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Mark Ploen

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION 

 

Education:                           11/85  Drilling Operations, University of Alaska                                                                                                   11/85  Cold Weather Operations, University of Alaska                                                                                       10/85 Well Site Operations, University of Alaska                                                                                                  06/84  Bachelor of Science, Bemidji, Minnesota 

 

Employment:                        10/92 -   Present                  QualiTech Environmental,                                                                                                                                   Minneapolis, Minnesota  VP Environmental Division                                                 01/91 - 10/92                        ASI Houston, Texas  General Manager                                                                   01/89 - 12/90                        ASI Los Angeles, California Operations                                                                                                               Manager/Sales and Marketing                                                                              12/85 - 12/88                        ASI Anchorage, AK  General Manager                                                                  08/83 - 12/85                        Alaska Offshore, Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                                     General Manager, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

 

Skills/Services:

  • Oil Spill Response Training

  • Incident Management, Operations/Logistics/Planning/Disposal

  • Spill Site Over Flights/Surveillance

  • On Water Skimming Operations

  • Shoreline Cleanup

  • Submerged Oil Recovery

  • Equipment Specification and Evaluation

 

Experience:

Mark has been involved with virtually every aspect of the oil spill planning and response industry.  He has assisted with projects ranging from drill site remediation in the Arctic to submerged oil recovery in the Caribbean.  Mark has a unique, comprehensive working knowledge of oil spill response equipment and techniques.    

 

Major Spill Experience:

  • 2010 Enbridge Pipeline Incident, Marshall, Michigan

  • 2010 Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico

  • 2009 MV Kawewa, Majuro, Marshall Islands

  • 2009 TV Krymsk, Galveston, Texas

  • 2009 MT Chemical Supplier, Houston, Texas

  • 2008 TVA Fly Ash Incident, Kingston, Tennessee

  • 2008 Degussa Engineered Carbons, Submerged oil, Belpre, Ohio

  • 2007 Coffeyville Resources Incident, Coffeyville, Kansas

  • 2006 Citgo Flash Flood Incident, Lake Charles, Louisiana

  • 2006 Burmuda Islander Incident, Delaware

  • 2005 DBL 152 Barge, Port Arthur, Texas

  • 2005 Hurricane Katrina Response, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 2004 TV Athos I, Delaware River, Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Delaware

  • 2004 TV Torm Mary, Port Arthur,Texas

  • 2002  Rouge River Spill, Detroit, Michigan

  • 2001  TV Shaundar, Antillia, Cuba

  • 2001  Houston Ship Channel, Houston, Texas

  • 2000  TV Weschester, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 2000  Pepco Pipeline spill, Chaulk Point, Maryland

  • 2000  Transredes Pipeline spill, Oruro, Bolivia

  • 1999  Genisis Pipeline spill, Collins, Mississippi

  • 1998  Tesoro SPM spill, Kauai, Hawaii

  • 1997  Kuroshima Reefer Vessel, Dutch Harbor, Alaska

  • 1997  TV Nakhodka, Mikuni, Japan

  • 1996  TV Julie N, Portland, Maine

  • 1996  Coastal Barge 2525, Galveston, Texas

  • 1996  Buffalo Barge 292, Galveston, Texas

  • 1995  Kolva River Basin Spill, Komi Republic, Russia

  • 1995  TV Berge Banker, Corpus Christi, Texas

  • 1994  TB Morris J. Berman, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • 1991  Spill resulting from the Persian Gulf war

  • 1990  TV Mega Borg, Gulf of Mexico

  • 1990  TV American Trader, Huntington Beach, California

  • 1989  TV Exxon Valdez, Valdez, Alaska

  • 1987  TV Glacier Bay, Cook Inlet, Alaska 

 

Special Projects:

  • 2011 Out of Region Spill Response equipment survey for BP Exploration, Alaska

  • 2009 Prince William Sound Containment System Evaluation, Homer, Alaska

  • 2008 & 2009 Fast Water Containment Strategies, State of New Hampshire

  • 2008 Oleophilic Skimmer Evaluation, OHMSETT test facility

  • 2007 Effects of increased throughput BTC Pipeline, Azerbaijan and Georgia

  • 2007 Spill Response Capability Audit, BTC, Azerbaijan

  • 2007 Spill Response Capability Audit, BTC, Georgia

  • 2007 Spill Response Capability Audit, BIL, Turkey

  • 2006 Spill Response Capability Assessment and Training, Devon Energy, Equatorial Guinea

  • 2005 Out of Region Spill Response survey for Prince William Sound Shippers, Alaska

  • 2004 Spill Response Capability Upgrade, Shell Nigeria

  • 2003 Spill Response Capability Audit and Training, PEMEX, Mexico

  • 2002 Out of Region Spill Response survey for Prince William Sound Shippers, Alaska

  • 2002 Spill Response Capability Audit, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar

  • 2001 Spill Response Capability Assessment and Training, Taiwan

  • 1997 Spill Response Assessment, CMS Energy, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast

  • 1997 Spill Response Capability Audit, Ocean Energy, Equatorial Guinea

  • 1995 Spill Response Capability Audit, Chevron Nigeria

  • 1995 Spill Response Capability Audit, Mobil Nigeria

  • 1995 Spill Response Capability Audit, Shell Nigeria

  • 1995 Spill Response Capability Audit, Agip Nigeria

  • 1995 Spill Response Capability Audit, Elf Nigeria

  • 1994 Spill Response Capability Assessment and Training, Chevron, Papua New Guinea

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