Originally the job was split 60/40, but there is steadily more work to do on the marine side of the job. For this particular rig move he was acting in the role of Marine Specialist rather than HES adviser. Macklin’s situation with Chevron is actually two posts: he was both marine specialist and HE&S specialist for the Drilling Department. He visited two of the anchor-handling vessels before the operation began. He stated that he had worked with vessels from Bourbon previously, inter alia he had worked with “Bourbon Surf” in two rig moves. To questions from the Commission as to whether he had worked with any of the vessels that participated in the operation in question earlier, Macklin testified that he was accustomed to go aboard the vessels before they leave port and when they come back from an assignment. Altogether he has worked with Trident for about 20 years. He has also worked with Trident, who is Chevron’s marine services contractor, a position they have held in all the 11 years in which Macklin has been working in his present post, He was also working with Trident when he was Offshore Installation Manager. He had worked with Transocean before, with Transocean rigs contracted by Chevron almost continually for the last five years. He had worked 11 years in the post he now occupies his job designation is Marine HE&S Specialist. Then he worked for Texaco, which later merged with Chevron. He then worked ashore as Marine Superintendent. First he worked a year as Control Room Operator, then as Offshore Installation Manager, which post he held for about eight years. He then started on semi-submersible drilling rigs.

He was on anchor-handling vessels until 1983. He began work as First Officer on anchor-handling vessels in 1973 and was promoted to master in 1974.

1 took the stand: Name: Richard James Thornton Macklin Date of birth: 5 April 1951 Address: Aberdeen, Scotland Post: Chevron Upstream Europe Macklin stated that he had worked five years in the merchant navy. Bourbon Dolphin: Public Hearings Process Public Hearings of September 25 to 27, 2007 in Oslo (Chevron)

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