In a collaboration between the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's National Incident Management and Advanced Technologies Institute and Louisiana State University's Stephenson Diaster Management Institute, the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center (LA BEOC) has been activated on April 28, 2010.  The informational portal has been set up in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to facilitate offers of assistance to the United States Coast Guard and BP, in the event that their efforts to contain the spill 48 miles off the coast of Louisiana were unsuccessful. The exploration well is located in the Mississippi Canyon Block 252, operated by British Petroleum (BP) and owned by Transocean Ltd.

Please visit LABEOC.ORG for more information.
For more information on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, please visit emergency.la.gov or deepwaterhorizonresponse.com.