UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MINERALS
MANAGEMENT SERVICE
GULF
OF MEXICO OCS REGION
NTL No. 2003-G09
Effective Date: June 10, 2003
Rescission Date: June 27, 2003
NOTICE TO LESSEES AND OPERATORS OF FEDERAL OIL AND
GAS LEASES
IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF, GULF OF MEXICO OCS
REGION
One-Day Seminar on the Definition
and Reporting of Significant Damage
for Offshore Platforms
The
Minerals Management Service (MMS) has scheduled a one-day seminar on the
definition and reporting of significant damage for offshore platforms. The MMS Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR) will
host the seminar in New Orleans on June 26, 2003 (see details below).
Seminar Information: The goal of
the seminar is to provide guidance and assistance to you in the determination
of classifying damage found during underwater inspections as minor or major. We will be discussing the modifications and
additions to the Office of Structural and Technical Support (OSTS) inspection
reports that you are required to submit by November 1st of each
year.
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Date
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Time
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Place
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Address
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Thursday
June 26, 2003
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9:00 am to 3:30 pm
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Minerals Management Service
1201 Elmwood Park Blvd, Room 111
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Seminar Agenda: The tentative agenda for the MMS significant
damage seminar is:
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Time
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Item
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Presenter(s)
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9:00 am
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Introduction, Overview, and Objectives
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Tommy Laurendine (MMS)
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9:30 am
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New Guidelines for Definition of
Significant Damage
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Justin Bucknell, Dr.
Kaisheng Chen
(MSL)
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10:15 am
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Break
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10:30 am
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Industry Benchmarking of the Guidelines
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Dr. Samuel
DeFranco (BP)
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11:00 am
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Robustness Study
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Jay Welsch,
Paul Versowsky (ChevronTexaco)
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1:00 pm to
3:30 pm
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Panel Discussion
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Tommy
Laurendine, Charles Smith,
Robert
Smith, Samuel DeFranco,
Patrick
O’Connor,
Paul
Versowsky, Jay Welsch
Justin Bucknell, Kaisheng Chen
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Registration Contacts: To register
for this seminar, you may contact: Ms. Clous
Gill at
(504)
736-2895 or e-mail to clous.gill@mms.gov.
Information Contacts: If you have any
questions about the seminar, you may contact:
Mr. Tommy Laurendine at (504) 736-5709 or e-mail to tommy.laurendine@mms.gov.
Seminar information will also be posted on the MMS
GOMR Internet website at:
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/new/calendr.html
Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA) Statement: This NTL does not refer to or impose any
information collection subject to the PRA.
Chris
C. Oynes
Regional Director
