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Courtesy of BOE’s Cheryl Anderson and Gary Gentile of Platts Oilgram News:

The Gryphon FPSO will remain shut-in after 4 mooring line failures on 0n 4 February. 74 workers were safely evacuated; 43 remain onboard.

Draft Administration comments on the National Commission’s legislative recommendations.

Michael Bromwich speech at Baker Institute, Rice University on 11 February.

House testimony of Commissioners Don Boesch and Terry Garcia on 11 February.

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Michael Bromwich

Michael Bromwich, a former Federal prosecutor, will lead the reorganization of the Minerals Management Service into two new bureaus and a minerals revenue office.  I hope he meets as many MMS personnel as time allows.  He will be pleasantly surprised by their knowledge, integrity, and commitment.

In addition to former Senator Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator Bill Reilly, President Obama named the following individuals to head the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling:

Frances G. Beinecke: President of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a non-profit corporation that works to advance environmental policy in the United States and across the world.

Donald “Don” Boesch: President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, where he is also a professor of Marine Science and vice chancellor for Environmental Sustainability for the University System of Maryland.

Terry D. Garcia: Executive vice president for mission programs for the National Geographic Society.

Cherry A. Murray: Appointed dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in July 2009, and the past president of the American Physical Society.

Frances Ulmer: Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), Alaska’s largest public university.

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