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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to Conduct Seventh Session
of the Joint Investigation into the Deepwater Horizon Incident Focused on Blowout Preventer
NEW ORLEANS - The Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
(BOEMRE)/U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Joint Investigation
Team, which is examining the Deepwater Horizon
explosion and resulting oil spill, today announced
that it will hold a seventh session of public
hearings the week of April 4, 2011. The hearings,
which will focus specifically on the forensic
examination of the Deepwater Horizon blowout
preventer (BOP), are scheduled to take place at the
Holiday Inn Metairie, New Orleans Airport, 2261
North Causeway Blvd., Metairie, La.
BOEMRE and the Coast Guard have made
the forensic examination report prepared by U.S. Det
Norske Veritas (DNV) Columbus, the contractor that
performed the examination, available to the
parties-in-interest in the investigation, members of
the Technical Working Group who witnessed the
examination at NASA's Michoud Facility in New
Orleans, La., and the public. The two volume report
is available online at
http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/external/content/document/3043/1047291/1/DNV%20Report%20EP030842%20for%20BOEMRE%20Volume%20I.pdf
and http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/external/content/document/3043/1047295/1/DNV%20BOP%20report%20-%20Vol%202%20(2).pdf .
The forensic examination is one
aspect of the much broader comprehensive
investigation into the causes of the Deepwater
Horizon explosion, loss of life, casualty loss, and
the subsequent oil spill. Over the course of its
investigation, the JIT has heard testimony from more
than 70 witnesses and examined a broad range of
material including photographs, video, data,
documents, and physical evidence. Although the full
investigation report is not expected to be released
until sometime this summer, a report on the BOP and
other matters is scheduled to be issued within the
next month.
Contact:
BOEMRE
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