*********A Must See******** Leak Site Operations Presentation

that is dated 5/24?

The CNNs, NBCs, and all the other media outlets only want to deliver controversy and conflict. That's what brings in viewers and maximizes advertising sales.

Having worked directly with a deepwater subsea intervention lubricator system used to decommission(Plug&Abandon) wells offshore, it is truly astonishing the rate at which BP and service contractors were able to plan, engineer, procure, deploy, and kickoff all operations at site. I'd like to give you an example to amplify how impressive this response has been and the management of all the downlines(tethers), as well as all surface vessels at the site really is, as Kent Wells mentions in his video. This is all in addition to the various operations on the sea floor to control the leak.

As part of a 30+ person team comprising of one operator, BP ironically, and 3 service companies, we spent in excess of 16 months in just the planning, engineering, and procurement phases of a project to use my company's deepwater subsea intervention lubricator system to only, as plain as I can explain, shift two sleeves downhole. One to close off a producing zone, and one to open a producing zone. 16 months was spent before any SIT or deployment. One reason for the longevity was this system installed and operated off a multi-service vessel, not an offshore rig, and was the first attempt at these extraordinary depths(>5000ft) without using a rig. One of my responsibilities was managing the analyzation of the downlines through the water column during operation, and there were only 7 lines involved in this job. I will not bore you with details, but will say that more than 3 months of work was spent on this task alone. This not only involved operating performance of equipment, but safety of personnel also as vessel management is critical when working offshore, especially at these water depths. To see the number of vessels, rigs, downlines, and total operations all commencing at once in that presentation is truly impressive.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not excusing BP of this incident, but I don't believe the general public has any inclination of just how impressive the response by all companies involved has been to reach the point they are at today. The massive number of employees, working under some duress conditions and some heavy hearts, are just every day people like you and me. The media surely isn't going to broadcast such news.

Trust me that it hurts my soul to see Louisiana and the Gulfcoast devastated like this, as I went to high school in New Orleans, and fished the marshes of Port Sulphur, Empire, and Venice.