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reliability become more important with play package with a large, ? exible deck came together after the 2010 oil spill to

Engineering, and

Vessels the high cost of well intervention in the con? guration. improve safety in the Gulf of Mexico. We

Sales teams responsi- deepwater market. The StimFORCE ? nished ? nal test- focus on both personal safety and process ble for supporting the ing in Fourchon last fall, and now Baker safety, particularly when it comes to oil and gas operators

OE: How do you improve on operational Hughes has three well stimulation ves- maintaining well control. BHI is commit- in the offshore deep- execution and reliability? sels in the GoM market, including the ted to this effort and I personally repre- water, shelf, inland,

Wetherington: For the Baker Hughes Blue Dolphin and the Blue Tarpon. sent Baker Hughes on the COS Governing and land business staff, we use competency assurance Before Macondo, there were nine stim- Board. We work closely with Chevron, segments.

ExxonMobil, and Anadarko, He began his career 22 years ago, as an programs, with training and certi- ulation vessels in the GoM. Afterward, Shell, BP, among others.