The National Oil Spill Commission and its Chief Counsel Fred Bartlit will hold a two-day public hearing on preliminary findings regarding BP’s Macondo well blowout. The primary focus of the hearing will be on the causes of the rig explosion. An updated version of the agenda follows:
Monday, November 8, 2010 and Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
Live video stream at http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/
(Doors open for media/camera setup at 6:30 a.m. both days)
Day 1
8:00 a.m. On-Site Registration
9:00 a.m. Call to Order
Christopher A. Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, Designated Federal Officer
Opening Remarks by Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly
9:15 a.m. Presentation by Chief Counsel Fred Bartlit
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Presentation by Chief Counsel Fred Bartlit
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. Panel 1: Panel Discussion with BP, Transocean and Halliburton
Mark Bly, Executive Vice President of Safety & Operational Risk, BP
Bill Ambrose, Director of Special Projects, Transocean
John Gisclair, Insite Support Service Coordinator, Halliburton / Sperry Sun Drilling Service
Richard F. Vargo, Jr., Gulf of Mexico Region Manager—Cementing, Halliburton
3:00 p.m. Break
3:40 p.m. Panel 1 (cont.): Panel Discussion with BP, Transocean and Halliburton
5:45 p.m. Closing Remarks by Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly
6:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourns
Day 2
8:00 a.m. On-Site Registration
9:00 a.m. Call to Order
Christopher A. Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, Designated Federal Officer
Opening Remarks by Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly
9:15 a.m. Panel 2: Experts on Oil Well Drilling and Operations
Dr. E.C. Thomas, Consulting Petrophysicist and Owner, Bayou Petrophysics
Charlie Williams, Chief Scientist, Well Engineering and Production Technology, Shell Energy Resources Inc.
Steve Lewis, Advanced Drilling Technology Implementation Engineer, Seldovia Marine Services
Dr. John Rogers Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University
Darryl Bourgoyne, Director, Louisiana State University Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Transfer Laboratory
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Panel 2 (cont.): Experts on Oil Well Drilling and Operations
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. Panel 3: Regulation of Offshore Drilling
Dr. Walter Cruickshank, Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
2:00 p.m. Panel 4: Plans for Regulation
Michael Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Panel 5: Industry Safety Culture
Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Company, and Upstream Americas Director, Royal Dutch Shell
Rex Tillerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ExxonMobil
4:00 p.m. Questions and Wrap-Up with Chief Counsel Fred Bartlit & Senior Science and Engineering Advisor Richard Sears
4:40 p.m. Closing Remarks by Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly
4:45 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m. Public Comment
5:30 p.m. Meeting Adjourns
http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/meeting-5/meeting-details
The Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252, abbreviated MC252) is an oil and gas prospect in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone of the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The prospect was the site of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in April 2010 that led to a major oil spill in the region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macondo_Prospect
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