that Craig T. Castille has been appointed as the Managing Director effective January 1, 2018.

While employed as the Director of Drilling for Stone Energy Corporation, a member of HWCG, he served on the HWCG Board since its inception, and as Chairman of the HWCG Board and...

HWCG LLC and Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. execute...

HWCG LLC and Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. are pleased to announce a significant expansion of HWCG’s deepwater well containment incident response capabilities in 2019.

In keeping pace with members’ future needs and future regulatory thresholds, HWCG and Trendsetter have executed a Letter of Intent for the design, build and delivery of a...

HWCG to Host Hundreds of Technical Experts for Wel...

Houston, TX – (May 2017) – As a leader among well control regulators, HWCG LLC will bring together hundreds of well control experts and regulatory representatives for its annual source control drill in Houston, TX on May 9-10. Independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, Stone Energy...

HWCG to Host Hundreds of Experts for Subsea Blowou...

On March 24-25, hundreds of participants representing over a dozen organizations will gather in Katy, TX, for a two-day subsea incident response drill led by HWCG LLC and Bennu Oil & Gas.

After Deepwater Horizon, the offshore industry came together with the shared goal of quickly and comprehensively responding...

HWCG Expands Capabilities to Minimize Potential Im...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HWCG LLC, the deepwater well containment incident response consortium, announces a significant expansion of its capture and process capabilities, more than doubling the fluid flowback rate to 130,000 barrels of oil per day and increasing the gas handling capacity to 220 million cubic feet per day.

This expansion marks...

Helix Well Containment Group Brings Together Indus...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG) brought together more than 225 technical professionals from the oil and gas industry for a comprehensive, day-long tabletop exercise designed to increase members’ coordination and preparedness in the event of a subsea well containment incident. HWCG is a consortium of 23...

Helix Well Containment Group to Significantly Expa...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG) announced today it will substantially increase its subsea well containment capabilities this year by expanding its ability to control and contain a release in water depths up to 10,000 feet.

“Our enhanced response and containment capabilities would exceed the depth of...