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The second Annual Mine Security conference, hosted by women-owned Pinpoint Stewards, will take place from 21 to 22 June, 2023, at the Indaba Hotel, in Fourways, Johannesburg. The conference is specifically designed to tackle the deteriorating security conditions around mining and infrastructure to protect and secure South Africa’s mineral resources as a united front against criminal activities and corruption. The speakers and panellists will include industry leaders, security experts, law ...

Reservoir deep beneath the ocean floor. >> if we could do that, it would give us option of controlling the flow without having the surface vessels there to some extent. it wouldnt the capacity were looking for but another risk mitigator to handle some of the oil. >> reporter: in new orleans, coast guard commandant told molly henneberg to prepare for hurricane to push critical ship offstation he is seeking additional 20 offshore skimming vessels and other resources, much of which should arrive in...

Containment device which was the creation of ice crystals. theyre doing that with a combination of heating the pipe with surface water and an injection of methanol almost the equivalent of gas line antifreeze is a simple way to understand it, this is in addition to the three other lines and everythings being done in parallel. >> can you say if its with the top hat? are those two separate mitigation efforts or a separate? >> the top hat is a device over the leak that will collect oil and take it ...

Thats the second drill operation thats being put in place and thats a risk mitigator in case theres a problem with the first one, and i think thats a prudent step. while i was out there i talked to the men and women working this problem on the drill rigs. i got an opportunity to look at the blowout preventer thats currently on dd2. when we get the chance to have the blowout preventer on the existing well that will be the one that will be used so i had a chance to look at it out on the water and ...

Bottom, the equivalent of gas line anti-freeze, a simple way to you to understand it and everything is being done in parallel. >>... with the top hat... two separate mitigation efforts or a combined effort. >> the top hat is a device over the leak, that will collect oil and take it to the surface. bp also looked at another opportunity to be able to tap into the pipe and put a pipe in there, a risk mitigator and the main effort today is the top hat and trying to get the oil to the surface through...

With surface water and injection of methanol at the bottom. almost the equivalent of gas line antifreeze. these are going on. they will continue to go on in three other lines. everything done in parallel. >> the pipe is weaved with the top hat. are those separate efforts or combined operation? >> the top hat is a device over the leak that will collect oil and take it to the surface. bp looked at another opportunity where they will actually tap into the pipe as a risk mitigator. the main effort t...

Im here with marylandry who is leading the area response down here and my deputy admiral. >> i should have known better. of course, youd be out there and youd be on a drilling unit. youre never sitting in an office in washington. forgive us for that mistake, admiral. there you are on the drilling unit. tell us exactly what that drilling unit is doing. >> this is the second unit that will be put into place to drill a second well and thats a risk mitigator in case theres a problem with the first o...

Oil slick is still sitting out there, as you know, in the gulf right now and the coast guard is on point for this, keeping an eye on bp and the clean up efforts and also helping lead that investigation in the gulf. coast guard commander admiral fatalen has briefings morning, afternoon and night and weve been lucky to get him to call and he joins me now from washington. let me start by asking you, were seeing the booms and were seeing the oil and were still seeing this massive slick. what are you...

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