萨拉托加生产平台（Saratoga Production Platform）在墨西哥湾倒塌的井倒塌了近15年LLC集团（Group LLC）是美国历史上最长的海上石油漏油事件，每天用多达107桶原油污染了海湾。
该平台的所有者泰勒能源公司（Taylor Energy Co. LLC）于2008年倒闭，但根据联邦法律负责在450英尺深的海床上插入威尔斯。美国海岸警卫队官员说，泰勒声称该流量不超过几加仑，因此泰勒慢慢地走了反应并抵制了行动。2018年10月，经过多年的推动泰勒完成这项工作，海岸警卫队部分采取了反应措施，要求提议遏制排放，并从八个回应中选出的Couvillion。
The Coast Guard called for urgent action; Couvillion engineers brainstormed containment designs and settled on one. “We had four different engineering firms producing drawings, and then I would bid it out [one component at a time],” CEO Timmy Couvillion says. “We wound up having five different fabricators fabricating at six different locations, so the fit test became incredibly important, and our quality assurance and quality control became paramount.”
去年4月16日，Couvillion在海底安装了一个浅200吨的钢盒，高3英尺，40英尺乘40英尺，延伸10英尺，延伸10英尺，以覆盖17英尺乘54英尺排放。海岸警卫队在5月份的联邦法院身份报告中说，遏制系统“现在按计划完全安装和运行”。到11月10日，该系统已收集了6,000多桶石油，并将其运送到岸上出售。
Couvillion, 45, who is from Plaquemines Parish, has a native’s passion for the outdoors, the Gulf waters he grew up on and the marine life they hold. He also has a practical appreciation of the oil-and-gas industry and the careful balance between the two.
While studying for his mechanical engineering degree at the University of New Orleans, he captained a charter boat for Oceaneering International, taking its customers fishing. His Oceaneering contacts were impressed by the depth of his ability to take in the bigger picture from both an environmental and engineering perspective. The company hired him when he graduated in 2004. After a year as a project manager, he founded Couvillion Group in 2005 to provide marine services for the oil and gas sector.
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans that year, the company was a key first responder in the Plaquemines Parish vessel recovery effort. Couvillion designed a unique lift and barge system that returned hundreds of vessels to service. After the catastrophic BP oil spill linked to the Deepwater Horizon platform explosion in 2010, the Couvillion Group supported the extended cleanup effort.
