Tag: BP oil disaster

got a late start this morning… live webcast here

UPDATE #3: almost noon (moved updates 1 & 2 below the fold)

Beginning Q & A now, but Senators may leave to go vote  and come back. Hearing to continue without interruption. Will add notes, updates down below.

12:04PM… RECESS.

12:16PM … they’re back but I’m not!

12:33PM: Wyden up.

12:39PM: oh jeezuz. Menendez leads in with: “We are sitting in the exact same room where hearings/inquiries (?) were conducted after the sinking of the Titanic.”

RESCHEDULED FULL COMMITTEE HEARING:

The purpose of the hearing is to review current issues related to offshore oil and gas development (SR-325). OVERFLOW ROOM, SD-366.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

10:00 AM

Watch this hearing live!

The purpose of the hearing is to review current issues related to offshore oil and gas development including the Department of the Interior’s recent five year planning announcements and the accident in the Gulf of Mexico involving the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon (SR-325). OVERFLOW ROOM, SD-366.

Note: originally scheduled for May 6, 2010.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Dr. F.E. Beck – Associate Professor, Texas A&M University

Mr. Danenberger – Former Chief, Offshore Regulatory Program, Minerals Management Service

Panel 2

Mr. Lamar McKay – President and Chairman , BP America, Inc.

Mr. Steven Newman – President and Chief Executive Officer, Transocean Limited

Mr. Tim Probert – President, Global Business Lines; Chief Health, Safety and Environmental Officer, Halliburton