JH Blades launches early intervention pollution control
US upstream oil and gas energy managing general agent (MGA) JH Blades has joined forces with Wild Well Control to launch an early intervention pollution control and mitigation programme for the US energy market.
The programme is an addition to the kick assistance programme (KAP), which is designed to utilise a range of early intervention techniques to minimise a well control incident and its environmental impact before it becomes a costly blowout.
Brian Krause, a veteran well control specialist on staff at JH Blades, said: “Wefirst partnered with Wild Well Control in 2012 to launch our KAP programme and it has already prevented several very large losses. As a result we decided to extend the scope of our offering to cover pollution control and mitigation and, just like with KAP, the new service has premium incentives in place to reward an insured for using the program.
Bill Mahler, executive vice president and general manager of Wild Well Control, said: “Bringing a well back under control and dealing with any pollution issues can be very costly, but by deploying both a well control team and a pollution response team immediately upon notification, we can work in unison in an effort to minimise the size of the claim – both in terms of control of well and pollution mitigation.
“In addition to dealing with initial pollution containment, if required, we can also work with the assured, state and federal regulators and loss adjusters on any long-term remediation that might be required.”
