U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James A. Watson IV has been tapped to be director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement (BSEE). Watson will assume his new post on Dec. 1, succeeding Michael R. Bromwich. Bromwich will stay on through December as counselor to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to ensure a smooth transition of leadership. BSEE is one of two agencies that were created to succeed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement on Oct. 1 (see NGI, Sept. 19). It is responsible for enforcing safety and environmental regulations for oil and natural gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf, including permitting and research, inspections, offshore regulatory programs, and oil spill response. Watson currently is the Coast Guard’s director of prevention policy for marine safety, security and stewardship in Washington, DC. He served as deputy commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command in April 2010. And in June 2010 he was designated the federal on-scene coordinator for all-of-government response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP Well Tests Continue; ‘Seep’ Unrelated, Company Says
Integrity testing of BP plc’s blowout Macondo Well in the Gulf of Mexico will continue for another 24 hours, incident commander U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said Monday morning. The decision followed “the detection of a seep near the well and the possible observation of methane over the well” during the weekend after a cap had been installed last week to stop the leak’s flow, Allen noted.
Mild Weather Is No Barrier as All Points Increase
“Damn the fundamentals; full speed ahead!” as the Civil War’s Admiral David Farragut might have said if asked to analyze the modern-day spot gas market. A smidgen of heating load in parts of Canada and the northern U.S., along with a wee bit of cooling demand from the desert Southwest through the western end of the South, did little to explain rising prices across the board Monday.
Mild Weather Is No Barrier as All Points Increase
“Damn the fundamentals; full speed ahead!” as the Civil War’s Admiral David Farragut might have said if asked to analyze the modern-day spot gas market. A smidgen of heating load in parts of Canada and the northern U.S., along with a wee bit of cooling demand from the desert Southwest through the western end of the South, did little to explain rising prices across the board Monday.
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Dominion announced Monday the retirement of Edgar M. Roach, Jr. as president and CEO of Dominion Delivery, effective Dec. 1. Roach will be succeeded by Admiral Jay L. Johnson, who joined Dominion two years ago as senior vice president-business excellence when he retired as the United States Chief of Naval Operations. The company also announced the retirement of James P. O’Hanlon as president and COO of Dominion Energy, also effective Dec. 1. O’Hanlon’s responsibilities will be assumed and divided between two Dominion senior vice presidents, Paul D. Koonce and Mark E. McGettrick. Dominion said Roach and O’Hanlon will remain active as company employees until Feb. 1 to ensure a smooth transition. Koonce and McGettrick will report to Thomas F. Farrell, CEO of Dominion Energy. Koonce will become CEO-transmission at Dominion Energy, where he will continue to oversee the company’s energy trading and will add responsibility for natural gas and electric transmission management. Gary L. Sypolt, now president of the Dominion Transmission natural gas pipeline, will add electric transmission to his responsibilities and become president of Dominion’s electric and natural gas transmission unit. Kevin T. Howell will remain president of Dominion Energy Clearinghouse. Both will report to Koonce. Dominion said McGettrick will be Dominion Energy’s president and CEO-generation and relinquish his position as president of Dominion Resources Services. He will be replaced by Mary C. Doswell, who is now vice president-billing & credit in Dominion Delivery.
