Independent Assessment of the 2025 Full-scale Emergency Management Exercise at West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Office of Enterprise Assessments
October 22, 2025
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October 2025,
Independent Assessment of the 2025 Full-scale Emergency Management Exercise at West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA) conducted an independent assessment of the emergency management program during the 2025 full-scale exercise at the West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) site from January to March 2025. This assessment evaluated the effectiveness of the management and operating contractor, Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations (FFPO) and the SPR Project Management Office (PMO) in managing and maintaining emergency response organization (ERO) performance via the March 12, 2025, full-scale emergency management exercise. This assessment considered requirements documented in DOE Order 151.1D, Comprehensive Emergency Management System. EA appraised the performance of the ERO at key decision-making venues to determine whether FFPO responded effectively to an Operational Emergency and took appropriate response measures to protect workers, responders, and the public.