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If you build it, they will come

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on June 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »

NWS Earle Executive Officer Caudill, Kevin Costner, and Ohmsett Manager Bill Schmidt (1999 photo at Ohmsett)

Leading researchers from around the world are drawn to the Minerals Management Service’s Ohmsett facility at Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey to test their oil spill response theories and equipment.  Kevin Costner’s oil separator, which has received much recent attention, is well known to MMS and Ohmsett. The Costner Industries system is used to separate and recycle  the oil used for Ohmsett testing.  Learn more about Ohmsett including testing capabilities for renewable energy devices.

Ohmsett - Pool of Dreams

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Appointments

Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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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