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IT YESTERDAY AFTER VISITING WITH THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND SAW THE OIL RIGS OUT THERE MAKING PREPARATIONS. WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THE WEATHER. LAST NIGHT,...
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| 00:05:15 |
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THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT BEING PULLED OUT AND PULLED BACK. THERE IS CONCERN THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK. [INAUDIBLE] >>
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| 00:05:24 |
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FIRST OF ALL, WE SHARE THE SAME GOALS AND THAT IS MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON LIFE AND PROPERTY AND THE ABILITY TO PROTECT
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| 00:05:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOT ONLY PEOPLE BUT THE ENVIRONMENT. IT MAKES SENSE TO TAKE EQUIPMENT AND MAKE IT PROTECTED. WE ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL LEADERS FOR THE BEST WAY TO DO...
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| 00:06:45 |
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THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WITHIN 3 KILOMETERS. THE AP HAS DEVELOPED A MAP THAT SHOWS THE TWO WELLS WITHIN THE RADIUS YOU DESCRIBED. CAN I SHOW YOU THIS AND...
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| 00:07:13 |
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FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. >> ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE PARISH PRESIDENTS -- IS THERE ANY SORT OF PROTECTION THAT YOU CAN LEAVE IN PLACE WITH THIS STORM
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| 00:07:28 |
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COMING? WILL THEY BE COMPLETELY UNPROTECTED? >> IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DETERMINE PROTECTION. >> BOOMS AND
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| 00:07:38 |
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BARGES SPECIFICALLY. >> POEMS AND BARGES DO NOT STOP STORM SURGE.
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| 00:07:48 |
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING EQUIPMENT TO HIGH GROUND SO IT IS NOT HARMED. WHERE IS THAT HIGH GROUND AND WHERE -- AND HOW CAN WE GET THE EQUIPMENT BACK...
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| 00:08:43 |
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STILL THERE. THEY DETACHED LAST NIGHT BUT ISN'T -- IT IS AN
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| 00:08:49 |
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8-12 OUR REVOLUTION. IT HAS TO BE DISCONNECTED AND STORE AND THE DRILL RIGS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE MOVED WITH 5,000 FEET OF RISER PIPE STEMMING DOWN....
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| 00:09:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO PREDICTION OF A HURRICANE NOW. TROPICAL STORM BY HAS EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD OF MONS IT FROM A DEPRESSION TO A TROPICAL
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| 00:09:33 |
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STORM WHICH IS 39 MILES PER HOUR. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 75 MILES PER HOUR TO BE A HURRICANE AND WE DO NOT THINK IT WILL DEVELOP TO THAT. THE ANTICIPATED...
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| 00:10:37 |
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4000 AND WHEN WOULD YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO PULL BACK THE VESSELS CONTROLLING THE ROV'S AND WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR THAT DECISION? >> DEVELOPMENT...
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| 00:10:53 |
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THEY WILL POSITION THEMSELVES IN AN OPTIMAL LOCATION REGARDING THE STORM TRACK TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECT ON THEM. THE LOWER LEFT QUADRANT IS WHERE YOU...
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| 00:12:30 |
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THAT IS THE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. >> THEN WHEN THE VESSELS RETURN, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER 48
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| 00:12:36 |
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HOURS UNTIL YOU CAN RESUME WORK ON A RELIEF WELL? >> CORRECT. >>
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| 00:12:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HOW WILL THE MEDIA KNOW IF AND WHEN YOU LOSE ALL EYES ON THE CAP? >> IF THEY HAVE
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| 00:12:49 |
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TO LEAVE THE SCENE, WE WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WILL ONLY LOSE THE ROV
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| 00:12:55 |
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AND A SURFACE VESSELS. WE HAVE HYDRO-BONDS THAT ARE LISTENING IN THE WELL FOR THINGS LIKE VIBRATIONS THAT WOULD INDICATE WE HAVE PROPER WELL INTEGRITY....
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| 00:13:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
COULD THEY STAY? >> THE LAST BUSTLES TO LEAVE WILL BE THE SEISMIC SURVEY VESSELS -- THE LAST OF VESSELS TO ABLE TO THE SEISMIC SURVEY
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| 00:13:55 |
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VESSELS PER. THE NOA VESSEL WILL PROBABLY HOLD OFF AND THERE ARE THREE VESSELS OPERATE ROV'S . >> I WAS HOPING YOU COULD CLARIFY MORE OF FUNCTIONALITY...
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| 00:14:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ARE THEY REMOTELY CONTROLLED? WHO IS MONITORING THAT? HOW WERE THOSE SIGNALS BEING TRANSMITTED BACK TO ASSURE OR WHEREVER? >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION...
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| 00:14:55 |
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SIGNALS IN REAL TIME. THERE'LL BE A RECORDER ATTACHED TO IT. IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, WE COULD DO ANALYSIS AFTER THE FACT THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING THAT....
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| 00:15:32 |
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WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER FLOW ESTIMATE EVENTUALLY? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE STILL LOOKING TO DO? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. IF WE DON'T OPEN...
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| 00:15:49 |
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TO MEASURE THE FLOW RATE? THERE ARE MANY SOURCES OF DATA THAT WE HAVE ALREADY INCLUDING THE PRESSURE READINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS WE TRANSITION FROM...
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| 00:16:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AS THE STORM GETS CLOSER AND WHETHER YOU ARE INTENDING TO KEEP ALL OF THEIR VALVES ON THE CAP CLOSE TO? >> BECAUSE OF THE WINDS THAT ARE PREDICTED AN...
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| 00:16:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ROUGHLY ESTIMATE THAT IT COULD BE 48 HOURS BEFORE WE ARE BACK ON GRID IT COULD NOT -- IT MIGHT NOT BE AN ABSOLUTE. THE EVENTS WILL REMAIN CLOSED AND THE...
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| 00:17:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOUR BEST GUESS NOW ON ANY NEW TARGET DATES FOR BOTH THE STATIC KILL AND THE ULTIMATE BOTTOM KILL WITH THE RELIEF WELL? >> GIVEN THAT THEY ARE ON SCENE...
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| 00:18:02 |
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AT 48 HOURS AFTER THAT, AND WE COULD PROCEED WITH THE HYDROSTATICS KILL MUD GOING IN. AFTER THAT, WE COULD BEGIN THE BOTTOMKILL. I CAN'T GIVE YOU A TIME...
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| 00:19:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THE OIL SPILL? WHEN CAN YOU START RETURNING TO THE SITE? WHEN DID YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE A NEW ESTIMATE OF THE OIL FLOW? >> WE THINK WE WILL FIRST...
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| 00:19:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PASSAGE OF THE FRONT WILL OCCUR SOMETIME OVER THE 48 HOURS PERIOD FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING - BACK EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THAT WILL BE REVISED BASED...
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| 00:21:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THE AERIAL INFORMATION YOU CAN GET DURING THE STORM? AS I
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| 00:21:11 |
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UNDERSTAND IT, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE WELL OR WHETHER OIL WILL BE FLOWING OR NOT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. IF...
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| 00:21:26 |
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IT WITH AERIAL SURVEILLANCE. WE HAVE ASSESSED WHAT WE FEEL IS THE INTEGRITY OF THE WELL PER -- TO DATE. WE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE SEISMIC AND ACOUSTIC...
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| 00:23:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WATCHING INCIDENT COMMAND THAD ALLEN , WE HAVE MORE ABOUT
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.