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YOUR NAME. >> I'M HARRY THIERENS. >>
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MR. THIERENS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP. I
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WANT TO ADVISE YOU THAT A FALSE STATEMENT
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GIVEN TO AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES IS PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND OR IMPRISONMENT UNDER 18U.S.C.1001. KNOWING THIS, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND....
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LAST NAME FORD, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. MY NAME IS RON
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SAFER. I'M WITH SHIFT HARDEN L.L.P. AND I WILL BE REPRESENTING MR. THIERENS THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU, MR. SAFER. ANY BOARD QUESTIONS. >> MR. THIERENS,...
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WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME. >> MY NAME IS HARRY THIERENS AND MY LAST
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NAME IS SPELLED THIERENS
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| 00:01:39 |
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THIERENS. >> THANK YOU. BY WHOM ARE YOU EMPLOYED. >> BP. >> AND WHAT POSITION DO YOU
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HOLD? >> I CURRENTLY HOLD THE POSITION OF VICE-PRESIDENT OF DRILLING
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AND COMPLETIONS
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OPERATIONS BASED IN
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LONDON. >> HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU HAD WITH BP, SIR. >> APPROXIMATELY 21. >> AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THE CURRENT POSITION
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THAT YOU'RE IN. >> SINCE
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DECEMBER 2009. >> AND WHAT OTHER
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| 00:02:06 |
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PREVIOUS JOBS DID YOU HOLD WITHIN
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BP? >> IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO
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| 00:02:12 |
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THIS ROLE, I WAS WELLS DIRECTOR FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO. PRIOR TO THAT, I HELD
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| 00:02:18 |
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NUMEROUS JOBS WITH BP IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS GLOBALLY. >> AND WHEN WERE YOU THE WELL DIRECTOR FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO, HOW LONG? >> FROM 2006 UNTIL
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| 00:02:31 |
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2009. >> WHAT SUREDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND? >> I HAVE AN
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| 00:02:39 |
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HNC
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| 00:02:41 |
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ENGINEERING QUALIFICATION, IN MECHANICAL
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| 00:02:47 |
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ENGINEER. >> CAN YOU PLEASE BRIEFLY DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS VICE-PRESIDENT FOR DNC OPERATIONS? >>
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| 00:02:55 |
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YES. I REPORT TO THE TECHNOLOGY VICE-PRESIDENT
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| 00:03:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF BP, AND THE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION THAT I HAVE, IT'S A FUNCTIONAL ROLE, MY PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES, WHEN I TOOK THE ROLE WERE ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON...
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| 00:03:56 |
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OUT OF
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| 00:03:58 |
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LONDON. DID YOU
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| 00:04:01 |
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PARTICIPATE IN THE DEEPWATER HORIZON BOP
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| 00:04:05 |
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INTERVENTION? >> YES, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. >> AND WHY WERE YOU SELECTED FOR THAT, SIR? >> I IN THE
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| 00:04:12 |
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UNITED
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| 00:04:13 |
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STATES ON -- I WAS IN THE UNITED STATES ON PREVIOUS BUSINESS THAT WEEK, I HAD PLANNED OTHER BUSINESS THAT
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| 00:04:21 |
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WEEK, AND I WAS HERE WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, SO I WAS INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT AND ASKED TO REPORT TO THE INSTANT RESPONSE CENTER IN BP. >> DID...
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| 00:04:39 |
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YES, I WAS BP'S PRINCIPAL LEAD. >>
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| 00:04:45 |
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OKAY. DO YOU RECALL MAKING A LOGBOOK, SIR? >> YES, I DO. >> AND CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE LOGBOOK THAT YOU HAVE ON THE TABLE
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| 00:04:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS ACTUALLY THE LOGBOOK THAT YOU ACTUALLY
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| 00:04:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TOOK,
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| 00:04:55 |
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SIR? >> YES, THIS IS MY LOGBOOK. >> OKAY. JUST TO GIVE ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOU WERE COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE, WHO WERE YOU WORKING
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| 00:05:14 |
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WITH WITHIN TRANSOCEAN AND CAMERON TO ADDRESS THE INTERVENTION? >> THE -- SEVERAL PEOPLE. I DON'T RECALL ALL OF THE NAMES. THE PRINCIPAL PEOPLE I WORKED
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| 00:05:26 |
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WITH IN TRANSOCEAN WERE MR. STRINGFELLOW, MR. HAND, SIR SID SCHULTZ AND THERE WERE OTHERS WHOSE NAME ELUDE ME AT THE MOMENT. IN CAMERON, I WAS WORKING...
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| 00:06:03 |
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TRANSOCEAN EMPLOYEES THAT TRIED TO START IMMEDIATELY
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| 00:06:05 |
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INTO THE INTERVENTION
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| 00:06:06 |
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OF THE BOP STACK, WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT? >> I WAS AWARE FOLLOWING ITS INCIDENT THAT TRANSOCEAN WAS DOING THAT, BUT I DIDN'T GET FULLY INVOLVED IN THE...
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| 00:06:16 |
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FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AT LEAST. >> DO YOU KNOW WHICH DAY YOU ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED? >> I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND THE
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| 00:06:25 |
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24th -- 23rd, 24th. I HAVE LOST
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| 00:06:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TRACK OF THE EXACT TIME. >> I WANT TO REFER TO YOUR NOTES REAL QUICK TO A NOTE YOU MADE ON APRIL 25. AND
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| 00:06:37 |
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I BELIEVE THAT'S BATES NUMBER BP-HZN-MBI-00133121. DO YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, SIR? >> I CAN'T FIND IT. >> IT SHOULD BE TAB 4. I HAVE THREE BLUE...
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| 00:07:04 |
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FIRST ONE. >> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT NUMBER. >>
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| 00:07:06 |
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APRIL 25. >> YES. >> AND THEN YOU HAVE -- IT SHOULD START WITH
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| 00:07:11 |
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1415, AS THE TIME. >> THAT'S CORRECT,
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| 00:07:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, I DO HAVE IT,
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| 00:07:14 |
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YES. >> CAN YOU
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| 00:07:15 |
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GO DOWN TO WHERE I THINK IT'S YOUR HANDWRITING SAYS 1500, IS
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| 00:07:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT CORRECT? RIGHT ABOVE
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| 00:07:22 |
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THAT, THERE'S A NOTE, STARTS OFF WITH SAME. >> OH, THAT WORD IS SUM. >> SUM. I HAVE A HARD TIME READING YOUR HANDWRITING, CAN YOU READ THAT TO ME. >>...
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| 00:07:32 |
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CERTAINLY. THIS IS SOME CONFUSION IN T.O., THE ACRONYM IS FOR
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| 00:07:39 |
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TRANSOCEAN, REGARDING DETAILS AROUND THE CONTROL SYSTEM. NO TRANSOCEAN APPROVED DRAWING AVAILABLE. >> AND WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT, SIR. >> TRANSOCEAN
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| 00:07:52 |
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HAD BEEN -- OR WERE AWARE THAT A CHANGE HAD BEEN MADE IN THE CONTROL SYSTEM AT SOME
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| 00:07:58 |
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TIME. AND THEY WERE -- THEY WERE FLYING THE ROV TO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHANGE WAS, WHAT EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE CURRENT SETUP IN THE BOP...
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| 00:08:20 |
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HAD SOME DIFFICULTY READING WHAT THAT SAYS. CAN YOU -- >> I APOLOGIZE
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| 00:08:23 |
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FOR THE WRITING. >> THIS IS TRANSOCEAN, T.O., TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHAT THEY'VE GOT. >> MR. SKWRAO: SO FROM YOUR --
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| 00:08:32 |
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FROM THIS LOG NOTE, WAS
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| 00:08:35 |
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IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AT THAT TIME
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| 00:08:37 |
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THAT TRANSOCEAN TRULY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAD? >> YES. >> AT ANY TIME DID YOU
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| 00:08:46 |
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WORK WITH TRANSOCEAN AND GET UPDATED DRAWINGS? >> YES, WE DID
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| 00:08:53 |
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GET UPDATED DRAWINGS. >> AND WHEN WAS THAT, SIR? >> I DON'T RECALL PRECISELY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME TIME
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| 00:08:59 |
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AFTER THIS. WE'D ASKED FOR
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| 00:09:02 |
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DRAWINGS,
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| 00:09:03 |
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AS-BUILT DRAWINGS, AND DRAWINGS DID TURN UP. I DON'T KNOW WHO BROUGHT HEM, BUT I DO RECALL SEEING DRAWINGS, YES. >> WE'RE TALKING HOURS, DAYS? >> AT...
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| 00:09:18 |
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HAD AN EFFECT ON THE INITIAL RESPONSE
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| 00:09:20 |
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OF THE
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| 00:09:22 |
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BOP STACK? >> WELL, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REFLECT IN MY NOTES HERE WAS THAT THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE TRANSOCEAN WERE
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| 00:09:30 |
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LOOKING FOR, REFERRED TO AS POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE BOP STACK AND IF THAT TIME HAD NOT BEEN NECESSARY, IT COULD HAVE EXPEDITED A FASTER RESPONSE TO...
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| 00:09:55 |
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YOURSELF? >> PRETTY REASONABLE WORKING KNOWLEDGE. I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON BOP STACKS OR SYSTEMS. >> DO YOU KNOW
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| 00:10:02 |
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IF THERE'S A TIME STAMP ON HOW LONG THE CUTTING ELEMENT OF A BLIND SHEAR RAM HAS, IF IT'S -- IF IT COMES
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| 00:10:10 |
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INTO CONTACT WITH SAND OR HYDROCARBON FLOW OR PRESSURE? >> NO, I DON'T. I DON'T HAVE THEM. >> I'M
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| 00:10:20 |
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GOING TO REFER TO THE TIME, I THINK IT'S THE NEXT PAGE AT 1550, WHICH WAS ONE HOUR
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| 00:10:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LATER. AGAIN, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST READ THAT, THE TOP PART OF THAT, FIRST PARAGRAPH. >> FLYING SURVEY OF THE B.O.P. >> AND THEN AT 1550, I'M SORRY. >>...
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| 00:10:43 |
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HAND. THE
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| 00:10:46 |
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S.T.S.
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| 00:10:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THIS CHANGED A DISCRETE HOT STACK PANEL CAPABILITY TO A COMBINED CLOSED S.T. FUNCTION. THIS MAY BE A LEAK...
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| 00:11:38 |
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S.T. SYSTEM, THE S. IS, YOU KNOW, I GOT THE ACRONYM WRONG, BUT
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| 00:11:44 |
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THE FUNCTION OF THE S.T. LOCK IS TO PROVIDE A LOCKING MECHANISM ONCE THE RAMS HAVE BEEN ACTUATED INTO A CLOSED POSITION, THE S.T. IS A LOCK WHICH MOVES...
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| 00:12:10 |
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THE SUBSEQUENT -- SUBSEQUENTLY, I SAW A DRAWING WHICH REFLECTED IN
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| 00:12:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SORT OF FAIRLY BOLD INITIALLY HANDWRITTEN, IF YOU LIKE, RED FELT TIP PEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SHOWING OVER LYING AN ORIGINAL DRAWING SHOWING WHERE...
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| 00:12:38 |
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DO RECALL SEEING THE DRAWING ON THE WALL IN THE ROOM. >>
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| 00:12:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND THEN CAN YOU CONTINUE TO READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH ON THAT PAGE, SIR. >> YES. THIS IS MY CONCERN RIGHT
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| 00:12:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOW IS THAT TRANSOCEAN MADE
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| 00:12:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POSSIBLY AN UNCONTROLLED CHANGE TO THE SYSTEM LOCALLY ON THE RIG. IT DOES NOT APPEAR AT THIS TIME THAT THEY HAVE A CONTROLLED PROCESS FOR THIS CHANGE...
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| 00:13:14 |
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ABSOLUTELY. >> AND WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY UNCONTROLLED CHANGE? >> WHERE A CHANGE HAS
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| 00:13:21 |
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TAKEN PLACE WHICH IS
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| 00:13:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOT FOLLOWED -- WHICH HAS NOT FOLLOWED A CONTROL OF
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| 00:13:27 |
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WORK, M.O.C. APPROVED COMPANY PROCEDURE. >> WOULD THAT BE BP'S PROCEDURE OR TRANSOCEAN'S PROCEDURE? >> NO, THIS WOULD BE A TRANSOCEAN
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| 00:13:40 |
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PROCEDURE. >> IN YOUR OPINION, DID THIS CHANGE
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| 00:13:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IMPACT THE RESPONSE TO THE B.O.P.
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| 00:13:48 |
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INTERVENTION? >> THE FACTS OF THE MATTER ARE THAT THE CHANGE TOOK SOME TIME TO UNDERSTAND.
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| 00:13:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON THE TIME THAT WE HAD TO RESPOND TO THE INTERVENTION. >> AND WHEN YOU SAY TOOK SOME TIME TO UNDERSTAND, CAN YOU GIVE ME A BETTER...
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| 00:14:12 |
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OF TIME? >> I -- IT MAY HAVE BEEN 12 HOURS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN 24 HOURS. I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT IT WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING TO
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| 00:14:21 |
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UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGE HAD BEEN MADE. >> I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LIST OF SOME POSSIBLE ISSUES AND MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BECOME
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| 00:14:30 |
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AWARE OF DURING YOUR DURATION AND THE INCH VENGES PHASE. I'M GOING TO -- INTERVENTION PHASE. I'M GOING TO ASK BUT THEM AND IF YOU WERE AWARE OF THEM,...
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| 00:14:52 |
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THE INCIDENT, SORRY. >>
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| 00:14:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO. >> WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY LEAKING ON ANY OF THE PODS AFTER THE
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| 00:15:01 |
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INCIDENT? >> AFTER THE INCIDENT? >>
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| 00:15:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES. >> NO. >> WERE YOU MADE AWARE OF ANY LEAKING OF THE PODS PRIOR TO THE
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| 00:15:08 |
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INCIDENT. >> NO, I
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| 00:15:09 |
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| 00:15:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WASN'T. >> WERE YOU MADE
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| 00:15:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AWARE OF ANY LEAKS ON THE UPPER ANNULAR CLOSED SUPPLY
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| 00:15:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SIDE? >>
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| 00:15:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO. WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEAK ON THE B.O.P. RAM S.T. LOCK CIRCUIT. >> I WAS
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| 00:15:24 |
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NOT AWARE OF THAT BEFORE OF THE INCIDENT. >> WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY DEAD MAN SERIES
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| 00:15:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MODIFICATIONS IN OF THE STACK
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| 00:15:33 |
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LODGER? >> NO I WAS NOT. >> WERE YOU AWARE THAT THERE WAS A CONDUIT VALVE PACKAGE BEING SWITCHED OUT AND REPLACED
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| 00:15:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BY ONE WITH ATAG, WHICH IS NOW
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| 00:15:42 |
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OCEAN ENGINEERING? >> NO, SIR. >> WERE YOU AWARE THAT FAILSAFE KITS OPERATIONAL PLAN ITS CHOKE AND KILL VALVE WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN
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| 00:15:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENT? >> NO. >> WERE
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| 00:15:51 |
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YOU AWARE THAT THE LOWER PIPE RAM WAS REPLACED WITH A TEST RAM? >> I WAS MADE AWARE THAT
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| 00:15:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A CHANGE HAD
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| 00:15:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BEEN MADE SOME TIME IN THE PAST, YES. >> AND WOULD THAT HAVE ANY
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| 00:16:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IMPACT ON THE INTERVENTION? >> IT WOULDN'T. >>
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| 00:16:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE LOWER STACK R.O.V. PANEL WAS RECONFIGURED WITH
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| 00:16:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE HOT STACK CONFIGURATIONS? >> NOT PRIOR TO THE I WANT
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| 00:16:15 |
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VENGES. -- INTERVENTION. >> WERE YOU MADE AWARE OF THAT AFTER THE
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| 00:16:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INTERVENTION? >> I WAS MADE AWARE OF IT DURING OF THE INTERVENTION. >> AND WHAT TYPE
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| 00:16:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF P.O.V. PANEL WAS THAT -- R.O.V. PANEL
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| 00:16:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS THAT PUT ON TO THE STACK? >>
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| 00:16:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DON'T KNOW THE TYPE. WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE MIDDLE PIPE RAMP PORT ON THE LOWER STACK OF
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| 00:16:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE R.O.V. PANEL WAS PLUM TO THE TEST RAM? >> NOT PRIOR TO THE INTERVENTION. >> WERE YOU YOU MADE AWARE OF THAT AFTER THE INTERVENTION? >> YES. >> WOULD...
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| 00:16:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IMPACT ON THE INTERVENTION. >> YES. >> CAN YOU ELABORATE AS
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| 00:16:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO WHY? >>
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| 00:16:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WELL, IN THE INSTANCE
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| 00:16:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHERE
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| 00:16:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE R.O.V. PORT
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| 00:16:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS INCORRECTLY CONNECTED, WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE OPERATING
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| 00:16:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE MIDDLE PIPE RAMS AND ACTUALLY OPERATING A TEST RAM, TEST RAM IS DESIGNED TO PULL PRESSURE FROM THE TOP AND NOT THE BOTTOM, SO IT WOULD HAVE A MISLEADING...
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| 00:17:23 |
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WASN'T. >> AND YOU CAN CONFIRM FROM A PREVIOUS QUESTION THAT YOU DID HAVE OUTDATED DRAWINGS OR
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| 00:17:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOT UPDATED AS-BUILTS
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| 00:17:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHEN YOU TRIED TO START THE INTERVENTION. >> WE HAD MODIFIED DRAWINGS, YES. >> HAD BP BEEN MADE AWARE OF ANY OF THE MODEL OF MEDICINE IF I HAVE INDICATIONS
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| 00:17:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT YOU AGREED -- MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU AGREED WITH,
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| 00:17:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS BP AT ANY TIME MADE AWARE OF THAT MODIFICATION? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> MR..>> WHO WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT TO YOUR WORKING
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| 00:17:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOWLEDGE, SINCE YOU WERE
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| 00:17:57 |
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THE WELL DIRECTOR FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM 2006 TO 2009, WHO WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT? >> IF IT WAS TO BE MADE AWARE, TO BP, IT WOULD BE MADE AWARE...
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| 00:18:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TEAM. >> SO WOULD YOU AGREE THAT BP DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THE MODIFICATION THAT YOU'RE AWARE
|
| 00:18:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF. >> I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT CONTROL THEY HAD. >> DURING YOUR
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| 00:18:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INTERVENTION WORK, DID YOU DETERMINE WHO ACTUALLY MADE THE MODIFICATION THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF? >> NO,
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| 00:18:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DID NOT. >>
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| 00:18:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EARLIER, YOU NAMED ABOUT TWO GENTLEMEN THAT YOU WORKED WITH FROM CAMERON, A, A
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| 00:19:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MR. DON KING AND I SCRIBBLED THE NAME DOWN. >> I'M SORRY, IT'S MEL WHITBY. >> DURING THE INTERVENTION WITH
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| 00:19:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THOSE MEN, WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS THAT DELAYED THEIR RESPONSE? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS THEY HAD AND I DON'T
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| 00:19:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH THEIR MIND AT THE TIME. >> DID YOU WORK IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THEM WHEN YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE
|
| 00:19:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INTERVENTION? >> YEAH, WE WERE COLLECTIVE IN THE SAME ROOM. >> DID
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| 00:19:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU HAVE DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM? >> YES. >>
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| 00:19:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DID THEY EVER DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH YOU
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| 00:19:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ANY
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| 00:19:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PROBLEMS THEY MAY HAVE HAD DURING THE INTERVENTION? >> I DON'T
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| 00:19:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RECALL. >> DO YOU KNOW THAT DURING THE INTERVENTION THAT THE R.O.V. FOUND A SMALL LEAK ON THE
|
| 00:19:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GLEE
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| 00:19:45 |
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COLE INJECTION PORT OF THE LOW RISER PACK? >> NO, I DON'T RECALL THAT. >> AT ANY TIME WERE YOU MADE AWARE OF ANY TYPE OF SOLENOID ISSUES OR LEARN
|
| 00:20:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ABOUT ANY
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| 00:20:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SOLENOID ISSUES ON EITHER OF THE PODS DURING THE INTERVENTION? >> NOT DURING THE INTERVENTION, NO. >> AFTER YOU PULLED THE PODS -- WERE YOU INVOLVED...
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| 00:20:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE POD HAD BEEN
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| 00:20:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RETRIEVED, I ACTUALLY LEFT ON A
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| 00:20:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BREAK. >> HAVE YOU EVER VISITED THE DEEPWATER HORIZON PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT? >> YES, I HAVE. >> AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
|
| 00:20:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WERE THERE, SIR? >> I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT DATE.
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| 00:20:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I BELIEVE IT
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| 00:20:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS
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| 00:20:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POSSIBLY OCTOBER-NOVEMBER TIME FRAME IN 2009. >> I THINK EARLIER YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BEING OVER THE RIG AUDIT GROUP IN LONDON. DID YOU ACTUALLY...
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| 00:20:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CONCERNS WITH THE DEEPWATER HORIZON ON YOUR LAST VISIT THERE, ONLY LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. >> I DIDN'T TAKE THE RIG AUDIT GROUP UNTIL AROUND MARCH TIME...
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| 00:21:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU. >>
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| 00:21:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO. : >>
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| 00:21:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO, I DIDN'T. >> DO YOU KNOW WHO AT BP DID SPEAK? NO, I DON'T. >> DID ANYONE EVER TO THAT
|
| 00:22:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE WAS SOLENOID FAILURE ON
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| 00:22:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A YELLOW PAD? >> I DID HEAR THAT WHEN I
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| 00:22:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RETURNED. DON'T RECALL WHERE I HEARD IT, BUT I DID HEAR. >> I'M GOING TO REFER
|
| 00:22:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU TO SOME BLOGS THAT BP HAD PROVIDED TO US. I THINK IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT STARTS WITH PAGE NUMBER OF
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| 00:22:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BP HZ IN DASH MBI 00133120. IT'S A SELF SPREADSHEET TABLE. [INAUDIBLE] >> NO, NO, NO. THAT'S NOT -- >>
|
| 00:22:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TREND LINE. >> TAKE YOUR TIME. I THINK IS A BLUE TAB RIGHT THERE. >> YOU
|
| 00:23:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOW, I LEFT MY READING GLASSES -- LET ME HAVE A GO AT THIS SPECTATOR TIME, SIR. >> WHAT WAS YOUR
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| 00:23:21 |
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QUESTION AGAIN, PLEASE? >> I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE YELLOW POND SOLENOID. THERE'S A SECTION IN THERE ABOUT THE YELLOW
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| 00:23:28 |
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POND SOLENOID
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FAILURE. >> COULD USE -- SORRY. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOUR
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| 00:24:01 |
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HONOR. THIS WITNESS HAS TESTIFIED HE HAD NO FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE
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| 00:24:06 |
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OF ANY ISSUE WITH THE YELLOW POD. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE ARE WITNESSES WHO WILL TESTIFY WHO DID WHO MIGHT BE BETTER TO ADDRESS THIS. >> THIS IS...
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| 00:24:24 |
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WORKING WITH AND I WANT TO SEE IF HE IS SOMEWHERE WITH THIS DOCUMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO GO ANY FURTHER. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF HE HAS SEEN THIS. [INAUDIBLE]...
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| 00:24:45 |
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WENT SEVERAL YEARS TRYING TO SEE IT BETTER AND IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING...
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| 00:25:11 |
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THE
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| 00:25:13 |
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SPOT. >> OKAY. YOU'RE REFERRING HERE, I THINK, YOU ARE REFERRING HER I THINK TWO THE SIXTH
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| 00:25:26 |
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OF MAY? >> YES, SIR. HIGHLIGHTED SECTION. >> I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS, THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE. >> THAT'S WHY. DO YOU
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| 00:25:33 |
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KNOW WHO GENERATED
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| 00:25:36 |
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THIS DOCUMENT I --
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| 00:25:38 |
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I DON'T. >> HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED -- ARE YOU STILL INVOLVED WITH THE INTERVENTION? WITH ANY OF
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| 00:25:53 |
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THE WORK GOING? >> NO, SIR. I FINISHED WITH THE INTERVENTION WORK. >>
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| 00:26:00 |
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WERE YOU INVOLVED WHEN THEY CUT, MAYBE CUT RIGHT ABOVE THE PACKAGE AND INSTALLED THE
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| 00:26:06 |
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NEW PACKAGE OF? >> YES. I WAS INVOLVED, JUST. >> DO YOU RECALL WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY CUT THE LOWER RING,
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| 00:26:13 |
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WHEN THEY MADE THE CUT, WHAT THEY ASK WE SAW? >> YOU'RE
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| 00:26:16 |
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TALKING I THINK AROUND THE WRITER, IS THAT CORRECT? >> RIGHT ABOVE, YES. >> YES, I WATCHED THAT. >> DO YOU RECALL
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| 00:26:24 |
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WHAT YOU SAW? >> NO,
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| 00:26:28 |
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| 00:26:29 |
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BUT SHORTLY AFTER I WAS, I
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| 00:26:33 |
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WAS TOLD, THEY MADE THE CUT ON THE RISER AND MOVED IT OUT OF THE
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| 00:26:38 |
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PLUME, OUT OF THE AREA INTO CLEAR SPACE. I WAS INFORMED AT THAT TIME THAT IT APPEARED THAT THERE WERE TWO SECTIONS OF PIPE INSIDE THE CUT. >> WOULD...
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| 00:26:57 |
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YES, IT IS. >> HAD BP DONE ANY WORK TO DETERMINE WHETHER THOSE TWO SECTIONS OF PIPE HAD COME
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| 00:27:03 |
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FROM? >> I DON'T KNOW. I
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| 00:27:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT. >> DO YOU KNOW WHO AT BP WAS? >> THE ENGINEERING GROUP AT BP
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| 00:27:10 |
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WERE, WERE LOOKING AT
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| 00:27:13 |
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THE ANALYSIS, HOW THAT COULD BE. BUT I DON'T
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| 00:27:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT. >> I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, AND I KNOW YOU JUST MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT YOUR NEW RESPONSIBILITIES WITH
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| 00:27:27 |
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AUDITING. HAD YOU EVER LOOKED AT THE DEEPWATER HORIZON RIG AUDIT PRIOR TO COMING HERE TO TESTIFY, SIR? >> NO. >> AT ANY TIME FOR YOU MADE AWARE OF...
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| 00:27:44 |
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FOR THIS STACK? >> NO. >>
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| 00:27:46 |
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS? >>
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| 00:27:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DO RECALL SEEING
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| 00:27:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOTES IN 2009. IT MENTIONED SOMETHING AROUND API CERTIFICATION.
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| 00:28:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS. >> AND WHILE YOU'RE THE WELL DIRECTOR FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM 2006-TWO DOES NOT, DID ANYONE INDICATE YOU THAT...
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| 00:28:16 |
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IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS THE? FOR THE DEEPWATER HORIZON. >> I DON'T RECALL. >> DID YOU HAVE -- OR NOTE ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU MIGHT FUTURE ...
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| 00:28:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ROV INTERVENTION? DO YOU HAVE ANY
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| 00:28:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FAITH IN IT? >> THAT'S A VERY BROAD QUESTION. >> YOU HAVE ANY FAITH IN ROV INTERVENTION? DO YOU THINK IT'S A RELIABLE SOURCE OF
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| 00:28:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:28:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INNOVATION -- INTERVENTION? >> YES, I DO A. >> HOW MANY ARE THE INTERVENTIONS HAVE YOU BEEN ON BEFORE? >> I DON'T
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| 00:29:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RECALL
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| 00:29:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EXACTLY. I KNOW IT'S AT LEAST ONE PRIOR TO THIS. >>
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| 00:29:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND WHERE WAS THAT AT, SIR? >> IT WAS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. >> TIMEFRAME? >> IT WOULD HAVE
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| 00:29:20 |
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BEEN
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| 00:29:23 |
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AROUND 2003. I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY, IN 2003. >> AND IT WAS
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| 00:29:30 |
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SUCCESSFUL? >> YES. IT WAS VERY
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| 00:29:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:29:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SUCCESSFUL. >> AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD
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| 00:29:45 |
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YOURBOARD. >> JUST FOR THE RECORD, TRANFORTY WHEN I WORKED TOGETHER FOR 10 DAYS ON THE STACK INVENTION, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S
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| 00:29:54 |
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CORRECT. >> OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANKS. >> IN THE OTHER BOARD QUESTION? >>
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| 00:30:00 |
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YES. GOOD MORNING, MR.
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| 00:30:01 |
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THIERENS, MR. SCHAEFFER'S. BEFORE I START, IF
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| 00:30:05 |
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I ASK
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| 00:30:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU COMPOUND QUESTIONS OR COMPLEX QUESTIONS, OR A QUESTION IN BROKEN INTO HIS COMPUTER, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I TRY TO GET AT PLEASE ASK TO...
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| 00:31:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF MY QUESTION FOR YOU. BUT LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS, SOME OF THE CASUALTIES THAT INVOLVE BP IN THE PAST, AND I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE...
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| 00:32:18 |
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BELIEVE THERE WERE
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| 00:32:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LESSONS LEARNED, YES. >> YES, SIR. WHAT ELSE THE? >> I DON'T RECALL. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY BP DID WITH THOSE LESSONS AND LEARNED IN
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| 00:32:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TERMS OF
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| 00:32:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ENHANCING THE SAFETY SYSTEMS THE? I
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| 00:32:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CAN'T REMEMBER. >> HOW ABOUT IN 1999, NOVEMBER 11, THIS INVOLVED
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| 00:32:43 |
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BP PLATFORM MARLON WHERE THE CREW EXPERIENCE, I GUESS WE WILL CALL IT NEAR WELL BLOWOUT WHERE THE PRESSURE WENT FROM 50 TO 4300 PSI. ARE YOU AWARE...
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| 00:33:04 |
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ON JULY 11, 2007, ON HIS FIRST DEPLOYMENT TRIP TO BP, THUNDER HORSE, ALMOST
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| 00:33:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CAPSIZING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT INCIDENT, SIR? >> I WAS AWARE OF THAT INCIDENT, YES. >> WHAT LESSON CAME OUT OF THAT INCIDENT?...
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| 00:33:22 |
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THE INCIDENT. >>
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| 00:33:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SO WAS THERE AN
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| 00:33:26 |
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INVESTIGATION? WAS THERE A BP INVESTIGATION? >> I BELIEVE THERE
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| 00:33:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS, BUT WAS NOT RUN DURING THE INVESTIGATION. >> AND YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY LESSON LEARNED FROM THAT INVESTIGATION? >>
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| 00:33:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DON'T RECALL. >> SO
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| 00:33:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ANY ACTION THAT BP TAKEN,
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| 00:33:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DARK TO IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SAFETY
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| 00:33:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
METASYSTEM YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF SPECIFICALLY. >> YES,
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| 00:33:59 |
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SIR. NOW, YOU'RE IN THE INDUSTRY FOR A LONG TIME. WHAT ABOUT THE
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| 00:34:06 |
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DISASTER IN 1988? ARE YOU FOR MONEY WITHOUT INCIDENT SPEAK AS I RECALL THAT INCIDENT, YES. >> WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT INCIDENT?...
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| 00:34:21 |
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DETAILS ABOUT IT. >> WHAT IF I TELL YOU THAT
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| 00:34:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE WAS A GAS LEAK WHICH IGNITER TEAM CAUSED AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE
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| 00:34:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT KILLED 167 PEOPLE IN THE NORTH SEA, AND THERE WAS A LOWER COOLING, -- PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THAT INCIDENT, WITH A REFRESHER MY? >> I DO RECALL, YES....
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| 00:34:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MADE CHANGES
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| 00:34:54 |
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TO THE WAY THE CASSANOVA INDUSTRY OPERATE IN THE NORTH SEA. DO YOU REMEMBER ANY OF THAT, SIR? >> NO, I DON'T. >> IN REVIEWING PREVIOUS CASUALTY, THE...
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| 00:35:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LESSONS LEARNED,
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| 00:35:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A LOT OF THINGS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BACK IN 1998 IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE INDUSTRY OPERATE, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT IN TERMS...
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| 00:36:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SAFETY NET, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY
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| 00:36:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF A VESSEL AND PREVENTION OF POLLUTION? YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT PHRASE. >> WITHIN A SAFETY NET, THE ENTITY TO A DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITY,
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| 00:36:23 |
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FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY, THE OWNER,
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| 00:36:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE COASTAL STATE, FLAG STATE HAVE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITY IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE VESSEL. SO NOW, WHEN WE HAVE AN INCIDENT WHERE WE EXAMINE...
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| 00:38:14 |
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THAT HE ORDERED THE CAPTAIN TO DO WHATEVER IT WAS. I BELIEVE A MISCHARACTERIZATION. >> NOTED. >> I WOULD SIMPLY ASK FOR THE
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| 00:38:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RECORD -- >> NOTED. >> AND YOUR RECOLLECTION IS UNDOUBTEDLY BETTER THAN MY.
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| 00:38:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOUR NOTES ARE PROBABLY BETTER THAN MINE,
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| 00:38:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BUT IF WE COULD DO THIS AS A HYPOTHETICAL
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| 00:38:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
QUESTION BASED ON CAPTAIN NGUYEN'S RECOLLECTION OF THE TESTIMONY. >> I THINK THE CAPTAIN JUST WANT TO SET THE SETTING FOR THE AUDIENCE HERE AS WELL,...
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| 00:38:49 |
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REAL QUESTION IS A FORWARD-LOOKING RECOMMENDATION. >> YES, SIR. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> SINCE WE'VE INTERRUPTED,
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| 00:38:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT INTERRUPT IT, I WOULD
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| 00:39:03 |
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JUST
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| 00:39:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOTE THAT MR. THIERENS AREA OF TESTIMONY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE AREA FOR WHICH HE WAS PREPARED IS THE B.O.P. INTERVENTION. I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION...
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| 00:39:28 |
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THAT HE'S A SENIOR SENIOR STATEMENT FOR INDUSTRIES OR I WOULDN'T ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. >> I ASSURE YOU HE IS, HE IS A QUALIFIED PERSON IN HIS FIELD,...
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| 00:39:42 |
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SO I THINK THAT'S A HEAVY, HEAVY BURDEN TO CARRY. >> YES, SIR. NOW, BASED ON WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S SOME CONFUSION,
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| 00:39:55 |
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AND I CAN SEE HERE IN TERMS OF CAPABILITIES AND IN COORDINATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU OPERATE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO BEFORE. DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION...
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| 00:40:26 |
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CAPABLE OF MAKING, FORMING AN OPINION OF THAT. SORRY. >> YES, SIR. HAVE YOU EVER SERVED AS AN OIM OUR MASTER
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| 00:40:36 |
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OF VESSEL ENGAGING, DRILLING OPERATIONS, SIR? >> NO I'VE NEVER DONE THAT. >> SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR LONGTIME I WAS HOPING YOU HAVE...
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| 00:40:49 |
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TERMS OF SEARCH
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| 00:40:50 |
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AND RESCUE, THERE WAS OFFICE SURE SUPPLY VESSEL, BANKS AND. WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT, SIR? >> NO. THIS VESSEL HAVE GIVEN THE FAST RESCUE CRAFT AND IT WAS...
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| 00:41:07 |
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CRITICAL IN RESCUING SURVIVORS, SO ONE OF THE QUESTION I ASKED YESTERDAY ABOUT RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE A STANDBY VESSEL FOR A MODO ENGAGING IN OPERATION...
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| 00:42:02 |
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IN CHARGE, OR ON DEEPWATER
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| 00:42:05 |
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HORIZON. WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT, SIR? >> NO. >> WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ON BOARD A VESSEL IT'S KIND OF LIKE A THREE-LEGGED STOOL. YOU
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| 00:42:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAVE THE MASTER, THE OFFSHORE
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| 00:42:17 |
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INSTALLATION MANAGER, AND THE WELL SITE LATER. AND THOSE THREE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO MAKE DECISIONS. IS THAT SOMETHING -- ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT ARRANGEMENT,...
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| 00:42:32 |
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PLACE ON THE HORIZON WITH REGARD TO THE. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT ARRANGEMENT IS PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD ON ALL VESSEL ENGAGEMENT IN THIS KIND OF
|
| 00:42:43 |
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ACTIVITY. IT'S NOT JUST THE DEEPWATER HORIZON. >> MASTER, OIM AND WELL SITE LATER ARE THE DRILLING OPERATIONS, SATELLITE PART OF THE COMPLEMENT OF
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| 00:42:55 |
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A VESSEL, YEAH. >> OKAY. I MEAN, BP OPERATE VESSELS ALSO, RIGHT? THAT
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| 00:43:03 |
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ENGAGING DEEPWATER DRILLING? >> I -- I DON'T KNOW. >> THUNDER HORSE IS NOT A DP VESSELS BECAUSE I'VE STARTED I THOUGHT YOU WERE REFERRING TO MOBILE...
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| 00:43:14 |
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DRILLING UNITS, BUT YEAH, THUNDER
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| 00:43:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HORSE BELONGS TO BP. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WORKS ON THE NORSE. >> SO YOU ARE BP, THE BP PORTRAIT AND COMPLETION FOR BP, AND YOU DON'T...
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| 00:43:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
COMMAND ON BOARD OF A VESSEL, A BP OF VESSEL ENGAGED IN THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, SIR? >> I DON'T KNOW THE CHAIN OF COMMAND ON BOARD PRECISELY THE CHAIN...
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| 00:43:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
VESSELS. >> ANY VESSEL OPERATED BY BP. >> I -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND ON A BP DOESN'T. I BELIEVE THE OIM IS IN CHARGE OF A FIXED
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| 00:43:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:43:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BP VESSEL. >> A FIXED BP VESSEL. WHAT YOU MEAN BY FIXED BP VESSEL? >> YOU REFERRED EARLIER TO THUNDER HORSE, WHICH IS A FIXED PLATFORM.
|
| 00:44:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT'S NOT A DP
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| 00:44:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PLATFORM. >> OKAY. DOES BP HAVE ANY BP VESSEL? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF
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| 00:44:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE. >>
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| 00:44:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OKAY. NOW, FOR VESSELS OPERATING, LET'S SAY DEEPWATER
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| 00:44:39 |
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HORIZON, NOW, THE DEEPWATER HORIZON IS A DP VESSEL, IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? >> IS A DP VESSEL, CORRECT. >> IN YOUR OPINION, WHO SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF...
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| 00:44:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
JUDGE, I THINK THE
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| 00:44:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WITNESS -- [INAUDIBLE] ASK HIM HIS OPINION OF WHO SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF
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| 00:45:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE TRANSOCEAN VESSEL, WE GET INTO THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE OIM AND THE CAPTAIN. >> WELL, HE MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT. I THINK JUST TO SET THE STAGE FOR EDWARD,...
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| 00:45:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FORWARD-LOOKING RESPONSIBILITIES. AND ACTUALLY, WE HAVE LOOKED INTO EACH WITNESS PRETTY MUCH TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THINGS...
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| 00:46:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
STATION, THE OIM IS IN CHARGE AS
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| 00:46:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE UNDERSTAND. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE FACT, SIR? >> I -- I'M NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE WHO IS IN COMMAND OF THE VESSEL. THIS TRANSOCEAN
|
| 00:46:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
VESSEL. I'M AWARE THAT THERE IS AN OIM AND AS A CAPTAIN I'M NOT AWARE OF HOW THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND IS APPLIED. >> ON A CREWS SHIP YOU HAVE A CREWS...
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| 00:46:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHO DO YOU THINK IS IN CHARGE ON A CREWS SHIP? FOR THE SAFETY, FOR THE SAFE OPERATIONS OF THE VESSEL AND PREVENTION OF POLLUTION, WHO DO THINK IS...
|
| 00:47:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR
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| 00:47:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A MODU, DEEPWATER HORIZON TO HAVE SINGLE PERSON IN CHARGE FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHO THAT IS? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> ESPECIALLY AGO INTO A CRISIS SITUATION?...
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| 00:47:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ON
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| 00:47:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:47:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:47:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT. >> HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE DO YOU HAVE WITH REGARD IN THE
|
| 00:47:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NATIONAL REGULATIONS
|
| 00:47:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GOVERNING DRILLING MODU DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF THAT. >> WHO IN BP AT YOUR LEVEL WOULD HAVE KNOWLEDGE
|
| 00:48:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF MARITIME
|
| 00:48:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OPERATIONS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL REGULATION THAT GOVERNS AMERICAN OPERATION? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> SO IS BP STRICTLY A DRILLING
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| 00:48:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
COMPANY? >> THAT BARELY
|
| 00:48:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ATTENTION PAID? >> I WORK IN THE DRILLING AND COMPLETION SIDE. BP DOES HAVE A MARINE SIDE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD
|
| 00:48:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BE
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| 00:48:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RESPONSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW. >> SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH SUITABLE VESSEL FOR YOUR OPERATION? >> I -- I
|
| 00:48:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DON'T KNOW. >> THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF STOVE PIPES IN COMPANIES AND STOVEPIPE ON BOARD THIS MODU
|
| 00:48:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN TERMS OF DRILLING, IN TERMS
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| 00:48:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF GREEN SYSTEM, UNACCOMPANIED SIDE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, STOVEPIPES WITH MARINE SYSTEM AND DRILLING PROVISION. BUT I JUST DON'T SEE HOW EVERYTHING...
|
| 00:51:25 |
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BE UNDERSTOOD AND HOW THIS WHOLE EVENT OCCURRED, WHICH HAS
|
| 00:51:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE TECHNICAL SIDE, THE DRILLING SITE, THE MARINE SIDE, WHO DOES WHAT COME TO RESPOND TO, WHO TAKES WHAT RESPONSIBILITY...
|
| 00:52:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TIME, WORLDWIDE, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU FOR YOUR OPINION. I MEAN, IF I GO TO, I DON'T KNOW, MR. STEPHEN NEWMAN, CEO OF TRANSOCEAN, IF I'M ASKING...
|
| 00:54:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT AND THINGS THAT WERE DIRECTLY WITH HIS DIRECT INVOLVEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, I DO THINK -- FOR CHILI OR UNFORTUNATELY, HE DOESN'T...
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| 00:54:33 |
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RESTRICTED, DINNER, THIS BOARD FROM EXPLORING QUESTIONS AS THINGS DEVELOP OR THINGS THIS MORNING I THOUGHT ABOUT THE. >> UNDERSTOOD, BUT THESE ARE...
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| 00:54:47 |
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OF. >> I RECOGNIZE THAT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER BOARD
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| 00:54:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE] >> I DON'T
|
| 00:55:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RECALL. >> WHEN YOU IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, DIRECTOR OF THE -- DIRECTOR
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| 00:55:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THE GULF OF MEXICO DID YOU
|
| 00:55:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EVER RECEIVE IN ENGINEERING BULLETINS FROM CAMERON? >> I DON'T RECALL RECEIVING ANYTHING FROM CAMERON. >> DID YOU EVER REVIEW THE AUDITS ON THE DRILLING...
|
| 00:55:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BP? >>
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| 00:55:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO. >> SO THE RIGS THAT YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHEN YOU'RE THE WELL DIRECTOR FOR THE
|
| 00:55:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OPERATIONS CAN YOU NEVER REVIEWED
|
| 00:55:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ANY TYPE OF AUDITS OR BULLETINS, NOTICES FROM ANYONE? >> NOT THAT I CAN RECALL. >> I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> ANY OTHER BOARD
|
| 00:55:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:55:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
QUESTIONS? >> MR. THIERENS, AS THE WELL'S DIRECTOR IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
|
| 00:56:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FROM 2006-2009,
|
| 00:56:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHAT EXACTLY WERE YOUR DUTIES? WHAT WERE YOUR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY? >> I MANAGED THE ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS GROUP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
|
| 00:56:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND THOSE DUTIES CHANGED IN PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN I FIRST CAME, THE ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS GROUPS WERE DEDICATED TO INDIVIDUAL ASSETS IN THE COMPANY....
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| 00:56:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
UNDERSTAND. SO AS
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| 00:56:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PART
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| 00:56:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THAT, WHO WITHIN THAT GROUP WORKING FOR YOU UNDER THE ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS, REDUCE THE OPERATIONAL ASPECTS SUCH AS REGARDS, NOTICED ALESSI'S...
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| 00:57:45 |
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GULF OF MEXICO YOU NEVER SAW A NOTICE
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| 00:57:48 |
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TO LESSEES? >> I DON'T
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| 00:57:50 |
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RECALL, NO. >> YOU ARE -- YOU WERE THE WELL DIRECTOR AND YOUR CURRENTLY
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| 00:57:58 |
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THE BP -- BP FOR DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS
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| 00:58:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OPERATIONS, BUT IN THOSE ROLES HOW DID YOU ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ANSWERING TO YOU ARE ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOB IF THEY ARE NOT DOING SPOT...
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| 00:58:25 |
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OF COMMAND. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T AS A SILLY GO DIRECT TO A SINGLE PERSON THAT I MAY GO THROUGH HIS MANAGER, ARE WE ON TRACK ARE THINGS GOING OKAY,...
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| 00:58:45 |
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YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR BUDGETING OR ASKING ON SPECIFIC
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| 00:58:49 |
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PROJECTS BE? NO. >> DIGENOVA HAVE INTERACTION WITH OTHER OPERATORS IN A WELL DESIGNED, SAY YOU HAD A PARTNER IN A PROJECT
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| 00:58:57 |
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SUCH AS THIS ONE, IS A TYPICAL THAT BP WOULD HAVE APPROVAL COME FROM EITHER ANADARKO OR MOEX OR HAVE ANY SAY IN THE REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR PROCEDURE...
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| 00:59:18 |
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MARSHALL
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| 00:59:20 |
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| 00:59:23 |
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ISLANDS? >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. GOOD MORNING, MR. THIERENS. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MY NAME IS GREG LINSON. I REPRESENT
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| 00:59:31 |
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THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THAT'S LIKE STATE FOR
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| 00:59:34 |
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THE DEEPWATER HORIZON. I HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS
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| 00:59:36 |
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FOR YOU, PLEASE, SIR. YOU TESTIFIED IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM MR. MATTHEWS THAT AS YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE INTERVENTION ACTIVITIES, YOU CAME TO...
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| 01:00:24 |
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MADE, POSSIBLY, AND UNCONTROLLED CHANGE. >> AND I JUST WANT TO EXPLORE THAT WITH YOU ALL LITTLE BIT. YOU INDICATED, YOU
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| 01:00:35 |
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TESTIFIED YOU ARE WORKING WITH MR. STRINGFELLOW, MR. HAND AND MR. SCHULZ FROM TRANSOCEAN COME IS THAT CORRECT? >> AMONGST THEM, YES. >> AND DID YOU...
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| 01:00:50 |
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NOT TRANSOCEAN HAD
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| 01:00:52 |
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AN MOC PROCEDURE, WHETHER IT HAD BEEN FOLLOWED, WAS THAT A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WITH ANY OF THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS FROM TRANSOCEAN? >> I DON'T RECALL...
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| 01:01:09 |
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THIS IS WHAT -- DID MR. HAND TELL YOU WHAT GOOD RECORD
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| 01:01:13 |
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THERE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SPEAK WAS MR. HAND TOLD ME THAT BEING A CHANGE MADE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. >> RIGHT. OKAY. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION...
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| 01:01:27 |
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WHETHER OR NOT THE COWBOY HAD A PROCEDURE FOR MANAGING THAT KIND OF CHANGE? >> NO, I DIDN'T. >> IN YOUR
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| 01:01:46 |
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CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR FOR DNC OPS, AND SPECIFICALLY
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| 01:01:58 |
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WITH REGARD TO YOUR EXPRESSED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, DO YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OR OVERSIGHT, MR. THIERENS, AS TO THE ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE...
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| 01:02:25 |
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YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TESTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE REQUIRED BEFORE A WELL CAN
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| 01:02:35 |
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BE SAFELY TEMPORARILY ABANDONED? >> NO. >> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY
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| 01:02:44 |
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QUESTIONS STAY? I DO NOT. >> BP? >> YES, THANK YOU, YOUR
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| 01:02:51 |
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| 01:02:55 |
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HONOR. >> GOOD
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| 01:03:15 |
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MORNING. I AM A ON BEHALF OF BP. MAY I PROCEED? >> YES. >> THANK YOU.
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| 01:03:23 |
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GOOD MORNING, MR. THIERENS. >> GOOD
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| 01:03:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:03:28 |
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MORNING. >> WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT JOB TITLE? >> I'M A VICE PRESIDENT FOR DRILLING
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| 01:03:35 |
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COMPLETIONS
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| 01:03:37 |
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OPERATIONS. >> AND WHERE ARE YOU
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| 01:03:40 |
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CURRENTLY BASED? >> LONDON. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR DRILLING
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| 01:03:46 |
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AND COMPLETIONS OPERATIONS
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| 01:03:47 |
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FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO? >>
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| 01:03:48 |
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NO, I DO NOT. >> SO WHEN YOU'RE ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR
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| 01:03:55 |
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INVOLVEMENT IN DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS OPERATIONS
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| 01:03:58 |
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WITH RESPECT TO GULF OF MEXICO, YOU HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITIES FOR GULF OF MEXICO, CURRENTLY, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND HAVE YOU EVER...
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| 01:04:11 |
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AND COMPLETIONS OPERATIONS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO? >> YES,
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| 01:04:14 |
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I HAVE. >> WHEN WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH GULF OF MEXICO
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| 01:04:20 |
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OPERATIONS? >> BETWEEN 2006 AND
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| 01:04:23 |
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2009. >> NOW, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR INVOLVEMENT ON THE MACONDO WELL, YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT
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| 01:04:32 |
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THE
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| 01:04:34 |
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RIG AUDIT. TO BE CLEAR FIRST, ARE YOU A MARINE A 30? >> NO, I AM NOT. >> AND ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL MARINER? >>
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| 01:04:48 |
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NO. >> DO
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| 01:04:49 |
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YOU PERSONALLY TAKE -- LET ME START OVER. ARE YOU PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN CONDUCTING
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| 01:04:54 |
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THE RIG AUDIT
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| 01:04:56 |
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THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON IN SEPTEMBER 2009? >> NO. >> AND WHO WITHIN THE GULF OF MEXICO OPERATIONS
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| 01:05:08 |
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HAD RESPONSIBILITY WITH
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| 01:05:11 |
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RESPECT TO MONITORING OR FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER OF 2009 RIG AUDIT? >> THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WELLS TEAM LEADER ASSOCIATED WITH THE VESSEL....
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| 01:05:25 |
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ANY RESPONSIBILITY DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH MONITORING THAT 2009 RIG AUDIT? >>
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| 01:05:31 |
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NO. >> YESTERDAY, WE HEARD SOME TESTIMONY, A COUPLE DAYS IT GO WE
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| 01:05:42 |
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HEARD TESTIMONY FROM THE MARINES
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| 01:05:44 |
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AUTHORITY IN 2009. DID MR. CRAMER REPORT TO YOU? >> HE DOESN'T REPORT TO ME. >> AND DID MR. CRAMER REPORT TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH A 2000 RIG AUDIT?...
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| 01:05:59 |
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| 01:06:00 |
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NO. >> I WANT TO TURN TO DISCUSSING YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH
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| 01:06:08 |
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THE POST-INCIDENT
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| 01:06:09 |
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INTERVENTION EFFORTS. WHEN DID YOU FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE POST-INCIDENT INTERVENTION STAY? I RECEIVED A CALL OR TEXT, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY...
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| 01:06:45 |
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NORMALLY BASED IN LONDON? >> I WAS IN THE UNITED STATES, IN HOUSTON. >> AND WAS IT A MERE COINCIDENCE, IF YOU WILL, THAT
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| 01:06:54 |
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YOU'RE IN THE STATES WHEN THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AND THEN YOU'RE ASKED TO BECOME
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| 01:06:58 |
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INVOLVED AS A RESULT OF THAT? >> YES. >> COULD YOU DESCRIBE FOR US, GENERALLY, WHAT YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE POST-INCIDENT
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| 01:07:07 |
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INTERVENTION EFFORTS WERE, SPECIFIC
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| 01:07:10 |
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TO THE B.O.P.? >> YES, I CAN. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION, AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE FIRST
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| 01:07:24 |
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COUPLE OF DAYS OF MY INVOLVEMENT. AND I STEPPED UP TO HELP WITH PULLING TOGETHER, WHAT I REFERRED TO, AS A RESOURCE LOADED PLAN THAT WOULD HELP US ...
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| 01:08:39 |
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I REFER TO BASICALLY IS TRANSOCEAN, WHO WERE LEADING
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| 01:08:46 |
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THE RESPONSE, CAMERON, COUNTRIES LIKE OCEANEERING AND OTHERS WHO WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH OR COULD BE INVOLVED WITH THE B.O.P. RESPONSE. >> AND SO...
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| 01:09:02 |
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DIFFERENT COMPANIES, INCLUDING CAMERON, TRANSOCEAN, AND OTHER COMPANIES? >> YES, IT WAS. >> AND WAS SPECIFICALLY WERE YOUR DUTIES IN CONNECTION WITH...
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| 01:09:13 |
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TEAM? >> TRANSOCEAN
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| 01:09:14 |
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HAD AN OUTLINE PLAN GOING FORWARD, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO
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| 01:09:20 |
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WAS TO PUT A COMBINED PLAN FORWARD, WHICH WAS AGREEABLE WITH US, WITH TRANSOCEAN AND IMPORTANTLY, WITH THE UNIFIED COMMAND AND THE MMS AND COAST GUARD....
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| 01:10:09 |
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UNDERSTAND GOING FORWARD WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE B.O.P.? >> THE PURPOSE OF THE TEAM WAS TO CLOSE THE
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| 01:10:20 |
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B.O.P. >> IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DID FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECIDING HOW TO CLOSE THE B.O.P., DID YOU
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| 01:10:27 |
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COME TO LEARN OF VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES THAT HAD OCCURRED IN THE B.O.P.? >> YES, WE DID. >> AND COULD YOU TELL US WHAT SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS...
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| 01:10:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU LEARNED ABOUT, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DID FOR THE
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| 01:10:46 |
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PURPOSE OF CLOSING THE B.O.P.? >> WELL, EARLY ON THERE WAS, THERE WAS AN INABILITY TO CLOSE THE B.O.P. WITH THE
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| 01:11:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ROV FUNCTIONS. AND IT WASN'T FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHY THAT COULDN'T OCCUR. THERE WAS SPECULATION IT MAY BE PUMP LEAKS. IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT...
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| 01:11:39 |
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SHEAR RAM SHUTTLE. IT WAS
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| 01:11:41 |
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A CONNECTION ON ONE OF THE CONTROL LINES. >> AND WHO WAS IT THAT DISCOVERED THIS LEAK ON THE BLIND SHEAR RAM SHUTTLE? >> TRANSOCEAN WERE
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| 01:11:51 |
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LEADING THE WORK, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL WE INSTALLED A BLADDER ON
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| 01:12:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE SEABED, WHICH IS A RESERVOIR ESSENTIALLY WITH DYE THAT WE COULD PUMP TO THE CONTROL SYSTEM AND OBSERVE WHAT IT MAY BE LEAKING. AND WHEN YOU SAY...
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| 01:12:33 |
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INCIDENT? >> NO. >> DO YOU KNOW WHETHER TRANSOCETRANSOCEAN WAS AWARE OF THAT LEAK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT? >> THAT CALLS FOR
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| 01:12:41 |
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SPECULATION.
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| 01:12:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AT THE VERY LEAST, HERE'S A. >> SHE ASKED IF HE KNOWS. SO IF HE KNOWS MANY CAN
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| 01:12:47 |
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TELL US THAT IF HE DOESN'T, I DON'T KNOW. >> I MISUNDERSTOOD. >>
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| 01:12:52 |
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KNOW, I DON'T THINK SO. >> I CAN CLARIFY. I THINK THE FIRST TIME
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| 01:12:57 |
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I ASKED WHETHER TRANSOCEAN INDICATED IF THINGS LEAK AND
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| 01:13:01 |
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I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER
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| 01:13:02 |
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HE KNOWS IS TRANSOCEAN NEW IS THAT LEAK. >> I DON'T KNOW. >> FAIR ENOUGH. WHETHER ANY OF THE LEAKS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED OR MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE
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| 01:13:13 |
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IDENTIFIED AS A
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| 01:13:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RESULT OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID POST INCIDENT? >> THERE WERE NO, I DON'T RECALL ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE
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| 01:13:26 |
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CONTROL SYSTEM. DURING THAT, BUT IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED TO US NEAR THE END OF THE B.O.P. INTERVENTION WORK THAT ONE OF THE ROV FUNCTION LINES FROM THE...
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| 01:14:04 |
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I DID SPENT OKAY. >> OKAY. AND DID YOU CREATE LOGS OF WHICH WERE OBSERVING AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THESE STEPS? >>
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| 01:14:15 |
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TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, YES, I DIDN'T. >> I BELIEVE I HAVE, I WANT TO GET TO A NOTEBOOK THAT I APOLOGIZE, I HAND THEM OUT BUT
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| 01:14:23 |
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I DON'T BELIEVE I GAVE ONE
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| 01:14:25 |
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TO THE WITNESS. IF I CAN JUST STEP TO THE SIDE FOR ONE SECOND. [INAUDIBLE] >> IF I CAN APPROACH? >> APPROACH. >> THANK
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| 01:14:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:14:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU. MR. THIERENS, I'VE HANDED YOU A NOTEBOOK WITH VARIOUS LOGS IN THAT
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| 01:14:53 |
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NOTEBOOK. IF YOU CAN QUICKLY TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, AND TELL US WHETHER THESE ARE THE LOGS THAT YOU CREATED AS A RESULT OF YOUR POST INCIDENT INTERVENTION....
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| 01:16:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THESE LOGS
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| 01:16:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ALL NOTE THAT YOU CREATED WHILE YOU INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT? >> YES, THEY ARE. >> I'D LIKE TO SAY, ONE THING. THESE ARE NOTES I CREATED BUT IN SOME
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| 01:16:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CASES I DID NOTE THAT HAVE
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| 01:16:29 |
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BEEN HANDED INTO THIS SPECTER IN A. SO THERE ARE NOTES THAT YOU CREATED OR THAT WERE HANDED TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ADDED HERE, GREAT? >> YES. ALL...
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| 01:16:43 |
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TEST AND. DO YOU RECALL THAT? >> YES, I DO. >> OKAY. IF
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| 01:16:47 |
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YOU WERE TURN, SIR, TO THE THIRD TAB, THAT IS THE LOG
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| 01:16:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DATED
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| 01:16:52 |
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MAY 1, TURN TO THE PAGE ENDING -- THAT'S MY SECOND HAVE. . . COVER OF YOUR LOGBOOKS. I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU. GO AHEAD. >> I SAID THE STABBING...
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| 01:18:18 |
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A STATEMENT WE RECEIVED FROM WAY WHO WAS TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE ON THE VESSEL. >> IT WAS MR. PICKARD THAT NOTIFIED YOU THAT THE MPR WAS PLUGGED FOR THE...
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| 01:18:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE MPR? >> TEST MR. PICKARD CALLED IT, HE DIDN'T NOTIFY ME PERSONALLY. HE CALLED THE ROOM AND WE HAD OPEN COMMUNICATIONS.
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| 01:18:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I WAS MADE AWARE FROM MR. PICKARD HAD DISCOVERED THIS, BUT HE WANTED CON CONFIRMATION. >> JUST SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND, WHAT DOES IT MEAN STAPPED INTO...
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| 01:19:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT'S, YOU HAVE TO REALIZE WHEN THINGS ARE MOVING DYNAMICALLY YOU PUT DOWN A NOTICE TO THE BEST OF
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| 01:19:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOUR CAPABILITIES. STARTING ON THE MIDDLE PIPE RUNS THAT MEANS HAS PUMPED FOR THE TEST RAMS. >> SO THE PLUMBING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PIPE RAM...
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| 01:19:28 |
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RECALL CORRECTLY THE STABBING PORT SAYS
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| 01:19:35 |
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TYPE RAMS ON THE ROV AND IT WAS NO LONGER TO THE PIPE RAM. >> IS THE TEST RAM A RAM CAPABLE OF ACTIVATING TO ASSIST WITH THE WELL EVENT? >> NO, IT'S...
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| 01:19:56 |
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HOLD PRESSURE FROM BELOW. >> SO IF THE
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| 01:20:01 |
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PLUMBING IS TO THE TEST RAM RATHER THAN THE VBR, WHAT EFFECT
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| 01:20:08 |
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DOES THAT HAVE ON THE OPERATE OF THE ROV TO ACTIVATE IN A WELL CONTROL EVENT? >> IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE PIPE RAMS COULD NOT BE CLOSED. IT WOULD MEAN...
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| 01:20:26 |
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RAM CLOSES IT AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE CAPABLE OF WITH STANDING PRESSURE FROM BELOW. >> CONTINUE READING YOUR NOTES, PLEASE. >> MET IMMEDIATELY...
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| 01:20:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
STEVE HAN, BILLY STRINGFELLOW,
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| 01:20:52 |
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AND LAWRENCE WHO WAS TRANSOCEAN I CAN'T RECALL, AND KRIS MARTIN -- CHRIS MARTIN. WE ALSO MET WITH TWO NAMES HERE, JOSE AND FRANK. JOSE SANTOES WAS...
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| 01:21:58 |
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I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THIS. I SPOKE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WAS ASTONISHED THAT THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
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| 01:22:07 |
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I TOLD TO, TRANSOCEAN, TO GET PHOTOGRAPHS AND GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR ENGINEERS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS GONE WRONG. WHEN I HEARD THIS NEWS, I LOST ALL...
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| 01:22:44 |
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SUB C SUPERINTENDENT LEADING THE B.O.P. STACK INTERVENTION. >> AND YOU HAVE
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| 01:22:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE WORDS BILLY STRINGFELLOW CLEARLY EMOTIONAL TOLD ME AND THEN IN
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| 01:22:59 |
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QUOTES "THIS STACK IS PLUMBED WRONG." WHY DID YOU PUT QUOTES AROUND THAT? >> I HEARD HIM SAY THIS. THIS WAS SOMETHING I HEARD BILLY
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| 01:23:13 |
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SAY. >> DID THE FACT THAT THE PLUMBING ON
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| 01:23:26 |
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THE BOR RAMS WERE MISTAKEN. IT WAS PLUMBED TO THE TEST RAM. DOES THAT HAVE ANY EFFECT TO THE EFFORTS? >> I OBJECT TO THAT. THIS WITNESS IS INVOLVED IN...
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| 01:23:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ONLY GOAL HERE IS TO SERVE A PURPOSE OF REMOTELY CLOSING THE B.O.P. AFTER A BLOWOUT, AND WHAT WAS KNOWN, WHAT WAS ORDERED, WHAT BP DID, WHAT TRANSOCEAN...
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| 01:24:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EVIDENCE, BUT YOUR OBJECTION IS WELL TAKEN. IF YOU COULD GET TO WITHOUT NECESSARILY ATTRIBUTING ANY MOTIVE OR HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE WITNESS...
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| 01:24:41 |
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OF IT THAT OTHERS MIGHT DISPUTE. >>
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| 01:24:44 |
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CERTAINLY. >> THANKS. >> WAS THE FACT THAT THE
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| 01:24:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MPR HAD BEEN
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| 01:24:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PLUMBED FOR THE TEST RAM AND NOT FOR THE MIDDLE PIPE RAM, DID
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| 01:24:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE INTERVENTION EFFORTS? >> YES. >> WHAT EFFECT DID IT HAVE? >> WELL, WE'VE BEEN
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| 01:25:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THROUGH THE GREEN PROGRAM TO
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| 01:25:08 |
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TRY TO CLOSE THE MIDDLE PIPE RAMS, AND WE GOT TO THIS POINT
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| 01:25:13 |
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IN THE PROGRAM, AND WE FOUND THAT ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TO DO THAT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN DISTRICTED TO A -- DIRECTED TO A SIRCHT SET OF RAMS. >> AND DID MR....
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| 01:25:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES. >> MR. THIERENS WERE THERE OTHER MODIFICATIONS YOU IDENTIFIED DURING THE COURSE
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| 01:25:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF YOUR INTERVENTION EFFORTS? >> NO. >>
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| 01:25:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OTHER MODIFY MODIFICATIONS TO THE B.O.P. TO BE
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| 01:25:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CLEAR. >> NO. >> NOW YOU REFERENCED A DRAWING THAT
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| 01:25:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU EVENTUALLY SAW FOR THE B.O.P. IS
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| 01:25:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT CORRECT? >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION. >> OKAY.
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| 01:25:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EARLIER IN YOUR TESTIMONY IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, YOU
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| 01:26:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SAID YOU ASKED FOR A DRAWING OF THE B.O.P.. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND YOU RECEIVED THAT DRAWING? >> I DIDN'T RECEIVE IT. IT APPEARED, AND IT
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| 01:26:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS PUT ON THE WALL IN
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| 01:26:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE ROOM. >>
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| 01:26:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FAIR ENOUGH. SOMEWHERE IN THE ROOM THERE WAS A POSTING OF THE DRAWING? >> CORRECT. >> WERE THERE
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| 01:26:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ANY MARKINGS ON THAT DRAWING AS BEST YOU CAN RECALL? >> YES, THERE WERE. >>
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| 01:26:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CAN YOU DESCRIBE TO US WHAT
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| 01:26:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THOSE MARKINGS WERE? >> NOT
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| 01:26:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PRECISELY,
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| 01:26:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BUT THERE HAD BEEN SOME RED LINES PUT ON THE DRAWING WHICH
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| 01:26:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WERE INDICATING THAT THIS WAS A NEW ROUTE FOR PIPEWORK, AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON B.O.P. WORKINGS, BUT THERE WAS SOME RED LINE DRAWINGS THAT I RECALL...
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| 01:27:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AS OPPOSED TO THE CONDITION OF IT AS YOU GUYS WERE FINDING IT IN THE INTERVENTION EFFORTS? >> AS I RECALL, I DO RECALL SEEING WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS...
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| 01:27:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE B.O.P.. THERE WAS SOME MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THAT DRAWING, AND LATER I WOULD SEE ANOTHER DRAWING WHICH BROUGHT SOME MORE CLARITY TO THAT. >> AND...
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| 01:27:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOW. IT WAS JUST HIGHLIGHTS A SPECIFIC WAY
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| 01:27:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE FINDINGS THAT TRANSOCEAN HAD. >> DID YOU MAKE ANY OF THOSE WRITINGS, OR WERE THOSE WRITINGS MADE BY OTHERS. >> THEY WERE MADE BY OTHERS. I DIDN'T...
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| 01:27:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ANY. >> DO YOU KNOW WHO MADE THOSE
|
| 01:28:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WRITINGS? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> YOU SAID IT WAS POSTED. WHERE WAS IT
|
| 01:28:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POSTED? >> IT WAS POSTED ON
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| 01:28:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE WALL IN THE
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| 01:28:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OPERATIONS ROOM WE HAD THERE. >> AND WHOSE
|
| 01:28:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OFFICE WAS WHERE IT WAS PLACED? >> IT WAS IN A ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR IN THE INCIDENT COMMAND
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| 01:28:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CENTER. >> FAIR
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| 01:28:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ENOUGH. WE DISCUSSED MODIFICATIONS IDENTIFIED AND I
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| 01:28:40 |
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THINK YOU ALSO DISCUSSED LEAKS DISCOVERED IN THE INCIDENTS. WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY OF THOSE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT? >> NO. >> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER....
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YOU.
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| 01:29:06 |
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TRANSOCEAN. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. THIERENS, I'M MYLES CLEMONS AND I REPRESENT TRANSOCEAN BEFORE
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| 01:29:27 |
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THIS BOARD. >> GOOD MORNING. >> AS I UNDERSTAND, SIR, YOUR FIRST INVOLVEMENT WITH REGARD
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| 01:29:36 |
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TO THIS
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| 01:29:37 |
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B.O.P. WAS AFTER THIS CASUALTY? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> YES, AND FOR PURPOSES OF THE INTERVENTION? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> DID YOU
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| 01:29:47 |
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HAVE ANY REASON OR
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| 01:29:49 |
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DID YOU REVIEW THE
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| 01:29:51 |
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MAINTENANCE RECORDS OF THIS B.O.P., THE RESULTS OF
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| 01:29:54 |
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THE WEEKLY PRESSURE TESTS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTS? DID YOU INTERVIEW ANY BP WITNESSES OF THEIR SATISFACTION THAT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY TO...
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| 01:30:15 |
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THE B.O.P. PRIOR TO
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| 01:30:19 |
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THE CASUALTY? IF YOU DID, YOU DON'T REMEMBER? IT WAS INCIDENTAL. >> IF I HAD SEEN THE B.O.P. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST WHEN I VISITED. >> OKAY....
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| 01:30:33 |
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THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE B.O.P. PRIOR TO THIS CASUALTY? >>
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| 01:30:36 |
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NO. >> AND YOU DIDN'T UNDERTAKE
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| 01:30:46 |
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TO DETERMINE WHY, IF ANY, MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE, WHO KNEW
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| 01:30:52 |
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FOR WHAT PURPOSE, ANY OF THAT IN >> NO, MY JOB WAS TO EXPEDITE WITH TRANSOCEAN THE CLOSURE OF THE B.O.P.. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME OR DESIRE TO DO THAT. >>...
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| 01:31:08 |
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PAGE THAT MR. KARIS DIRECTED YOU TO ON PAGE 2. >> THE ONE I WAS JUST -- >> YES. >> YES, I HAVE THAT. >> I'M CURIOUS IS THE HANDWRITING
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| 01:31:28 |
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ON THIS
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PAGE
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YOURS? >>
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YES. >> IS ALL OF IT
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| 01:31:40 |
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YOURS? >> I THINK SO. >> WHAT DREW MY ATTENTION TO IT
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| 01:31:46 |
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WAS THE
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| 01:31:48 |
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PART AT 1350 APPEARS TO BE
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| 01:31:51 |
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A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING, AT LEAST A DIFFERENT STYLE THAN THE HANDWRITING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. >> OH, YEAH, THAT IS MY WRITING. SOMETIMES I WRITE...
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| 01:32:05 |
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YOU KNOW, CREEON. >> OKAY. AND WITH REGARD TO YOUR WRITING AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE
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| 01:32:18 |
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AT 1350, AS I UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS THE PRODUCT OF NOTES YOU MADE WHEN MR. PICKARD CALLED INTO A CONFERENCE ROOM AND MADE SOME COMMENTS TO A GROUP? >>...
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| 01:32:35 |
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OF THE CONVERSATION. >> SURE, AND MR. PICKARD SIMPLY WANTED CONFIRMATION OF THIS? >> MR. PICKARD HAD IDENTIFIED THIS
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| 01:32:44 |
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AS AN ISSUE, AND IF
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| 01:32:48 |
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I RECALL, WE ASKED AT THAT TIME FOR CAMERON TO STEP INTO THE ROOM TO LOOK AT THE ROV PICTURES AND CONFIRM IF THAT WAS CORRECT. >> THE -- AND THE TEST...
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| 01:33:05 |
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I BELIEVE YOU TESTIFIED WERE NOT USED FOR WELL CONTROL. THAT IS NOT THE FUNCTION OF THOSE RAMS? >> THE FUNCTION OF THOSE RAMS WAS FOR TESTING THE B.O.P.....
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| 01:33:20 |
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OKAY. AND AT THIS POINT, YOUR GOAL, I GUESS, THE MISSION
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| 01:33:26 |
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FOR WHICH YOU WERE ASSIGNED HERE, WAS TO SEE IF YOU COULD GET THE B.O.P. CLOSED, AND YOU WERE TRYING TO DO THAT BY STABBING FROM AN ROV? >> FOR THE...
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| 01:33:45 |
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STUDY, AND MAYBE YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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| 01:33:50 |
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DO THIS EITHER WAS NOT TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THESE RAMS, THE TEST RAMS PARTICULARLY, COULD STILL BE CLOSED FROM ANY OF THE B.O.P. PANELS ON THE...
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| 01:34:25 |
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AND MR. PICKARD DID NOT EXCELLENT --
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| 01:34:29 |
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COMMENT ON WHERE THE TEST RAM COULD BE CLOSED BY THE RIG FROM ANY ROV PANELS FROM THE RIG. >> I DON'T KNOW. >> ALL OF THIS RELATES TO YOUR TASK OF THE...
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| 01:34:47 |
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AFTER THE CASUALTY? >> YEAH, IT WAS
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| 01:34:50 |
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ALL OF MY TASK WAS AFTER THE CASUALTIES. >> AND WERE THERE
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| 01:34:57 |
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OTHER RAMS YOUR TEAM SOUGHT TO CLOSE STABBING FROM THE ROV WHICH DID NOT HAVE
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| 01:35:04 |
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ANY PLUMBING ISSUES? >> NO. >> WERE THERE OTHER RAMS, MAKE SURE
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| 01:35:11 |
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WE'RE NOT MISSING A CONNECTION, THAT DID NOT HAVE ANY PLUMBING ISSUES? >>
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| 01:35:16 |
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INNED YOUR QUESTION -- I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTIONS WERE THERE ANY
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| 01:35:23 |
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OTHER RAMS WITH PLUMBING ISSUES. >> OKAY. >> MY ANSWER WAS NO. >> YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT
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| 01:35:32 |
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THIS ISSUE, THE
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| 01:35:34 |
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PLUMBING ISSUE, WAS RAISED ONLY IN REGARD TO THE TEST RAMS? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>
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| 01:35:39 |
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ALL
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| 01:35:44 |
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RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] HOW MANY DAYS DID IT TAKE BP TO SHUT IN THIS
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| 01:35:50 |
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WELL? BY ORDER OF MAGNITUDE? >> WE WORKED ON THE STACK I THINK ABOUT 12 DAYS, AND WE DID NOT SHUT THE
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| 01:36:01 |
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WELL IN. >> HOW MANY DAYS DID IT TAKE TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW IN THE CONTROL OF
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| 01:36:13 |
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THIS WELL WITH THE SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS? >> I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY DAYS THAT IS. YOU HAVE TO COUNT FROM THE 21ST OF APRIL. >> SURE.
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| 01:36:26 |
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THANK YOU. AS I UNDERSTAND, THE TIME IT TOOK FOR
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| 01:36:31 |
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YOU TO GET MODIFIED DRAWINGS WAS A DAY? >> APPROXIMATELY. I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY. >> YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID ON YOUR DIRECT
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| 01:36:45 |
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EXAMINATION. YOU SAID WITH RESPECT TO GETTING THE MODIFIED
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| 01:36:48 |
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DRAWINGS YOU GOT THEM IN A DAY. >> IT WAS ABOUT A DAY, YES. >> OKAY, AND THE TIME IT TOOK TO UNDERSTAND
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| 01:36:57 |
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WHAT MR. PICKARD RAISED TOOK, AND I WROTE
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| 01:37:01 |
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THIS DOWN AND YOU SAID IN DIRECT BETWEEN 12 AND 24 HOURS? >> I DON'T RECOLLECT THAT. ARE YOU REFERRING NOW TO THE TEST RAM ISSUE? >> YEAH.
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| 01:37:17 |
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THE DRAWING THAT YOU SAW, THE CONCERN THAT YOU
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| 01:37:22 |
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RAISED. I UNDERSTOOD IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 24 HOURS. >> CAN I CLARIFY THAT? >> SURE. >> THE DRAWING I WAS REFERRING TO WAS REGARDING THE LEAK...
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| 01:37:33 |
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THE CONTROL CHANGES THAT
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| 01:37:35 |
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WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ST-LOCK SYSTEM. THEY WERE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLUMBING FOR THE TEST RAM. >> FAIR ENOUGH. I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON WHATEVER DELAY...
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| 01:37:51 |
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RESULTED IN. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AN 18 TO A DAY AND A HALF TO TWO DAY DELAY? >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS. >> YES, I WROTE DOWN THE DELAYS THAT THESE...
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| 01:38:06 |
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I MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT WRONG. I THOUGHT YOU
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| 01:38:08 |
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SAID IT TOOK A DAY TO GET MODIFIED DRAWINGS PROVIDED TO YOU, AND 12 TO 24 HOURS TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. >> OKAY. MAYBE I CAN CLARIFY THAT. >> SURE. >> IT...
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| 01:38:23 |
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ARRIVED. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. THIS
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| 01:38:26 |
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WAS EARLY
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| 01:38:27 |
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ON. THE TIME THAT TRANSOCEAN HAD TAKEN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT POSSIBLE CHANGES HAD BEEN MADE TO THE CONTROL SYSTEM WHEN WE WERE LOOKING, TOOK SOMEWHERE...
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| 01:38:54 |
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WHICH WAS
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| 01:38:56 |
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THE LOWER PIPE RUN. >> OKAY, I MAY HAVE MISCHARACTERIZED THE WORK, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE DELAYS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ONE DAY
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| 01:39:07 |
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FOR THE PLANS, AND 1 2 TO 24 HOURS ON UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER ITEM? >> NO, 12 TO 24 HOURS WAS THE TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST LEAK WE FOUND. >> I...
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| 01:39:28 |
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OTHERWISE I'M TRYING TO SAY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> ALL RIGHT. >> WERE THERE A LOT OF
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| 01:39:33 |
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PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THIS
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| 01:39:36 |
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INTERVENTION PROJECT? >> YES. >> A LOT OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT? >>
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| 01:39:39 |
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YES. >> DID BP COMMISSION A CRITICAL
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| 01:39:43 |
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PATH ANALYSIS
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| 01:39:44 |
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TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS ONE AND A HALF
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| 01:39:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO TWO DAY DELAYS
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| 01:39:48 |
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OR ITEMS ACTUALLY CAUSED ANY REAL DELAY IN THIS PROJECT? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> YOU NEVER STUDIED THAT IN >> I HAVE NOT. >> AND YOU
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| 01:39:59 |
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DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE
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| 01:40:01 |
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OTHER TASKS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY OTHER ANY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
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| 01:40:05 |
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OR TEAMS WOULD HAVE CAUSED DELAY AT THAT TIME ANYWAY? >> I DON'T RECALL. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK
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| 01:40:17 |
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YOU. NEXT WE
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| 01:40:18 |
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HAVE ANADARKO AND
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| 01:40:23 |
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MOEX. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. THIERNS, I'M KY KIRBY AND
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| 01:40:44 |
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I REPRESENT ANADARKO AND 2007. ON OUR WITNESS LIST WE HAVE YOU NAMED AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS OF OPERATIONS. >> IS THAT...
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| 01:41:04 |
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NOW IS THERE
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| 01:41:05 |
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A REGION THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR? >>
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| 01:41:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NO. >> ALL RIGHT. YOUR --
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| 01:41:09 |
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LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
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| 01:41:11 |
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I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
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| 01:41:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HOW
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| 01:41:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE BP ORGANIZATION IS SET UP. WE HAVE COMING TO TESTIFY BEFORE US AS WELL PAT O'BRIEN WHO ALSO IS A PRESIDENT OF DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS. WHAT'S...
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| 01:41:45 |
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FOR DRILLING OPERATIONS IN ENTIRETY AS THE SAME WAY WE HAVE VICE PRESIDENTS IN THE NORTH SEA OR ANGOLA OR OTHER COUNTRIES. MY ROLE IS A FUNCTIONAL...
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| 01:42:18 |
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BEST PRACTICES? >> NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE THAT FUNCTION? >>
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| 01:42:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE
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| 01:42:27 |
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FUNCTIONAL PURPOSE OF THE FUNCTION IN BP IS TO ENSURE THAT ACROSS THE
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| 01:42:34 |
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BUSINESS IN THE SEGMENT, THE SEGMENT BEING OUR PARTICULAR AREA, THAT WE ARE MANAGING OUR OPERATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FUNCTIONAL AGENDA. >> WITH...
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| 01:42:59 |
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AT STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, ARE WE DOING THINGS FOR ACROSS BP FOR THE COMMON
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| 01:43:04 |
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GOOD? DO WE MANAGE PEOPLE IN PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIME, ECT.? CAN WE ENSURE THAT PEOPLE GO PREPARED? >> RIGHT, AND DO YOU, IN THE COURSE OF MANAGING...
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| 01:43:22 |
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FUNCTIONAL AGENDA IMPOSE PRACTICE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION? >> BP HAS A SET OF STANDARDS FOR MANY PARTS OF
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| 01:43:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE DRILLING AND COMPLETIONS FUNCTION, AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT PEOPLE WORKED THOSE STANDARDS GLOBALLY, YEAH, SO WE PART OF OUR ROLE IS TO ENSURE...
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| 01:44:06 |
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THE DRILLING AND TEMPORARY ABANDONMENT IN THIS CASE OF THE MACONDO WELL, IS IT BEST PRACTICE TO MAKE SURE THE PROCEDURES ARE WRITTEN IN ADVANCE OF THEIR...
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| 01:44:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A BP BEST PRACTICE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS
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| 01:44:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A NEGATIVE TEST PROCEDURE THAT IS WRITTEN
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| 01:44:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BEFORE THE TIME THAT IT IS TO BE CONDUCTED? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DOES BP ENDORSE DOING A NEGATIVE TEST ON
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| 01:44:44 |
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THE FLY ESSENTIALLY MAKING IT UP AS
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| 01:44:47 |
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YOU GO ALONG? >> OBJECTION, THE FOUNDATION OF THE QUESTION. >> WELL, THE -- IF YOU WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN WHAT YOU MARINE
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| 01:44:57 |
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ON THE FLY, THEN IF
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| 01:45:00 |
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THE WITNESS HAS AN ANSWER FINE, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS AREA AT ALL? >> I DON'T. >> YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE NEGATIVE TESTING PROCEDURES....
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| 01:45:11 |
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NO. >>
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| 01:45:12 |
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DUBAI WHAT PROCEED -- DO YOU KNOW WHAT PROCEDURES IF ANY ARE USED IN THE DRILLING
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| 01:45:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THE EXPORTATION OF THE
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| 01:45:19 |
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WELL? >> ONLY AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL WITH REGARD TO POLICIES, ECT.. WITH REGARD TO THE DESIGN AND DRILLING OF A SPECIFIC
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| 01:45:27 |
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WELL, NO. >> OKAY, WHEN YOU SAY HIGH-LEVEL WITH REGARD TO POLICIES, GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. >> WELL, BP HAS A
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| 01:45:36 |
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POLICY PROCEDURE WITHIN THE COMPANY WHICH COVERS A
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| 01:45:42 |
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RANGE OF EXPECTATIONS AROUND WELL DESIGN, ECT. ECT.. >> AND WHEN YOU SAY EXPECTATIONS AROUND WELL DESIGNER, ARE THOSE EXPECTATIONS REGARDING SAFETY?...
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| 01:45:55 |
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INCORPORATE SAFETY. >> DO THEY INCORPORATE COST
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| 01:46:01 |
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EFFICIENCY? >> I DON'T RECALL. >> WHAT DO THEY INCORPORATE? >>
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| 01:46:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DON'T RECALL THE ENTIRETY
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| 01:46:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF THE
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| 01:46:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POLL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. >>
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| 01:46:13 |
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DID YOU HAVE A PARDON IN DEVELOPING THOSE? >> NO, I DIDN'T. >> DO YOU KNOW
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| 01:46:21 |
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IF WELL-SITE LEADERS
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| 01:46:24 |
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ARE GIVEN BROAD TO PARTICIPATE
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| 01:46:27 |
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IN THE CEMENTING PROCEDURES WHILE ON THE RIG? >> NO, I DON'T KNOW. >> SO YOU JUST DON'T KNOW AT THE LEVEL OF WHAT IS CONDUCTED ON THE RIG,
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| 01:46:37 |
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YOU'RE NOT AWARE WHAT THAT IS? WHAT THOSE PROCEDURES
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| 01:46:40 |
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ARE? >> THAT'S NOT MY JOB. I DON'T KNOW. >> ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>
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| 01:46:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:46:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HAL BURT? NO
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| 01:46:57 |
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QUESTIONS. >> CAMERON? >> GOOD MORNING, MR.
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| 01:47:14 |
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THIERENS. I'M DAVID JONES, AND I REPRESENT
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| 01:47:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CAMERON. YOU MENTIONED LEAKS IN YOUR INTERVENTION EFFORTS. WERE THOSE LEAKS THAT YOU SAW ON COUPLINGS ON HOSE LINES? >> NOT ALL OF THE LEAKS WERE...
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| 01:47:39 |
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OBSERVED ONE LEAK ON A HOSE
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| 01:47:42 |
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COUPLING, SOLID HOSE COP LING -- COUPLING
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| 01:47:46 |
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THAT THE ST-LOCK OF THE AREA OF THE BLIND-SHEER RAMS. WE OBSERVED ANOTHER LEAK WHICH WAS NOT A HOSE COUPLING. IT WAS A PLUG OF SOME SORT, I BELIEVE,...
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| 01:48:12 |
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OKAY. VERY
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| 01:48:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GOOD. THE TIGHT RAM TEST RAM ISSUE. DO YOU KNOW HOW
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| 01:48:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE STACK WAS PLUMBED WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED IN 2001? >> NO. >> OKAY. DO YOU KNOW, WELL YOU DO NOW WHEN THE STACK WAS DELIVERED IN
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| 01:48:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
2001, THE
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| 01:48:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LOWER PIPE RAM WAS NOT A TEST RAM. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW THE STACK WAS CON FIGURED IN 2001. >> OKAY, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE WAS A CHANGE
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| 01:48:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AT SOME POINT BETWEEN 2001 AND APRIL
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| 01:48:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF 2010? >> I HEARD THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE MADE AT SOME TIME, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2004. >> OKAY, AND DO YOU KNOW HOW THOSE CHANGES
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| 01:48:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WERE MADE? I MEAN, MECHANICALLY
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| 01:48:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HOW YOU WOULD SWITCH IT INTO A TEST RAM? >> NO, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD DO THAT. >> DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY PLUMBING CHANGES AT THAT TIME WHEN
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| 01:49:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE CONVERSION TO A TEST RAM WAS COMPLETED? >>
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| 01:49:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I DON'T, AND WHEN THAT OCCURRED IF 2004 WAS CORRECT, I WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE GULF OF MEXICO. >> OKAY, AND SO
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| 01:49:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I ASSUME THEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS ANY PLUMBING
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| 01:49:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CHANGES WERE MADE? >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY, SO WHEN THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF THIS STACK BEING PLUMBED WRONG,
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| 01:49:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I JUST WANT TO BE
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| 01:49:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CLEAR. YOU WEREN'T SUGGESTING AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY ELSE WAS SUGGESTS THAT THIS STACK WAS PLUMBED INCORRECTLY BEING PLUMBED BY CAMERON. >>...
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| 01:49:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> YES, SIR. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE HOURS NOW. WE
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| 01:49:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
REALLY
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| 01:49:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCES AND COOPERATION,. THERE THIEREN. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK AND RETURN AT ABOUT 10: 45. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE...
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| 01:51:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE SERIES OF HEARINGS IS TAKING PLACE IN HOUSTON ALL THIS WEEK. IT'S A JOINT HEARING BETWEEN THE COAST GUARD AND THE BUREAU OF OCEAN MANAGEMENT. THEY...
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| 01:53:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TRANSOCEAN, AND HAL BURT TON SCHEDULED TO TESTIFY. THEY CONTRACTED WITH BP TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE OIL RIG WHILE HALIBURTON HANDLED EQUIPMENT. WE'LL...
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