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Young David
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Transocean

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of lines Probable keyquestions enquiry, etc: Interviewwith DavidYoun&ChiefMate Office Transocean June1, 2010 Tuesday, JohnMacDonald lnterviewer: Willey Notetaker: Diane Start time: 1:30p.m. time: 5:15p.m. Stop

Holloway with to Caleb 9:30p.m. Hewastalking on the rigfloorat approximately David arrived pressure (driller) aboutdifferential (roustabout), and DeweyRevette (floorhand), Anderson Jason in front walkedin but therewasno conversation with Halliburton, a cementer issues.VinceTabler, pipe left that area. David then and shut it in. the stand Caleb to bleed They asked of or with him. sideof the bridge. door towardthe rig floor. Hewent to the starboard walkedout the rig,floor Jason job would be before the cementing that it wouldbe a while the rig'scaptain, Hetold Curt Kuchta, guys wereon the bridgeat that BP on the floor." He noticed therewas"an issue startedbecause (subsea and engineer) Pleasant officewith Chris into the subsea wentdownstairs that time. David on the CCTV. through the channels AD. Chris andAllenflipped Atlen Seraile, oneminute it. Approximately did not notice but David the rotary, through Allensawwatercoming side was on starboard the door which bridge via gas to the he went back emitting and laterhe heard he heard the explosion and port There was an vessel. sideof the waswason the of the bridge it is with others, but afterspeaking overspeed.Hewasnot sureif that is whathe heard engines David could Initially therewasgasandgraymud("thecolorof cement"). what hethoughthe heard. the crown.All of the through in mudwhichwascoming covered smellgasandthe rig wasgetting sideforwardof andthenfire on the starboard too. Hesawan explosion decks were beingcovered it wasjust the the rig (a largeareaon fire). All powerto the rig went out. After the explosion manytimesandtriedto keephisradiowith the bridge saidhe called that wasburning.David derrick himallthetime. that the radiowas manytimes. Hesaid David wasin andout of the bridge Afterthe explosion lotsof peopleweretaking histerm) because working,but the bridgewasvery hectic(hechanged whatso it seemed he did not knowwho wasdoing on the bridge Since he hadjust arrived actions. andit wasveryloud,however, People wereyelling up to speed. confusing untilhewasbrought calm.At somepointhe doesremember Fleytas wereremaining andAndrea Yancy Kepplinger andhe wasableto hearthe PAsystem. off whilehe wason the bridge a general alarmgoing hearing David cameout of the bridgeandwent to hismusterpoint,whichwasfire locker#1 (the emergency roustabout but onlyChris Choy, at the locker, gearlocker). should havebeeneightpeople There get point wasa #2,but he couldn't there.There wasfire locker up. Chris'second muster showed

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but no onecouldseethe CCW. Hesaidthattherewasno timeto station, at the muster camera but therewasno the boats to muster manual.(lt is the AD'sresponsibility referto the emergency once they did muster Theyfinally system." whileon the rig andthereis no "t-card timeto muster people's names the AD,did writedown Morgan, Healsosaidthat Patrick on the Bankston.) arrived though. to boardit but hada chance loaded.David to hadalready wasassigned Thelifeboatthat David going liferaft. to the to stayand helpthose decided wherehe wasface madeit overto Dale, wasdown. David that DaleKepplinger told David Someone coveralls of Dale's Theback shoulder. put hishandon Dale's pedestal. David the crane downagainst got to him deadbythe time he positive wasalready that Dale is almost at all. David wasnot burned that the crane from hishead.Henoticed of bloodcoming amount therewasa verylarge because got blownout on hisway that Dale from others taterheard wasnot intothe rackallthe way. David could that Dale speculated not. He correct or this is know if not but he does crane, downfromthe decks were that the David said deck. main to the fallen out andthen have fallenor climbed wouldnot havebeen so onemanalone 300pounds, at least weighed andDale slippery extremely ableto carryhim. did haveon a life Pleasant Chris Hethinks Pleasant. andChris to Chris Choy back David returned afterthe explosion, immediately jacket to go get helpfor Dale Pleasant at thattime. Hetold Chris Pleasant again. to return. Hedid not seeChris got consumed andwasunable by the bridge but Chris possibly to the boats. went he that Hespeculated in the fourentirerooms through (OlM)who saidhe could seestraight to JimmyHarrell David spoke he when down. Hesaidthat later wereknocked quarters andbulkheads the ceiling because living andwasverydisoriented. he washurt,couldnot hear, sawJimmy divertergascomingout of the diverter.Therewasa fire overthe cementroom,which Davidnoticed head. overDavid's wereblazing wasoverthe rigfloor,andthe flames to stayat the boats go to boat#2 andwait. Hewassupposed (SDPO)to got MikeMayfield David people. explosions at that time. get heard more David to more wentto the gearlocker whileDavid (hethinks).Hetold everyone that room. Hewentto the bridge the gasin the transit David noticed goneat that time. Curtsaidto go to the AFTboats,but they were already "it's time to go." Captain dangerous. it wasextremely deckor port sidebecause Hecouldnotget to the back (toolpusher) (operations Wheeler asset) andWyman manager Buddy Trahan carrying Hesawpeople (electrical supervisor) (maintenance Carden and Stan supervisor) out on stretchers.SteveBertoni (chief Randy Ezell electrician), Chad Murray litter. PerDavid, wereat the otherendof the stokes was andWyman.Wyman Buddy werethe oneswho saved (toolpusher) Bertoni andpossibly Steve andWyman were Buddy to David.Buddy handed roomarea.Chad fromthe tool pusher brought in the back ofthe lifeboat. stretcher put on the boatdeck.Hethentold people to put Buddy's if anyother however, to notice, Daviduseda lifejacketanddid havefire gearon. Hewasunable people not to jump to convince on or not. Hesaidit wasverydifficult people hoods hadthe smoke panic fromthe noises, especially and other loud with lots of overboard.Therewasextreme

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off the rig' guyswho were unableto get themselves to andwasthe onewho sentthe mayday usedherbestjudgment is prettysurethatAndrea David situation. of the severe because andothervessels, Guard theCoast andhistravels on what he hadseenon the bridge Curtthat "it wastime to go" based advised David followed. a lifejacket. Everyone the rig. Andreagot David throughout CurtKutchta, DPO, senior Kepplinger, wereYancy who didjump overboard Hesaidthe people but he was technician electronic chief MikeWilliams, andmaybe floorhand, Matt Hughes, captain not positive. wasnextin the boat behindhim. Ezell wasthe first one to get to a raft. Hethinksthat Randy David that the thendeploy.Heexpressed it to loadit with people he waspreparing Whileit wasinflating, it hadto swingoverthe davitthen pull it overthe rail. Healsosaid raftwasvery hardto get because the lift raftdeployment improving (David recommended location. werein a bad thatthe chains design.) was CurtKuchta, intothe raft. Hedid saythat the captain, beingloaded Hedid not seeBuddy at the rafts. flustered for the brake initiallygot into the raft therewasno smoke. At that time he looked WhenDavid pulled Wyman others He and got smoky. extremely raft then grabbed The it. andinitially handle it was where was knife The again. handle brake the to find intothe raft,but he wasunable while to be but it wasvery hardto find at the time. lt washardto keepthe raft straight supposed of Wyman. jacket on top she landed and life intothe raftby her people Andrea getting in. Hepulled the or pulled counterweight or Curtmighthaveraised DPO, Senior Kepplinger, that Yancy Hethinks a 90 was at braketo let the raft go down. Whilethe raft wasbeinglowereddownto the water,it (toward side).lt wentrightsideup intothe water,howeverthe outboard angle degree he couldhearthe crownhit the deckand sawthe drawwork'swires Afterthe raft wasdeployed but he isn'tsurewho. He jumped deck, people from the helicopter some told that break.Hewas afterward.Hesaid to locate hard jump be they might because overboard people notto encouraged people prevent from jumping did deck, it on the that the fact that sincethe boatswere located overboard. on #1, DonWinslow boatsomeone the orderto lowerthe lifeboats...maybe Heis not surewho gave helped (theCoxsen). Hesaidthat Darren performance) Lipenski or Darren (operations manager but hewasnot sure. Hesaidthat the boataway, get intothe boatandmighthavedriven people to the boat. the doors werethe onesto close DonandDarren Andrea Bertoni, Steve personnel Stan Cardin, Murray, Ezell, Chad Randy raft included on David's Wheeler. DPO andWyman Floetis, on the raft with Wymanso they could andStanstayed Randy Oncepeoplegot out of the raft, David, of the raft to get Theycut the supportstraps get him staged in orderfor get onto the Bankston. from the raft into the boat. wyman out. Theythen pulledwyman'sstretcher

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) andswamawayfrom the raft' Thevessel wasraft,life boat,rescue of personnel offloading were linedup duringthe orderfor how the vessels on the Bankston personnel already Guard Hesaidthat therewereCoast boat,thenthe Bankston. whenhe got on board. said David for town untilaftersunrise. Theydid not leave beforemidnight. They hada full muster andalsoto dropoff DonWinslow oneto pickup BPpersonnel stops, thaitheyhadto makeseveral (subsea engineer). Hay and Mark chrisPleasant (operations manager), and at the dockandpolice werewaiting that BPpeople said David on shore, theyarrived Once given telephones were There Plaza. themto the Crown personnel escorted Guard Coast additional clothing, hadto takea urinetest. Theywereprovided rightawaytheneveryone calls to makephone greeted personnel so he wasunableto fit into anything.Transocean XXXL, but all of it wassized food,a hotelroom,travel (including counselors), available assistance medical had themand theygot by the evensaidthat somehow to travelwith. David to get home,and cash arrangements at all. with no problems TSA to go home. (rigmanager) told everyone Johnson Paul andtakento the airport.Hethenflew home. intobusses thenloaded They to hearfor abouta hasbeenbackhomehe hasgoneto hisown doctors.Hewasunable David Since if they andasked called to followup with hisdoctors.Hesaidthat Shuman week. Hewill continue He or not.) any scheduled if he mention (He not did him. for appointments couldsetup psychiatrist a sign however, did, He not do. he did which sign, to him a waiver mailed that Shuman alsosaid Guard. for the Coast statement witness Otherinformation aboutit. Hesaidthat order. Hesaidto askMikeMayfield an EDS hearing cannot recall David bell. general alarm the can sound the button" near who is "anyone got burned on her leg. Fleytas Andrea got burned on the armandforehead. David Hesaidthat he has class. firefighting tookan advance andalso academy a maritime attended David quality drillsisgood-He of the the on the rigandthinks drills/exercises participated in Transocean's he did not wantto takesucha because drillsat nightor duringbadweather conducted hasnever is the in the drills personnel from participating to excuse allowed that the onlyperson risk. Hesaid fire training. andbasic to attendwatersurvival arerequired . Personnel captain or leave wouldcallthe off-dutypersonnel the on-dutypersonnel shiftchanges, Hesaidthat between he David said to know. needed they information to informthemof important notes handwritten (are you RMS. in the notes daily in histallyboo( but he doesseethe valueof keeping keptnotes surehe saidthat?) did a greatjob mustering. statedthat carl Taylor(radiooperator) David

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mendations thoughts/recom Final he couldhaveusedit to cutthe because that he did not havea knifein hispocket wasupset David out of the case, getting the stretcher things, usedit in the life raft to expedite for Buddy, stretcher for the knife,but he did not haveone' etc. Hesaidthereweremanyuses aswell as wouldbe the life raftdeployment of improvement the mainrecommendation said David intothe life loaded andgot people of the wayhe loaded the quality said David maneuverability. the raft and one personhalfwayin the raft boatwas"decent"but onepersonhadto standinside in function for each handcranks individual putting alsorecommends on the rig. David andhalfway so at deployed be to need at the properheightthey eachlife raft davit. Alsoinstallthe cradles the raft is easier. boarding did not on board' Hedid saythat the Horizon ladders of Jacobs installation alsorecommends David hashad but theycouldhaveusedthemif they hadthem. Hesaidthe crew nets, havescramble however' usingsealadders, trainingon howto escape desktop and rafts' somepeople personnel to holdthe boats for trained Healsosaidthat it isveryimportant properly to evacuate andit is importantfor someone in thesevessels restiained hadto be physically the life on radios noranyfixed dehumidifier aswellaspromptly. Healsosaidthat therewasneither boats. andthe offshore the captain between but it changes Hesaidthat it wasclearwho was in charge, situation' emergency of the did knowhe wasin charge Thecaptain manager. installation system the sprinkler wentsmoothly'Hesaid thatthe life boatdeployment heard Hesubsequently did comeon in oneboatbut he wasnot sureaboutthe otherboat. some to correct wanted David with Mikewilliams, interview aboutthe 60 Minutes when speaking in a rig the left jump she overboard' not did Andrea of all, that Mikesaidon the show. First things there in already was Mike that and boat the that he wasthe lastoneinto alsosaid liferaft. David but statedthat Mike saidthat he hadto reportto the bridge"for duties" when he arrived.David he did not helpor leadanypartof the evacuation' actually

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