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Is this going to go to a dry dock for significant repairs? you're looking at two weeks to get down to a port in washington state to do the work. repair time and coming back. that's a significant time. it's crunch time for shell. they have three pos to operate in the waters. they may be looking at trying to get a new vessel if the seneca needs dry dock repair. what's interesting is we are in uncharted territory here. most operations in the gulf of mexico don't have the large fleet shell has bring to the arctic and don't deal with this challenge. you have here shell has gotten its exploration pl...

Necessarily for them to put it down as part of the exploration plan. shame on bp for filling out an application on that. same for the minerals and management service for rubber stamping it and this application was submitted in march of 2009 and accepted in may on the obama administration's watch. they have some explaining to do about their handling of this situation, as well. where is the oversight been on the rigs? what type of oversight was being carried on on that rig on the days leading up to it? we don't know because we can't get those individuals in our committee to talk about it. >> con...

It's still disturbing to me we haven't had anyone from the federal regulatory side. we really need mr. salazar here, whoever the minerals and management people with were who approved that exploration plan that bp submitted that was woefully inadequate. shame on you mr. hayward for submitting it and shame will on us for accepting it. i've got questions i do need to ask. bp unfortunately is not the first time you've been p in front of our committee. in 2006 ole although you were not ceo in september of that year, i pulled the transcript last night and looked through it again. big oil spill in al...

Words of its critics, rubber stamps the oil industry's action and unable to enforce safety regulation. in 2000, they issued a safety alert calling for offshore drillers in the u.s. to have an additional backup system called and acoustic switch that could prevent oil blowouts like the one in the gulf. they went so far to call it a quote essential component. just three years later after complaints from the oil industry, mms determined it wasn't so essential after all, saying it was too costly and effective, never mind bp is required to use it on rigs in two other countries. stuart smith is an en...

Regulation. in 2000, they issued a safety alert calling for offshore drillers in the u.s. to have an additional backup system called and acoustic switch that could prevent oil blowouts like the one in the gulf. they went so far to call it essential component. just three years later after complaints from the oil industry, mns determined it wasn't so essential after all, saying it was too costly and effective, never mind bp is required to use it on rigs in two other countries. stuart smith is an environmental attorney who has won dozens of cases against the oil industry and representing fisherme...