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dave.mciver@twi.co.uk

Underwater Programme Manager

TWI Technology Centre North East

Aurora Court

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The following is an April 2010 interview with Professor John Lowe, explaining how, where and how much of the profits from GOM oil leases are generated and distributed. Yet diver wages continue to decrease.

Professor JOHN LOWE (Southern Methodist University): Thank you very much.

SIEGEL: And tell me first, if a company bids on a lease to drill offshore and gets the lease, to whom does he pay his rent?

Prof. LOWE: Well, it depends where that lease is…

The following is a excerpt from a large government doc**ent on the Lousiana Offshore Oil Industry. Enjoy.

As the processes and techniques associated with underwater construction evolved, a very

specialized labor force was required. Though some jobs, such as…

The diving bell provides physical protection for the diver and a more comfortable environment

within which to undergo decompression. However, though it enables the diver to descend to

deeper depths and facilitates the return to the surface, it does not significantly alter the time on…

To meet the goal of increased bottom time and more rapid ascent, both mechanical and

biochemical problems had to be overcome. Under pressure, the density of air increases and

impairs breathing by reducing the mechanical efficiency of the lungs. Divers’ bodies absorb…

Outside the industry, the U.S. Navy was the principal source of technology and personnel. As

early as the 1930’s, the Navy began experimenting with gas mixtures that would allow divers to

go deeper and stay underwater longer. Diving was an important responsibility of the Navy in…

The following is an excerpt from a government doc**ent on the Louisiana Offshore Olifields. It gives a historical insight of the evolution of GOM oilfield divers and the ADCI. Enjoy.

The first diving operations in the Gulf of Mexico were little more than topside jobs completed…

HSPIG was given final approval from the US Navy to begin fundraising for the creation of the Man In The Sea Memorial Monument at the old Navy Divers Training School at the Washington DC Navy Yard. If you were one of those who trained at the WNY School, please check out our efforts on this project. We have been working on this for over 6 years. Homeland Security Policy Institute Group,…

Big Commercial Dive Sale all or part. Been in Business 16 Years,

Compressors, Burn Rods New, Lead's, Trailers, Scuba Tanks,Hydraulic Tools and Hose and Much, Much More.

Bradenton, FL 941-795-4664 bowmanjrgrey@aol.com

Several years ago a very good dive friend of mine Tom Emery and his wife invited me and my wife to join them aboard their sail boat in Panama for two weeks. I had always wanted to visit Panama and go thru the Panama Canal so this was not only a no brainer but a good opportunity to do so.

Our adventure began when I left Louisiana after the diving season and from the Gulf…

The San Joaquin Valley has had many gushers, starting with the Shamrock gusher in 1896 and continuing with the spectacular Midway gusher in 1909. But none of these wells came close to rivaling the Lakeview No. 1 which flowed, uncapped and untamed, at 18,000 barrels a day for 18 months in 1910 and 1911.

Julius Fried, a grocer by trade, picked the site for the Lakeview well because he thought a clump of red grass indicated good oil land. When Fried and his partners naively…

Prior to the summer of 2009, the courts did not allow injured seamen to recover punitive damage awards in cases where a vessel owner refused to provide an injured seaman with maintenance and cure benefits. As such, in cases where there may have been issues relating to the veracity of the seaman’s complaint, there was no real penalty for the vessel owner denying such benefits. Although there were several strategic reasons for paying, or not paying, these benefits, punitive damages were not…

Hi there, I am looking for my cousin whom I have lost contact with 14 years ago when I moved to Spain. His name is Keneth Wayne Sanburn. He used to work for Taylor diving out of Houston and Louisiana. He worked on oil rigs and also went out of the country to do so. about 20 years ago he started making diving harnesses from his apartment in Houston. He was born in Canada in the aprx. year of 1942.

If you have any information could you please contact me either through this site or on my…

A long, dark shadow dimmed the bright hopes of the North Sea oil and gas industry after the June 1988 the Piper Alpha tragedy that killed 167. So two short months later, news of the Ocean Odyssey blowout reopened emotional wounds and increased the trepidation about the North Sea industry among the local…