Presidential Remarks on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Following a visit to Grand Isle, Louisiana to inspect environmental damage from the BP oil spill and view recovery effor…
Public Hearing Co-Chairs: David Dykes, MMS, and Captain Hung Nguyen, USCG The focus will be on gathering information on the vessel’s conditi… read more
Public Hearing
Co-Chairs: David Dykes, MMS, and Captain Hung Nguyen, USCG
The focus will be on gathering information on the vessel’s condition, crew qualifications, emergency preparedness, and casualty timeline.
Witnesses(updates posted on website):
1. Carl Smith - Consultant, expert witness on the management and operation of MODUs
2. Douglass Brown - Transocean, chief mechanic Deepwater Horizon (recollection of incident aboard DWH)
3. Forsythe - American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), assistant chief surveyor
4. Arinjit Roy - American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), surveyor (recollection of incident aboard DWH)
5. David McKay - Det Norske Veritias (DNV) (recollection of incident aboard DWH)
6. Steve Tink - BP; health, safety and environmental manager (recollection of incident aboard DWH)
7. Adrian Rose - Transocean, health, safety and environmental manager (recollection of incident aboard DWH)
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (EDT) Radisson New Orleans Airport, 2150 Veterans Blvd., Kenner, LA - Bayou close
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