washington report volume XXXV,III Number 7 DECEMBER, 2010

special edition 2010 NOIA Fall meeting review The largest gathering of NOIA members Thredgold reported that the “Great Reces- in six years attended the 2010 fall meeting sion” officially started in December of 2007 October 28 – 30 at the Phoenician Resort and, despite appearances, ended around in Scottsdale, Arizona. June of 2009. However, he said we are go- ing down the wrong road of spending, that Sessions focused heavily on the regula- some say could end in a slide back into re- tory and economic challenges facing the cession. The current U.S. economy is “like offshore industry in the wake of the Ma- an engine with two gas pedals pushed all Liz Cheney condo well incident, and speakers likewise the way to the floor,” he said, and with the shared their views on the impact of the various bailouts of corporate America and Gulf spill, as well as their thoughts on the no corresponding bailouts to the masses, 2010 elections. the general public has lost confidence in the Administration as well as in Congress. General Speakers Liz Cheney Thredgold noted that the economy is evolv- Middle East policy expert and founder of ing and becoming increasingly more tech- KeepAmericaSafe.com, Liz Cheney kicked nical, making employees today much more off the meeting Friday night with a speech productive than they were even a year ago. entitled, “American Politics: 2010, 2012 The computer skills required in this new and Beyond”. Liz charmed the audience economy earn a job applicant 15-20 per- with stories about her father, Dick Cheney. cent more than an unskilled applicant, She stressed the importance of keeping he said. While we still think of colleges America strong and safe and suggested as places where you find young kids, said that we appear weaker and less effective Thredgold, the face of higher education is under the current administration. evolving, and one third of college students today are 40 or older. Jeff Thredgold

Jeff Thredgold Self-proclaimed “economic futurist” Jeff This economy rewards education more than Thredgold was a late fill-in for Stuart Var- ever before in American history, Thred- ney, who was unable to attend. While some gold said as he delivered the astounding

NOIA’s mission is to secure members were overheard expressing dis- statistics that clearly resonated with those reliable access to the nation’s appointment about Varney’s absence, Jeff parents and grandparents in the audience valuable offshore energy Thredgold easily captured the attention of -- college graduates today earn 80 percent resources in order that they the audience during his riveting and en- more than high school graduates, com- may be developed, produced and supplied in an environ- couraging speech entitled, The Recession pared to a 25 percent earning difference mentally responsible manner. is Over! Now What? in 1985.

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1120 G Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005 Tel 202-347-6900 Fax 202-347-8650 www.noia.org NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 1) Bromwich, who had recently returned Michael Bromwich, Director of the Bureau from a recruiting sweep through colleges of Offshore Energy Management, Regula- with established petroleum programs, said tion and Enforcement (BOEMRE), spoke he intends to increase his regulatory staff before a capacity room of NOIA members by 200 inspectors and engineers. hoping for the hint of some positive news Michael Bromwich or at least a positive tone for the industry Fouad Ajami in the Gulf of Mexico. Fouad Ajami, Director, Middle East Stud- ies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced In- Unfortunately, not much positivity was ternational Studies, and a favorite speaker forthcoming from Bromwich who said that of the NOIA membership, charmed the was “a sobering re- audience with his speech, Obama and minder of just what is at stake” and that the Challenge of the Islamic World. Aja- the Gulf spill “jolted the nation.” Even mi said he finds the most amazing thing though the full and final verdict of the var- about President Obama is that “he actu- ious investigations are not yet in, he con- ally believes he understands the world.” tinued, it is abundantly clear that indus- Anti-Americanism in the Islamic world try was not prepared, and we as a country is “just an alibi for the failures of the Is- were not prepared. He said that while lamic world,” he said. He also cautioned Fouad Ajami technology had progressed over the years, that Western efforts to broker peace in the safety and response capabilities did not. Middle East may be doomed to failure be- He then attributed the industry’s lengthy cause of the innate collective mentality of and remarkable safety and environmental the region, referring to an Arabic proverb, NOIA Staff record to luck, a remark that provoked dis- “My brother and I against my cousin; my Randall Luthi sent among the audience. cousin and I against a stranger.” Ajami President also noted the President’s tendency to Emily Toner On a positive note, Bromwich said that apologize for America and bow to foreign Assistant to the President moving forward, it will be imperative that leaders. “You never trash your own amid Franki Stuntz industry and government work together. strangers,” he cautioned. Chief Administrative Of- ficer & Director, Member “Our work at DOI is only part of the solu- Development tion,” he said, “the other part is you...mov- John Shadegg (R-AZ) Ann Chapman ing forward it is imperative that industry Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) Director, Conferences and government work together.” During stressed the importance of energy reli- Michael Kearns a brief question and answer period, there ability and underscored how important Director, External Affairs were also more hints of encouraging news. it would be to educate the new members Nicolette Nye Bromwich said that BOEMRE will consid- of Congress. Although not running for re- Director, Public Affairs & Editor, Washington Report er, on a case-by-case basis, extensions for election, he said he is very interested in re- leases where activities had been impacted maining active in conservative causes and Jon Hrobsky Director, by the drilling moratorium. He also said also staying active in the energy arena. Policy & Government Affairs that a permit for new deepwater drilling He encouraged NOIA members to get to Jeff Vorberger in the Gulf would be issued before the end know the incoming Congressional fresh- Director, of the year. man class and help educate them on our Government Relations (Continued on Page 3) 2 washington report

NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 2) industry’s issues – something that NOIA in AP math, science and English exams is already planning on doing, and in some passed by African-American and Hispanic cases is already actively doing. As an students is as much as over five times the example of how out of whack the current national average. The percent increase in energy policy is, Shadegg discussed the AP math and science exams passed by fe- extremely high number of lawsuits associ- male students of NMSI program schools is ated with Alaska lease sales and advocat- as much as 17 times the national average. Mike Gallagher ed legislation to enact litigation reform for the oil and gas industry. Separately, the National Math and Science Young Leaders Program is a partnership Mike Gallagher between Fortune, ExxonMobil, and NMSI, Popular syndicated conservative radio host and was developed to address the issue Mike Gallagher spoke on the Midterm Elec- of women being left behind in the critical tion 2010: Seismic Shift or Status Quo? fields of math and science. Although, as many agreed after his talk, he did detail a lot of his personal history, APTIP will be expanded to over 150 high Gallagher also intertwined charming sto- schools serving a high percentage of mili- ries of Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan, tary families. The need is great: 160,000 and eventually focused on the need for a young people in the U.S. have a parent return to traditional conservative values, who is currently deployed overseas, and at a theme that resonated with the audience. least a million children have a parent who was deployed in the last eight years. Gregg Fleisher Director of the National Math and Science NMSI’s UTeach Program transforms the Initiative Gregg Fleisher gave a presenta- way universities prepare teachers. The tion on the Advanced Placement Training program recruits math and science un- and Incentive Program (APTIP). The pro- dergraduate majors to pursue a teaching gram has support among NOIA members, career. including ExxonMobil Corporation. Ninety-two percent of UTeach graduates Gregg Fleisher The program is a comprehensive approach become teachers and eighty-two percent that increases teacher effectiveness and are still in the classroom after five years, student achievement, increases dramati- compared with fewer than 65% nationally. cally the number of students taking and NMSI university partners have enrolled passing AP math, science, and English ex- over 3,500 math and science undergradu- ams; and expands access to traditionally ate majors in the UTeach Program as of under represented students. Fall 2010. It is predicted that UTeach will prepare over 7,000 by 2018 and that they The percent increase in AP math, science will impact more than 20 million students and English exams passed in NMSI pro- over the course of their teaching careers. gram schools is as much as 11 times the national average. The percent increase (Continued on Page 4) 3 NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 3) Industry Panel compliance culture. He predicted that it A panel of industry experts gave presen- would be some 18 months before full com- tations on the impacts, implications, and pliance with new regulatory requirements path forward from the Gulf oil spill. The would be achieved and the new permit- panel was moderated by NOIA Director ting tempo would be understood and all 33

Randall luthi Randall Luthi and consisted of Samuel deepwater drilling rigs would be back at Giberga of Hornbeck Offshore Services; work in the Gulf. The “new normal” for Leland Tate, of ATP Oil and Gas Corpora- Gulf operators would lie beyond that 18 tion; Lynne Hackedorn of Cobalt Interna- months, he said. tional; and Dave Lawrence of Shell Energy Resources Company. In his presentation, Leland Tate covered importance of the Gulf as a source of pro- Samuel Giberga gave a presentation from duction growth, quoting the Energy Infor- a vessel operator’s perspective in a post mation Administration’s projection that

Lynne Hackedorn Macondo world. He covered the change in the deepwater Gulf would be the single tone since the accident, including the re- largest contributor to domestic production quirement for CEO certification of regula- through 2035. He also noted the Gulf’s tory compliance, the ongoing reformation abundant development opportunities and of the investigations and review unit at gave an overview of ATP’s operations, BOEMRE, as well as the stinging rhetoric which are all in the Gulf of Mexico or the from both Secretary Salazar and President North Sea. ATP has invested more than Obama. He also covered the regulatory $4 billion in oil and gas developments with changes since Macondo, including the In- over $2 billion still to be invested. ATP Sam Giberga terim Final Drilling Safety Rule, the deep- was also the 12th largest producer of oil water drilling moratorium and “permitori- and 22nd largest producer of gas in the um”, the Workplace Safety Rule, and lease Gulf of Mexico in 2008. sales that had been cancelled or suspended in the wake of the accident. He covered en- Tate covered the congressional state of vironmental changes included NTL-06 on play, predicting the next congress will spill containment and response readiness pass a spill bill that will increase liability and scenarios, the limits and liability caps. Tate also spoke likelihood of fewer categorical exclusions, on the regulatory state of play, noting that and changes in the way NEPA would be although NTL-05 had been ruled illegal Leland Tate applied. on October 19, that other rules and regu- lations will likely replace it, including the Other changes facing the industry include new safety environmental management the removal or raising of liability limits, system requirements issued October 14, increased tort exposure, increased fines and possible new revisions to 30 CFR 250 and penalties, and increased personal and regulations incorporating Post Macondo criminal liability. The bottom line, he said, operating requirement. All of this has re- is that the industry now faces more risk, sulted in great uncertainty for ATP, as well higher costs, a slower tempo, and a stricter as the industry as a whole, he said. We can Dave Lawrence (Continued on Page 5) 4 washington report

NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 4) expect more bureaucracy, longer permit- Welch, President and CEO of Stone En- ting approval times, increased costs, and ergy, moderated the session. higher insurance limits. But he noted that there may also be increased opportunities The first presenter was Dave Barrow, Di- for GOM focused companies. rector of Marine International Business Development with , Inc. Lynne Hackedorn addressed some of the Mr. Barrow serves as a Team Leader on Dave Welch challenges that have been faced by Cobalt the Joint Industry Task Force on Subsea International as a result of spill related Well Control and Containment, and sum- moratorium. She keyed in on steps that marized the Task Force’s work to date, Cobalt, NOIA and the other trade associa- including recommendations passed along tions had taken in securing and getting out to the Department of Interior and possible information on the economic effects of the ways to coordinate with the Marine Well moratorium. In particular, Cobalt com- Containment Company. missioned a study by IHS on the impacts on the oil and gas industry and the inde- The next speaker was Jay Collins, former pendents operating in the Gulf of Mexico. NOIA Chairman and President and CEO Dave Barrow (A copy of the study can be found on the of Oceaneering, and Co-Chairman of the NOIA Website). She stressed the impor- Joint Industry Task Force on Oil Spill Pre- tance of making every effort to let the gov- paredness and Response. Mr. Collins out- ernment know of the drastic effects their lined the Task Force’s findings and recom- actions have on jobs and the economy. mendations with respect to the following subject areas: oil spill response plans, oil Dave Lawrence spoke of the challenges sensing and tracking, dispersant use and from the point of view of a major operator. application, in situ burning, mechanical The moratorium affects all, he stressed the (continued recovery capabilities, shoreline importance of all working together to see protection and cleanup, and alternative re- that permitting and exploration be contin- sponse technologies. Jay Collins ued in the post moratorium world. He also explained some of the unique challenges The final speaker was Holly Hopkins, Poli- Shell is facing in Alaska. cy Advisor for Upstream Drilling and Pro- duction Operations with the American Pe- Committee Meetings troleum Institute. Ms. Hopkins discussed Government Affairs Committee the progress to date and recommendations joint industry task force of the Joint Industry Task Forces on Off- The Government Affairs Committee ses- shore Operating Procedures and Offshore sion comprised presentations from the Equipment, while noting the Task Forces’ Joint Industry Task Forces established in objectives of making improvements, reduc- response to the Macondo spill. Govern- ing risk, increasing environmental protec- Holly Hopkins ment Affairs Chairman and NOIA Execu- tions, and ultimately returning to drilling tive Committee and Board Member Dave in the Gulf of Mexico.

(Continued on Page 6) 5 NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 5) The Health, Safety, Security and The Perdido Development consists of hy- Environment Committee drocarbon production from ultra-deep wa- Safety in Seas Project Review ter fields routed through a regional host As has been the practice for the past sev- facility. The Perdido Development area eral years, the fall session of the Health, is located in the Western Gulf of Mexico Safety, Security and Environment Com- about 200 miles south of Houston, TX and mittee (HSSE Committee) has been devot- eight miles north of Mexican territorial ed to an in-depth look at the project that waters. The facility will accommodate at won that year’s Safety in Seas Award. least 35 wells and operate in 7,800 feet of water depth. Perdido is designed to pro- This year, NOIA duce 100,000 barrels of oil and 200 million members were fortu- cubic feet of natural gas each day. nate to have with us today a full comple- Shell demonstrated that safety is priority ment of Shell ex- number one, and their commitment to this perts: Dave Law- goal was evident in both the design phase rence, Executive Vice of the project and in the execution phase. President, Explora- Shell went over and above the minimum tion & Commercial, requirements and exceeded the industry (L-R) Kent Satterlee, Bill Upstream Americas; standards to ensure that Perdido was the Townsley, Kelly Bowen, Kurt Scott Cameron, Vice President Explora- safest possible project it could be. Shallenberger, Scott Cam- tion, Americas South; Kelly Bowen, Senior eron, Dave Lawrence, and Dick Alario Staff Civil Engineer; Kurt Shallenberger, (Solicitations for nominations for the 2011 Topsides Project Leader; and Bill Towns- Safety in Seas Award have been sent, with ley, Perdido Venture Manager, who talked projects due to NOIA in January. Please us through their winning project. contact Michael Kearns at mkearns@noia. org with any questions.) Shell Oil Company was awarded the 2010 National Ocean Industries Association Public Affairs & Education (NOIA) Safety in Seas Award in April, rec- Committee (PAEC) ognizing their outstanding contribution to analysis of the Media Response to the the safety of life offshore for energy work- Gulf Oil Spill ers in the design and execution of their Robert Bluey, Director of the Center for Perdido project. Media and Public Policy at the Heritage Foundation delivered an analysis of the Shell’s award-winning nomination was media response to the Gulf oil spill and of- selected by a blue-ribbon panel of judges fered recommendations. from the U.S. Coast Guard, the Minerals Management Service and the National He pointed out that the spill dominated Academy of Science’s Marine Board. news coverage between April 20 and July 28. While media coverage of the spill reached its peak in mid-June, public inter- (Continued on Page 7) 6 washington report

NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 6) est in the spill peaked in early May and technology that now affects all companies remained high through early July. The drilling offshore. Lisa Waters, Project Ex- top story lines of the media coverage were ecution Manager for ExxonMobil Develop- the environment and business impact and ment Company gave a valuable presenta- cleanup and containment, followed by tion with a focus on restoring confidence in corporate responsibility, and the govern- deepwater drilling operations through im- Robert Bluey ment’s role. For the most part, the media provements in well containment and inter- focused its coverage more on the corporate vention capability, spill response capabil- responsibility, specifically BP, and less on ity, and industry drilling standards. To do the government’s role. Television was the this, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMo- overwhelming leader in coverage of the bil and Shell have initiated development of spill, after all, viewers glued to images of oil a new, rapid containment response system flowing from the wellhead and oiled birds. that will be able to capture and contain oil Cable (CNN, MSNBC, Fox) accounted for from a potential underwater blowout in 31 percent of the coverage and network 29 the Gulf, in levels previously unseen. This Lisa Waters percent. Online outlets and radio provided system will be available to oil and gas op- 18 percent of the coverage respectively, erators in the U.S. GOM. It is MWCC’s while print newspapers accounted for 17 hope that this system will never be used, percent of the overall coverage. but rather is ready and waiting should an- other blowout occur. Predictably, support for offshore drilling also fell because of the spill. Support was Finance Committee around 73 percent in early April, but had NOIA president Randall Luthi chaired the fallen to just above 60 percent by early Sep- meeting of the Finance Committee during tember. Bluey offered the following recom- which the committee reviewed a detailed mendations for publicly responding to any presentation prepared by NOIA Treasurer future incidents: Use digital media more Len Paton, PPHB. effectively, tell compelling stories, don’t let others define the narrative, and establish The presentation outlined the association’s trust for the industry. financial position to date with projections to year-end 2010. The presentation also in- Technology Policy Committee cluded the proposed budget for 2011 which Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) the committee approved and sent forward Committee Staff Liaison Emily Toner in- to the Executive Committee and Board of troduced the new Chairman of the Tech- Directors where it also received approval. nology Policy Committee (TPC), Kevin McEvoy, Executive Vice President & COO Some items worthy of note include: of Oceaneering International, Inc. Rath- •NOIA has $2.8M in laddered Certificates er than have a working session, the TPC of Deposit. This exceeds the Board man- chose to have a presentation on the Marine dated position of having at least one year’s Well Containment Company (MWCC) and operating expense in reserve. their containment system, an emerging (Continued on Page 8) 7 NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 7) •The budget presented and approved for ing with other trades succeeded in delay- 2011 is virtually flat. No appreciable in- ing any bills from moving forward. crease over that of 2010. •A small deficit of revenue versus expense In May, NOIA announced plans to form a is projected for 2011. task force on evaluating the spill response Paton’s presentation was too extensive to and containment efforts of industry. With- Burt Adams chronicle here, however copies of the pre- in days of that announcement, API, IPAA, sentation, all Financial Statements and IADC and USOGA joined NOIA in this ef- the 2011 budget detail are available to all fort. NOIA immediate past chairman, Jay members and can be obtained by calling the Collins, co-chaired the task force and their NOIA office. initial reports were completed in early September. Board of Directors meeting The Board of Directors meeting was Luthi further discussed the continuing chaired by NOIA Chairman, Burt Adams, slow pace of permit issuance and the fact President & CEO, OGRS, LLC. Following that industry needs more guidance and introductory remarks by Adams, NOIA clarity on the new safety and environmen- President Randall Luthi summarized the tal requirements being considered by Inte- financial report he had delivered to the rior. He cautioned that as Interior pushes Finance Committee. The Board unani- the gold standard of safety, we as an in- mously approved the report and the pro- dustry must be involved, stay involved and posed 2011 Budget.Adams then called on be cautious that we don’t assist in mak- President Luthi to give the President’s re- ing standards, whether they be in safety, port: financial responsibility or liability, that actually force many of our members out of Luthi began by thanking the board and the energy business. membership for their support over the past seven months – “a time that has been un- NOIA has significantly increased its me- like any other in our industry.” He said dia visibility. We have issued 29 press re- that while we have been the target of so leases since April 20, responded to 150 me- many, he felt that never have our opportu- dia queries and been interviewed 25 times. nities been greater. He went on to report He intends to maintain NOIA’s increased some of NOIA activities and achievements media activity. over the past months: Luthi stated that one of his top priorities While Congress has been intent on pass- is to maintain our current membership ing legislation to over-regulate, over-see and seek new members as well. He was and over-price many of us out of the explo- pleased to report that we have 20 new ration business, holding over thirty hear- members thus far this year. He asked for ings on the Macondo Well and introducing the help of our membership in identifying dozens of pieces of legislation, NOIA work- potential members and actively engaging in encouraging them to join. (Continued on Page 9) 8 washington report

NOIA Fall Meeting Summary (continued from page 8) He reported on the activity of NOIA’s Po- He reported that those chosen to serve on litical Action Committee, telling the audi- the 2011 Nominating Committee are: ence that we significantly increased our Carl Davis, President, Davis-Lynch, Inc. PAC this year. He viewed this to be a Bruce Gresham, Vice President North watershed election and, thus authorized America, Heerema Marine Contractors U.S. expenditures to incumbents and candi- Cindy Taylor, President & CEO, Oil States Interna- dates who have indicated support and tional understanding for our issues. While the majority of NOIA’s contributions were in Chairman Adams reported that he made the GOM area, we did not stop there. (Ru- an interim appointment to the NOIA bio in Florida, Johnson in Wisconsin, as Board of Directors, Richard Lunam, examples.) Our strategy involved examin- Vice President North America Explora- ing voting records, including those on the tion, ConocoPhillips. Clear Act and monitoring press and policy statements. He stated that it is now time Membership Committee to replenish our fund and asked that mem- The meeting of the Membership Commit- bers consider making their personal con- tee, chaired by David Lawrence, Executive tribution to the NOIA PAC. Vice President, Exploration & Commercial, Shell Energy Resources Company, was then Luthi then turned the podium to John convened. Members discussed member de- Rynd of Hercules who gave a presentation velopment initiatives and reviewed a list on the Shallow Water Energy Security Co- of prospective members. Lawrence echoed alition formed in the aftermath of Macon- President Luthi’s pleasure at having wel- do. He reoprted that significant man hours comed 20 new members into NOIA this have been spent on interpretation and com- year. They bring new revenue of $164,490. pliance with new regulatory requirements He reported as well that four members for drilling permits, the economic impact voluntarily increased their dues level for from the permitting slowdown in Gulf additional revenue of $44,980, while two drilling activity is adding a significant companies decreased their dues for a loss burden to the Gulf Coast region, noted the of $32,900. There were four membership departure of drilling assets from the Gulf cancellations resulting in a loss of $57,540. and displacement of a skilled work force, The net result is a gain of $119,030. Law- pending legislation and change in liability rence cautioned that membership reten- PLEASE NOTE: caps could add significant burden on the tion and recruitment will be critical as we Copies of presentations U.S. offshore oil & gas industry (particu- move forward following the Gulf incident mentioned in this report larly independents), and the importance of and its aftermath. He encouraged every- are available on the NOIA monitoring oil spill legislation. one to consider themselves to be part of the member website at www. noia.org. Membership Committee and to reach out

The report on the Nominating committee wherever possible to their peers in the in- If you have any questions was then given by NOIA Vice Chairman, dustry whom they considered to be viable about the NOIA Meeting, Jack Moore, President & CEO, Cameron. candidates for NOIA membership. please contact us at (202) 347-6900.

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ottsdale, AZ Becky Banos, Edison Chouest Offshore; Clyde & Faye Munson, Jay Collins, Oceaneering International; Aldo Rodriguez, CapRock Aries Marine Corporation Communications NOIA F Sc

Randall Luthi, NOIA; Bill & Rosanna Dooley, ENI U.S. Operating Cheryl & Chad Verret, Harvey Gulf International Marine Co.; John Hrobsky, NOIA; Hans Neidig & Luciano Vasques, ENI Petroleum

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Bill & Cathy Gray, Pisces Energy; George Fowler, Brady & Patricia Como, Delmar Systems; Kathy & Lawrence Fowler Rodriquez Valdes-Fauli Svendson, Marlin Energy, LLC to b er 28-30 er

Bob Deason, retired McDermott; Dean & Marilene Taylor, Kenny Nelkin, Candy Fleet, LLC; Todd Hornbeck, Hornbeck Tidewater Inc.; Melody & Kim Meyer, Chevron Energy Technology Offshore Services Company

Randy Stilley, Seahawk Drilling Inc.; Mark Meunier, Kiewit Energy Steve Benz & Judith Roos, MSRC; Kylie & Court Ramsay, Corporation Aries Marine Corporation

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Susan & David Davis, Offshore Magazine; Debbie Moore, Chris Seaver, Oil States International; Bo Eagles, Allpoints Cameron Equipment Company eeting: Oc all M ottsdale, AZ

John Reed, Global Industries; Bob Deason & Steve Roll, Matt Pilon, Nick Swyka, Simmons & Company International; NOIA F Sc McDermott Kurt Hoffman, Seahawk Drilling

Cindy & Dave Heminger, Ameriforge Group; Richard & Maggie Williams, Randall Luthi, NOIA; Dave Lawrence, Shell Energy Resources Fugro Chance Company; Jack Moore, Cameron

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Jim Looke, Walter Oil & Gas Corp.; Chris Orth, Tidewater, Rob Dave Welch, Stone Energy Corporation; Jodi Adams, OGRS LLC; Saltiel, Atwood Oceanics Inc. Bill New, New Industries to b er 28-30 er

Ken & Jane Blanchard, Superior Energy Services; Terri & Dave Brady Como, Delmar Systems, Galen Cobb, ; Darrell Barrow, Wild Well Control Hollek, Corporation

Doug & Marie Polk, Vallourec & Mannesmann USA; Richard Peter Fortier, Enterprise Products; Tom Holland, MAN Diesel; Lunam, ConocoPhillips Dean Taylor, Tidewater

13 er 28-30 b to Greg & Peggy Rhodes, Subsea 7 Maria McEvoy, Oceaneering International; Page Houser, McDermott; Kevin McEvoy, Oceaneering International; Dan Houser, McDermott; Ronnie Smith, Upstream Engineering eeting: Oc all M

ottsdale, AZ Burt Adams, OGRS LLC; Liz Cheney Jim Dore, Global Industries; Randall Luthi, NOIA; Chris John, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association NOIA F Sc

Paige Olive & Matt McCarroll, Dynamic Offshore Resources; John Reed, Global Industries; Kimberly & Mark Meunier, Kiewit Lynn Cheney; Lynne Hackedorn, Cobalt International Energy; Energy; Bruce Gresham, Heerema Marine Contractors; Bill New, Tom Young, Deep Gulf Energy New Industries

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