TECHNOLOGY Organized investigation expedites insurance claims following a blowout

Roger Armstreet Brocklehurst Miller Inc. Houston Various types of insurance policies cover blowouts to different degrees, and a proper understanding of the incident and the coverage can expedite the adjustment process. Every well control incident, and the claim arising therefrom, has a unique set of circumstances which must be analyzed thoroughly.

Jan. 22, 1996

Armstreet

Roger Armstreet is president of Brocklehurst Miller Inc. in Houston. He joined the Brocklehurst Group in 1980 following 10 years in the oil field. He was named president of Brocklehurst International Associates in 1982.

Armstreet was instrumental in developing a survey and appraisal division for conducting prerisk surveys of drilling rigs and equipment for insurers. Because of his technical background in the design, testing, and installation of blowout preventer control equipment, he began handling well control claims. He has been involved with numerous onshore blowout losses throughout North and South America and offshore blowouts worldwide. Armstreet graduated from Lamar University in 1969.