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Meeting 5: November 8-9, 2010 (Washington D.C.)

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In this section you can find links to specific panels of the meeting and overall meeting resources
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Resources
Day 1
  • Call to Order, Opening Remarks, & Presentation by Chief Counsel Fred Barlit
  • Presentation by Chief Counsel Fred Barlit (cont.)
  • Panel I - Panel Discussion with BP, Transocean and Halliburton
  • Panel I - (Cont.) - Panel Discussion with BP, Transocean, and Halliburton & Closing Remarks
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Announcement
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    Preliminary Conclusions (152.87 KB)
  • Causes of Blowout and Drilling Safety(19MB)
  • Flash-animation Stills (33MB)
  • Preliminary Conclusions - Managerial(2MB)
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    Transcript (1.43 MB)
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    Meeting Minutes (56.93 MB)
Day 2
  • Call to Order, Opening Presentations, and Panel II - Experts on Oil Well Drilling and Operations
  • Panel II (cont.) - Experts on Oil Well Drilling and Operations
  • Panel III - Regulation of Offshore Drilling
  • Panel IV - Plans for Regulation
  • Panel V - Industry Safety Culture & Closing Remarks
Video Capture of Presentations
  • High Quality
    • First Section (169MB)
    • Second Section (159MB)
    • Conclusions (25.4MB)
  • Medium Quality
    • First Section (76.9MB)
    • Second Section (86.9MB)
    • Conclusions (12.7MB)
  • Low Quality
    • First Section (50MB)
    • Second Section (64.4MB)
    • Conclusions (7.8MB)

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Day 1

Call to Order, Opening Remarks & Presentations by Chief Counsel Fred Barlit

Speakers: Christopher A. Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, Designated Federal Officer Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly, and Chief Counsel Fred Barlit, Deputy Chief Counsel Sam Sankar


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Presentation by Chief Counsel Fred Barlit (cont.)

Speakers: Chief Counsel Fred Barlit, Deputy Chief Sam Sankar, Deputy Deputy Chief Counsel Sean Grimsley


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Panel I - Panel Discussion with BP, Transocean and Halliburton
Speakers: 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, and Richard F. Vargo, Jr., Gulf of Mexico Region Manager-Cementing, Halliburton

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Panel I (Cont.) - Panel Discussion with BP, Transocean and Halliburton & Closing Remarks
Speakers: 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 and Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly

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Day 2

Call to Order, Opening Presentations, and Panel II - Experts on Oil Well Drilling and Operations
Speakers: Christopher A. Smith, U.S. Department of Energy, Designated Federal Officer, Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly, 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, and Darryl Bourgoyne, Director, Louisiana State University Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Transfer Laboratory

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Panel II (cont.) - Experts on Oil Well Drilling and Operations
Speakers: 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, and Darryl Bourgoyne, Director, Louisiana State University Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Transfer Laboratory

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Panel III - Regulation of Offshore Drilling and Panel IV - Plans for Regulation
Speakers: Dr. Walter Cruickshank, Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, and Michael Bromwich, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

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Panel V - Industry Safety Culture & Closing Remarks
Speakers: Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Company, and Upstream Americas Director, Royal Dutch Shell, Rex Tillerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ExxonMobil, and Commission Co-Chairs Senator Bob Graham and William K. Reilly

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Other Meetings:

  • Meeting 1 - Jul 12-13
  • Meeting 2 - Aug 25
  • Meeting 3 - Sep 27-28
  • Meeting 4 - Oct 13
  • Meeting 5 - Nov 8-9
  • Meeting 6 - Dec 2-3
  • Press Conference – Jan 11
  • Forum – Jan 12

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