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NOIA Welcomes New Members Volume XXXIV, Number 4 April 27, 2006 Offshore Companies Gather in Washington NOIA Welcomes for 2006 NOIA Annual Meeting New Members From March 28 – 30, NOIA members, spous- on the state of party politics overall. The es and guests gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Democrats do not exist as a party, in his Scorpion Offshore Ltd. Hotel in Washington, DC. The three day gath- estimation, but are instead a loose collection Houston, Texas ering featured a number of prominent general of interest groups. The Republican Party session speakers and working committee ses- is organized, by contrast, but there is much Cobalt International sions, as well as numerous opportunities to less of a clear sense of who the front-runner Energy L.P. connect with other industry representatives will be for 2008. John McCain is not per- Houston, Texas and government offi cials. ceived by many in the organization as being a “true” Republican. Thus, the disorganized Chris Matthews Democratic Party already has a presumptive INSIDE THIS ISSUE Over breakfast, NOIA members were treated nominee, but the organized GOP has a very to a vigorous analysis of the current political murky road to 2008. landscape by Chris Matthews, host of NBC’s Offshore Companies Gather Chris Matthews Show and Hardball. Looking Finally, Matthews pointed out that a historical in Washington for 2006 NOIA ahead to the 2008 Presidential Election, Mat- look at the pattern of elections shows that Annual Meeting ... page 1 thews predicted that Hillary Clinton stands a voters focus on “fi xing” the current problem 60 percent chance of winning the Democratic at the time of election. The “problem” in NOIA Annual Meeting Business Party’s nomination, but only a 40 percent 2008 is perceived to be a political environment Committee Summaries ... page 2 likelihood of being able to convert that into plagued by confl icting goals and a sense of a successful general election. the need to move beyond rigid approaches to the challenges facing the nation. As a result, MMS Publishes Revised Incident Matthews proffered two insights into the (Continued on page 3) Reporting Requirements for a changing role of women in politics as the Safer Offshore Environment ... basis for his prediction. First, he acknowl- page 4 edged that the glass ceiling has moved up signifi cantly in the last decade or so, with an Annual Meeting Photos ... page 6 increasing number of women winning seats in the Senate and House of Representatives. At the same time, however, few women have Minerals Management Service taken over the governorships of major states, Industry Awards Recognizes Leading indicating that Senator Clinton might face a Corporations ... page 13 similar challenge in her bid to move from a legislative body to the Executive Branch. MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Western Gulf Lease Sale 200 ... Moving beyond the politics of the individual page 14 candidates, Matthews shared his perspective NBC Political Commentator Chris Matthews addresses the NOIA membership. NOIA’S MISSION IS TO SECURE RELIABLE ACCESS TO THE NATION’S VALUABLE OFFSHORE ENERGY RESOURCES IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BE DEVELOPED, PRODUCED AND SUPPLIED IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER. page 2 NOIA Annual Meeting - Working Committee Summaries In addition to the substantive focus of most sessions, three Com- Jon Marshall of GlobalSantaFe completed his tenure as Chairman, mittees met during the 2006 Annual Meeting to address the business handing it over to Chris Seaver of Hydril, who will serve for one of the Association itself. year. Larry Dickerson of Diamond Offshore was elected Vice Chairman of NOIA. Mark Pease of Anadarko, Christopher Gaut Board of Directors of Halliburton, and Melody Meyer of Chevron were elected to the NOIA President Tom Fry provided a synopsis of NOIA’s work over Executive Committee the past year, detailing many of the strategies and achievements that are discussed in further detail in the main meeting summary. Six current Directors were re-elected to serve second terms: Thomas Chance of C&C Technologies, Carl Davis of Davis Lynch, Shel In addition, NOIA Board members voted on the annual changes Erikson of Cooper Cameron, Paul Kelly of Rowan, Robert Long of in leadership on the Executive Committee and the Board itself. Transocean, and Doug Otten of Nexen Petroleum. National Ocean Industries Association Ten new members were voted to their fi rst terms on the NOIA Board: Annell Bay of Shell, Alan Breaud of Breaud & Meyers, Bill 1120 G Street NW, Suite 900 Chiles of Offshore Logistics (Bristow), Bill Coates of Schlumberger, Washington, D.C. 20005 Hank Danos of Danos & Curole, Kirk Headley of American Pollu- Phone: 202.347.6900 tion Control, Howard Hughes of Oil States Industries, Rich Kruger Fax: 202.347.8650 of ExxonMobil, Bob Potter of FMC, and Doug Wall of Baker www.noia.org Hughes. Tom Fry Finance Committee President The NOIA Finance Committee meeting was chaired by NOIA Trea- Franki Stuntz, surer Allen Parks, Partner, Parks Paton Hoepfl & Brown. Chief Administrative Officer Director, Member Development The committee received a report from the independent audit fi rm of Matthews, Carter and Boyce, P.C., relative to the 2005 Audit and Kim Harb NOIA’s fi nancial position. The Association received an unqualifi ed, Director clean opinion. Noteworthy among items discussed were: Policy and Government Affairs • NOIA realized $340,000 in income over expenses in 2005. • 90% of dues received were expended toward Program services Nolty Theriot Director • Expenses were under budget for year. Congressional Affairs • Dues collection exceeded budgeted goal due to excellent member de- velopment results and some companies increasing their dues level. Michael Kearns Director, Public Affairs The committee also reviewed in-house Financial Statements to Feb- Editor, Washington Report ruary 28, 2006. They show that dues income as well as expenses are on target for the year to date. Jeff Krauss Director, External Affairs Copies of NOIA’s full audit report and any in-house fi nancial state- Ann Chapman, ments are available to all members and can be obtained by calling Meetings Manager the NOIA offi ce. Membership Committee Kimberly Friesen, The meeting of NOIA’s Membership Committee was chaired by Administrative Associate, Dave Lawrence, Executive Vice President E & P, Shell Exploration Assistant to the President & Production Company. (Continued on page 3) page 3 Annual Meeting 2006 (continued from Page 1) the 2008 election will go to the candidate best felt to be able to fi x At the same time, Peterson chided the oil and natural gas industry this, someone like Richard Nixon was in 1968: smart, but not likable, for its timidity, charging that we ought to be much more active about politically sensitive, yet diffi cult to work with. spreading the good news of our safety record. John Peterson “How long do you have to do well,” Peterson asked, “operating without In an impassioned address, Congressman John Peterson of Pennsylva- a major spill, surviving hurricanes, not losing any life offshore before nia described why a legislator from inland Pennsylvania would seek to you are willing to brag about it?” open the Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas development. For him – and perhaps for the nearly 150 co-sponsors to his legislation – the Peterson also encouraged the industry to support legislation like his OCS represents a chance to enhance America’s competitiveness. The that seeks to lift restrictions on natural gas production only. He recog- nation has to compete in a global market, yet our policies that lock up nized that oil companies may not fi nd this ideal, but he reminded us that natural resources from development have made us less competitive. we have a real chance to win on this issue, and he urged support As a result, our manufacturers suffer, our jobs move overseas, and the average American is left holding the “short end of the stick.” “We cannot grow the economy if we choke off domestic energy sup- ply and leave ourselves vulnerable to foreign disruption. This is going Congressman Peterson went on to argue that no one state should to be my focus from this day forward,” he promised. have a right to dictate the nation’s overall energy policy. In particular, he called attention to the state of Florida which uses 255 times the Charlie Cook energy resources that it produces, while at the same time blocking After encouraging NOIA members to participate in the NOIA Political the production of OCS resources that could be used by other states’ Action Committee, political analyst Charlie Cook provided the NOIA economies. membership with an in-depth handicapping of both the upcoming 2006 mid-term elections and the evolving fi eld of candidates of both He added, further, that energy supply limitations must be solved by parties for the 2008 Presidential election. government because it was caused by government. It is government policy that limits OCS production, and it is the federal government Cook described the 2006 elections as one of the most confounding to – acting on behalf of all the states – that should fi x the problem. predict in his experience. Looking at it from a “macro-political” per- (Continued on page 5) NOIA Annual Meeting - Working Committee Summaries (continued from Page 2) The committee fi rst reviewed a re-cap of membership activity for NOIA has also moved strongly toward meeting a goal set in 2005 calendar year 2005. Results were: to bring more operating companies into membership. A signifi cant • 21 new members for revenue totaling $143,400. number of the new members in 2005 and to date in 2006 are operat- • 10 voluntary dues increases for new revenue of $117,050. ing companies and have been joined by the addition of some large • 9 cancellations due to non-payment of dues, for a loss of $23,900.
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