BETA OFFSHORE

Incident Narrative

THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TOGETHER WITH THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED ON THE FORM 7000-1, ARE INITIAL AND MADE AT A PRELIMINARY STAGE OF INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS ONGOING. THE INFORMATION REFLECTS THE CURRENT STATE OF BETA OFFSHORE'S KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. BETA OFFSHORE RESERVES ALL RIGHTS TO AMEND, WITHDRAW, CORRECT, ALTER, OR SUPPLEMENT ITS RESPONSES IN THIS FORM. QUESTION A7: ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 2, 2021, AFTER BEING MADE AWARE OF AN OIL SHEEN BY THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS, BETA OFFSHORE INITIATED ITS OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLAN. AS PART OF THAT OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLAN, BETA OFFSHORE CONTACTED WITT O'BRIEN, WHO IS TASKED WITH CONTACTING STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. THE TIME REFERENCED IN A7 IS BASED ON BETA OFFSHORE'S CURRENT UNDERSTANDING AS TO WITT O'BRIEN'S ACTIONS ON OCTOBER 2, 2021. QUESTION A11: ON NOVEMBER 30, 2021 UNIFIED COMMAND RELEASED A WASTE STREAM MANAGEMENT REPORT THAT INDICATED THAT 132 BARRELS (5,544 GALLONS) OF CRUDE OIL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. IN ADDITION TO THE 5,544 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL COLLECTED, 68,620 POUNDS OF OILY SAND AND 74,040 POUNDS OF OILY WATER HAVE BEEN COLLECTED. THE FORM DOES NOT PERMIT FOR POUNDS OF RECOVERED OIL PRODUCTS, SO THE NUMBER IN QUESTION A11 REPRESENTS THE 132 BARRELS RECOVERED. QUESTION A18.B: THE REPORTED TIME OPERATOR ASSETS WERE ON SITE CORRESPONDS TO WHEN SHIP SERVICES CONTACTED THE PLATFORM AND IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A SPILL. QUESTION B14: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED REFLECTS THE PLATFORM LOCATION, WHICH WAS ~4.5 MILES AWAY FROM THE LEAK LOCATION. QUESTION C6: THE APPROXIMATE WIDTH AND LENGTH OF THE CRACK ARE BASED UPON EVALUATION OF THE PIPELINE ON THE SEAFLOOR AND REPRESENTS THE BEST ESTIMATES AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. FROM AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION BETA BELIEVES THAT THE LARGEST WIDTH OF THE CRACK IS .008 INCHES. QUESTION C6 DOES NOT PERMIT ENTRY OF A CRACK OF .008 INCHES, SO THE ANSWER PROVIDED OF '0.1' IS THE SMALLEST ALLOWABLE INCREMENT TO REPRESENT A CRACK OF THIS WIDTH. QUESTION D3: APPROXIMATELY 588 BARRELS OF OIL WERE UNINTENTIONALLY RELEASED INTO THE SAN PEDRO BAY. AT THIS TIME, BETA OFFSHORE DOES NOT BELIEVE THERE IS NEED FOR A LONG-TERM IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ALTHOUGH BETA IS AWARE THAT ONGOING NRDA WORK IS ONGOING. QUESTION D8: APPROXIMATELY 588 BARRELS OF OIL WERE UNINTENTIONALLY RELEASED INTO THE SAN PEDRO BAY. CURRENTLY CLAIMS ARE BEING MADE AND PROCESSED. BETA OFFSHORE IS CONTINUING TO EVALUATE CLAIMS, BUT AT THIS TIME IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF THE DAMAGES IN CATEGORIES 8A, 8C, 8E AND 8F. FOR PURPOSES OF 8B, THE CALCULATION IS THE PRICE OF A BARREL OF CRUDE OIL AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2021 ($76.01) TIMES THE 588 BARRELS THAT WERE LEAKED. THE COSTS REFERENCED IN QUESTION 8D ARE THOSE COSTS THAT WERE PAID OR AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID RELATED TO REMEDIATION EFFORTS AS OF NOVEMBER 11, 2021, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF WHICH ARE COVERED BY INSURANCE. QUESTION E1: IN ADDITION TO INVESTIGATIONS BEING RUN BY STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, BETA OFFSHORE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE TIME AND SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO THE OIL SPILL. BETA OFFSHORE WILL SUPPLEMENT ITS RESPONSE WITH THE PRESSURE WHEN IT DETERMINES THE PRECISE TIME THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. QUESTION E5.C: THE LENGTH OF THE PIPELINE SEGMENT BETWEEN THE VALVES THAT ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED IS APPROXIMATELY 91,642 FEET (17.34 MILES). THAT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 81,122 FEET (15.36 MILES) FROM PLATFORM ELLY'S ML1 VALVE TO ML4 VALVE IN QUEEN MARY VAULT AND APPROXIMATELY 10,520 FEET (1.99 MILES) FROM ML4 VALVE TO 520 & 530 VALVES AT BETA STATION. QUESTION E8: MEMBERS OF SHIP SERVICES CONDUCTED A DAYLIGHT LINE RIDE ON OCTOBER 2 AND REPORTED THE OIL SHEEN TO BETA PERSONNEL AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 AM. QUESTION G8: IN ADDITION TO INVESTIGATIONS BEING RUN BY STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, BETA OFFSHORE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE TIME AND SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO THE OIL SPILL. BETA OFFSHORE WILL SUPPLEMENT THIS REPORT AS A CAUSE IS CONFIRMED.