A BP Gulf Oil Spill HERO dies



Dr. Thomas B. Manton passed away on Wednesday, January 19th.

Tom was the former President/CEO of the International Oil Spill Control Corporation which was one of the very first oil spill control companies in the world formed outside of the rubric of the Oil & Gas Industry. In this capacity he helped create many of the protocols and establish many of the standards that are still in use today throughout the realm of oil spill control.

He became an increasingly vocal critic of the BP response to the Gulf Oil Spill, and wrote five searing articles in that regard. He was particularly distressed that the US Federal Government allowed BP to completely take charge of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster area, as his experience taught him that “the offending oil company should never be given command over the oil spill response”.

Tom Manton was one of the founding members of the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference in Tallahassee, FL. In this capacity he formed the very backbone of this International Citizens’ Initiative offering his wealth of experience, broad and deep knowledge base, and penetrating insights into the complexities of proper oil spill remediation. Tom also brought an invaluable international network of professionals and contacts, many of whom joined the cyber-conference after his spirited recruitment. He truly appreciated the enormity and seriousness of the BP Gulf Oil Spill very early on, and set about the process of educating the US Government, as well as the States of Florida and Louisiana, about the huge challenges that lie ahead.

We are grateful to Tom for all his efforts. Our thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family. We share their sadness.

Dr. Tom Termotto

Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference

Tallahassee, FL

OilSpillSolution@comcast.net

SKYPE: Gulf_Advocate

http://oilspillsolutionsnow.org/

Author’s Note:

The comment section to this article has been suspended indefinitely. All of us who knew Tom Manton are quite saddened by his death. Simply put, we are grieving … deeply.