ASME joins the engineering and technology community in expressing its deep concern for the situation in the Gulf of Mexico resulting from the explosion that occurred on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig on April 20, 2010.  Our sincere sympathies go out to the families and colleagues of the workers that lost their lives and more that were injured in this tragedy and to the communities being impacted.

As ASME continues to monitor news on the efforts to contain the oil flow from the damaged undersea well, the Society will make every effort to support the dissemination and discussion of the facts and available technical information related to this incident.

At appropriate times in the future, ASME plans to convene experts and leaders from the offshore technology community to participate in special sessions to discuss the technical issues associated with deepwater drilling.  During upcoming conferences and other venues, ASME plans to host discussions on key issues such as lessons learned, best practices and ways to improve risk management processes.

While news surrounding this tragic incident continues to unfold, ASME will remain committed to making meaningful contributions to the Energy Grand Challenge, in the United States and throughout the world, by optimizing its volunteers and staff resources and by partnering with other organizations.

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