Donald G. Willoughby

 British Petroleum

Gulf Oil Spill Offshore Group Lead

      Contracted to BP as representative "Company Man" for the assembly and deployment of the Offshore Response Fleet for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon MS 252 oil Spill.  Initiated and developed the Hurricane evacuation and preparedness plan for Alabama Command post and related offshore assets.

European Commission Brussels

Transportation Expert

      Serve on the European Commission FP7 board for funding scientific research.

Florida Power and Light

      Offshore Specialist for the upgrading of the16 foot intake pipe intervention at the Port Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant.  

REPSOL YPF

Supervision of the 2007 follow-up offshore deepwater inspection of the crash site by ROV and remediative intervention of the tanker “Prestige”, off the Spanish coast. 

Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC

Engineer/Relief DPO Captain

      DP 2 - ROV tender/survey vessel conducting supply boat operations GOM

MNM Boats

Captain

             DP supply boat operations GOM, temporary position.

REPSOL YPF

Onsite supervisor for the petroleum recovery operation from the sunken tanker “Prestige”, off the Spanish coast.

            Finalized the procedural documentation and attended the factory acceptance tests for the prototype equipment designed and used in the project. 

            Field supervised the first ever recovery of petroleum from a sunken tanker using work class ROVs at a depth of 3,850 meters

             Maintained a running contractual audit and produced reports tracking progress and performance trajectory for a six vessel spread with 500 participants.

EDISON CHOUEST OFFSHORE

Chief Engineer on offshore Dynamic positioning construction supply vessels servicing TLP Gulf of Mexico Oil Platforms

            Supervised 28-30 crew and 8-12 subcontractors ashore hired to supply construction, pipes and drilling materials to the oil platforms.   

            Managed and maintained all safety, STCW 95 compliancy and electronic safety systems (GMDSS) aboard as well as USCG, Solas and ISM standards.

§         Maintained MARPOL compliancy and documentation.

AMELIA RESEARCH AND RECOVERY L.C.C.

Captain of a mobile survey/dive/excavation platform offshore the coast of Florida

            Managed and trained 15+ man crew as well as the engineering, logistics and science team for the excavation platform.

            Achievement of 250% increase in daily productivity through efficiency analysis of our survey methods and crew sequencing adjustments.

§         Integrated the modeling software with the GPS enabling automatic real-time chart/model synchronization.

ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL BASE

Chief of Port Operations for a civilian contractor at the largest US Naval Base in the world

            Managed a crew of 30 for the construction, materials, and personnel naval base supply fleet.

            Managed the onshore oil spill response team of 24 as well as organize and supported extensive teams of subcontractors in this 24hr/7day operation.

            Doubled the fleet up-time functionally by correcting preventative maintenance shortfalls

M/V SUNCRUZ CASINO VI

Chief Operations Engineer of a 2,700 ton SWATH, 750 passengers, inspected vessel 

            Managed a ships crew of 18-24 and a steward/casino crew of more than 60. 

§         Organized, managed and passed regular coast guard dry-dock inspections.

            Developed documentation protocols for lowering costs and expediting maintenance.

HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC

Engineer/Technical Expert for deep sea operations 

            Extensive crane and deep sea winch operations (4500 meters) for the R/V Seward Johnson off the East Coast of South America.

§         Maintenance and operation of the A-frame and associated launching equipment for the two      mid-depth manned submersibles (300 and 900 meter subs). 

§         Before 1996, construction engineered for commercial fishing vessels in Alaska, as well as on numerous boats of various other configurations.