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- Taking the late flight to Washington DC where I will have almost 20 hours to straighten things out. Piece of cake! 2 days ago
- Today: trying to make oil well drilling as safe as rocket launch. Tomorrow; trying to make rocket launch as safe as oil well drilling. 2 days ago
- The workshop will be held in the Ballroom Salon C, JW Marriott Houston, 5150 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX, 77056. Starts at 7:30 AM. 2/2 3 days ago
- Tomorrow the Committee on the Application of Real-Time Monitoring of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Dissemination Workshop in Houston, TX 3 days ago
- Back home in Houston - for about 48 hours! 4 days ago
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