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Ocean StarOffshore Drilling Rig and MuseumPier 19, Harborside Drive at 20th Street

Galveston IslandTel: 409.766.STAR

www.oceanstaroec.com

More than half of the teachers trained to be OEC facilitatorscame from Louisiana. See page 11 for more details.

Neil Duffin,OEC’s new

Chairman of the

Board, presents

the outgoing

Chairman Roger

Pinkerton with a

crystal gavel in

commemoration

of his service.

A new RemotelyOperated Vehicle(ROV), donated byOceaneering wasinstalled in April.See article onpage 7.

The OEC’s Executive Speaker Series luncheons continue on July 29 with guest speaker Dr. David H.Welch, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officerof Stone Energy Corporation.

Prior to joining Stone in 2004, David held manyexecutive positions with Amoco and later BP, includingDirector of Strategic Planning, President of the AmocoGulf Group, Sr. Vice President of BP North America andPresident of BP Alaska Canada Gas. He also spent fiveyears with the US Geological Survey and one as an adjunctprofessor at Tulane University’s graduate school.

David studied petroleum engineering at LSU andColorado School of Mines, economics and chemical engineering at Tulane, and business at Harvard. He

completed a doctoral dissertation entitled World Oil Market Economics and has testified on multiple occasions before the U.S. Senate on energy related issues.

David also serves as a director and chairman of the Enterprise Risk Committee ofIberia Bank Corp., past chairman of the Offshore Energy Center, executive director ofthe National Ocean Industries Association, a trustee of The Nature Conservancy, chair-man of Upper Lafayette Economic Development Foundation, past chairman of theGreater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, a director of Louisiana Association ofBusiness and Industry and past chairman of the United Way of Acadiana.

Registration is $50 per person or you can reserve a table of 10 for $500.Registration and general reception will begin at 11:30 a.m. with luncheon service beginning at 12 noon. Make your plans now to attend. If you have any questions orneed more information, please contact Sylvia Akaweih at 281-544-2428.

Thank you to the OEC’s 2014 sponsors: Anadarko, Apache, Atkins, BakerHughes, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Hercules Offshore, Schlumberger, Shell, StoneEnergy, Transocean, and Weatherford.

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The increasingly popular OEC Invitational Fishing Tournament will be held Thursdayand Friday, October 16 &17 in Galveston. Registration begins October 16 at 4:30 p.m. until7:00 p.m. at the Ocean Star located on 20th street and Harborside Drive (Pier 19).

Dinner is served at 6:30 and the festivities continue until 9:00 p.m. with plenty of time to tour the Ocean Star and enjoy refreshments. A live auction and door prize drawingsare also part of the festivities. Thanks to Baker Hughes for agreeing once again to be anunderwriter. Kudos to Shell and ENSCO for already confirming sponsorships.

The tournament begins bright and early on Friday morning 30 minutes before sunrisewith the weigh in at 2:00 p.m. A continental breakfast is provided in the dining tent andsnack coolers are given to each team. Dinner follows with more prize drawings and theannouncement of the team winners and individual winners

Watch for more details in the coming weeks.

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OffshoreEnergyCenter’sSalute toIndustry Interns

The Offshore Energy Center is proud topresent the 8th Annual Salute to IndustryInterns on July 14, 2014. This full-day seminar is designed especially for summerinterns in the oil and gas industry. The eventpromises to motivate, educate and entertainthese future members of the industry’sworkplace. The format offers interns a day ofinformation about the industry from senior oiland gas professionals, presentations bymotivational speakers and an opportunity tonetwork with one another.

The event will be held at the WestinHouston, Memorial City located at 945Gessner Road, Houston.

Libby Cheney, chief operating officer for Cheney Energy Partners, continues this year as Mistress of Ceremony. Welcomingremarks will be followed by the keynoteaddress, “Creative Destruction” of E&P

and How You Can Help, by Helge Hove

Haldorsen, Statoil North America. An inter-active presentation, The Birth of a Decision:

What is our Energy Future?, by TJ Butler

and Dale Davis. After lunch the programcontinues with a panel discussion, What You

Need to Know About Oil & Gas Development.Pane l i s ts Inc lude : Geo logy – Bi l l

Barkhouse, ABC-GEO, Inc.; Land Man –Keith Couvillion, Chevron; Exploration &Production, TBA; and Government andRegulatory Affairs – Randall Luthi, NOIA.

Scott Greenberg, motivational speaker,wi l l present A Head in the Game: The

programs concludes with Sandra Mourton,Executive Director, Offshore Energy Center.

For more information contact Sandy Cazemier at 713.686.4845 [email protected]

David H. Welch

Executive Speaker Series continues July 29

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OEC NewsOEC NewsPioneers to be inducted into Hall of Fame September 20

André Jourdan

André P. Jourdan graduated from the Marseille Engineering School in France and began his career in 1964with a drilling company. He joined Elf Aquitaine in 1969 as drilling engineer.

In 1980 he integrated the R&D department and was given the leadership of the “Horizontal Drilling ResearchProject”. In 1982, the first industrial horizontal well was drilled offshore in the Rospo Mare field in Italy. With a600m horizontal section and a considerable increase of oil production, this world premier attracted the interest of theoil industry. Later on, André was loaned to other operators to serve as consultant for their first offshore/onshore horizontal well in USA, UK, India, Nederland and Norway.

In 1990-1991 he was SPE Distinguished Lecturer and in 1991 he received the prestigious SPE “DrillingEngineering Award”.

Through his field experience, his numerous publications and conferences, André has been fully involved with ElfAquitaine accelerating the world wide acceptance and development of this technology. By improving productivity anddrainage area per well, it is used today as a mean to achieve the best economical and technical reservoir managementstrategy.

Peter Marshall holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the University of Florida, and a PhD(Dept. of Architecture) from Kumamoto University, Japan. In 1970 Peter was awarded the Alfred Noble Prize byASCE for his paper, “Risk Factors for Offshore Platforms “. This was the beginning of a long and successful effort toproperly relate the expected environmental forces to the actual platform resistance. As he worked on this issue, Peterbecame a recognized expert in the area of welding and the selection of proper steel grades for offshore platforms invarious environments. The results can be seen in specific standards and codes that are now in common use by theindustry, including American Welding Society (AWS), API Recommended Practices, API Specifications, InternationalStandards Organization (ISO) and the International Institute of Welding (IIW).

By his personal technical competence and leadership within Shell Exploration & Production, USA, and in manyindustry committees and forums Peter was an early, effective and long tenured proponent of Reliability BasedStructural Design for application to deepwater platform projects, and he was, and is a worldwide industry leader inmaterials selection, welding technology, fracture mechanics and related inspection methodologies.

George Richardson joined The Offshore Company (now Transocean, Ltd.) as the Chief Engineer in 1955.At the time, the worldwide movable offshore fleet consisted of only 3 jackup rigs and 5 submersibles.

In 1956, George directly managed the construction of new rigs. Between 1956 and 1966, Richardson built 2 turret moored drill ships and 12 various-sized jackups. During the following nine years, Richardson oversaw the construction of 4 more turret-moored drillships, 9 Jackups and 2 semisubmersibles. In addition, The OffshoreCompany also licensed the construction of 15 or more cantilever jackups.

In 1976 Offshore Magazine named The Offshore Company the world’s largest drilling contractor. Much of thisgrowth from the edges of the Gulf of Mexico to water depths over 3,000 feet was the result of George Richardson’sperseverance, direction and ingenuity.

As an example of George’s creativity, in early 1961 he foresaw that water depth for jackup drilling rigs was limited and decided to investigate the possibility of using a shipshape hull that could always head into the seas thusminimizing wave induced motion. At that time he conceived the idea of using a central mooring turret that wouldmoor the vessel over a fixed position on the ocean’s floor, while permitting the vessel to be rotated by bow and sternthrusters in order to maintain the most favorable heading. The concept essentially provided all the favorable vesselmotion characteristics of dynamic positioning without the need of positioning thrusters and the not completely reliable positioning control system.

C.R. (Charlie) Williams II retired from Shell after 40 years, to become the Executive Director of theCenter for Offshore Safety which is fully focused on safety management. Charlie led its creation and received theOTC Special Citation plus the SPE HSSE Award for this work.

Charlie joined Shell in 1971. He achieved numerous senior positions and in 2005 was appointed Chief Scientist.Charlie’s work focused on challenging well completions and drilling. This included contributions to all ShellDeepwater projects. Notably, he developed high rate/high ultimate completion systems that led to confidence inworld class production.

He served as VP Hurricane Recovery for Shell – including reconstruction of the Mars TLP. The project wasawarded the NOIA “Safety in the Seas Award” and Offshore Engineering Project of the Year.

He led the establishment of the Marine Well Containment Company. Charlie’s professional affiliations includeSPE and chair of many API committees.

Charlie Williams’ many contributions have been significant in establishing Shell as a leader in technology andsafe and responsible developments around the globe.

Peter W. Marshall

George Richardson

C.R. (Charlie) Williams II


OEC NewsOEC NewsF O U N D I N G P I O N E E RErle Palmer Halliburton

An early oilfield pioneer was Erle Halliburton. He developed and perfected the technique of oil-well cementing, designed to seal and support the steel casing in boreholes. This technology is anessential part of well construction. Halliburton cemented the first offshore well in the Creole Fieldin the Gulf of Mexico, commencing what has become the world’s most extensive offshore service.

Pioneering TechnologiesDRILLING TECHNOLOGY: Marine Riser Analysis Phase 2 (1973 to 1985)

The marine riser is used in drilling as a pathway between a floating drilling rig and the subsea well duringdrilling. For production, the riser provides a vertical pipeline that carries oil and gas from the sea floor to the floatingproduction platform. Both are essential for deepwater oil and gas development.

The advances in the 1970s were consideration of riser dynamics in loads, environment, and the responsemotions of the riser. In the 1980’s, use of riser equations was facilitated by the evolution of computing power enabling more thorough and accurateanalysis techniques.

A pioneering program version was called ‘DERP’ (for ‘Darned’ Efficient Riser Program), developed by Stress Engineering Services (SES) workingfor Cameron Iron Works. The Exxon Production Research Co. joined with the SES engineers to develop computational advances involving linearizationfor the frequency domain. In the early 1980s, DERP was extended to the industry, and became available for customer PCs.

The sensitivity of the riser analysis results to operating input parameters challenged analysts and operations people to use design bases that wereboth practical and provided adequate safety margins. In the early years, each offshore operator and contractor developed their own design parameters.In 1980 the first suggested uniform parameters were published. An API Task Group worked through the technical and risk issues facing industry-widestandard parameters and published RP 2Q “Design and Operation of Marine Drilling Riser Systems” in 1984.

With Phase 2 technology, drilling marine risers moved to 7,500 feet of water depth by 1987 and in to 10,000 feet in 2004.

Recognizing the pioneering efforts of the following individuals and organizations that contributed to this technology:

Mark A. Childers, Early Denison, Joe Fowler, Allen Fox, Terry N. Gardner, Tom Gay, Lawrence P. Krolikowski, Joe Roche, Charles P. Sparks,Paul Stanton, Riddle Steddum, and Ron Young

Cameron Iron Works, Exxon Production Research Company, Hydril (now GE Oil & Gas), Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP), MechanicsResearch Institute, Shell Oil Company, Sonat Offshore Drilling (now Transocean), and Stress Engineering Services

DRILLING TECHNOLOGY: Horizontal Drilling

Wells that are vertical, perpendicular to the petroleum formation, are often uneconomic, but drilling the lowerpart of the well horizontally, paralleling the reservoir, greatly increases their production rate. Effective technology was elusive until 1982 when the Elf Aquitane offshore Rospo Mare field in the Italian Adriatic was developed withhorizontal drilling.

1979 through 1982, an effort was undertaken by ARCO with 12 horizontal wells in New Mexico, leading to the development of the medium radiustechnique, a critical improvement over the previous short radius and long radius methods. In 1985, a medium radius horizontal well was successfullydrilled by ARCO at the Prudhoe Bay oil field to manage a fluid coning issue.

From 1985 to 1992, the technology was rapidly expanded and its use broadened by a joint industry horizontal drilling research project, DEA-44,with about 50 participating companies. The project also developed the medium radius drilling motor.

Subsequent to the Rospo Mare field, many worldwide offshore developments have employed horizontal drilling, including Selegi (Malaysia), Jotonand Ringhorn (Norway), Dan (Denmark), Buffalo and Gimboa (Angola), Widuri (Indonesia), Champion (Brunei), Al Shaheen (Qatar).

Onshore, horizontal drilling has been used for naturally fractured formations such as the Texas Austin Chalk and later in numerous shale oil andgas developments, further enhanced by hydraulic fracturing.


Jacques Bosio, André Jourdan, Dr. William Maurer, and Frank Schuh

Atlantic Richfield Company (now BP), Elf Aquitaine (now TOTAL), and Maurer Engineering


OEC NewsOEC NewsHEALTH, SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT:API Recommend Practice 75 Safety and Environmental Management Programs

In 1990 the National Research Council’s Marine Board submitted a report to the Minerals Management Service (MMS) concluding that the MMS’s

prescriptive approach to regulating offshore operations had forced industry into a compliance mentality which was not conducive to effectively identify-

ing potential operational risks or developing comprehensive accident mitigation. A less prescriptive and more systematic approach to managing safety

was suggested.

In 1992, MMS published their intent to develop a Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS) rule for managing safety in a way that

recognizes that safety is largely dependent on proper human behavior. SEMS would require operators to manage safety, taking into account management

principles of planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating.

As a result, in 1993 API RP-75 (SEMP) was developed in cooperation between MMS and API as a guideline for operators to meet the objectives

of the proposed SEMS rule. At the same time, API also produced a companion document, FP-14J, a guideline for safety design and hazards analysis.

In 1994, MMS formally recognized implementation of RP-75 as meeting the spirit and intent of SEMS. MMS asked operators to voluntarily adopt

SEMP.

In 2006, based on incident investigations and performance reviews with operators, MMS identified a need for performance improvement in four

areas: hazards analysis, operating procedures, mechanical integrity, and management of change. These areas were part of RP75. After several meetings,

both the MMS and industry decided it was best to adopt RP75 as a whole rather than some of its elements in isolation.

On October 15, 2010, MMS published 30 CFR Part 250 Subpart S – Safety and Environmental Management Systems. This Rule incorporates

by reference, and makes mandatory, RP 75, Third Edition.


Ken Arnold, Henry (Hank) Bartholomew, Virgil Harris, Charles (Chuck) Liles, John Rullman, Alan Spackman, Peter Velez, Robert (Bob)Waldrup, and Jeff Wiese

API, Exxon (now ExxonMobil), IADC, MMS. (now BSEE), Newfield, OOC, Paragon Engineering Services (now Worley Parsons) and Shell

PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: Humble Submerged Production System (SPS)

In the early 1960s, the offshore oil and gas industry was in its infancy concerning concepts, research and

development of remote location and deepwater (then over 300 ft.) production systems. Humble Oil and Refining

Co. started a development program that would last for more than 30 years and guide it into developing ground breaking concepts, research and initial

development of many of the systems, configurations and equipment that would lead to today’s ultra-deepwater production systems. After considerable

prototype development, full blown SPS multi-well template and manifold systems were installed in the North Sea with the first being Shell-Esso Central

Cormorant Project in 1982-83 and the next being the Norwegian Sea Saga-Esso Snorre Project in 1991. The SPS perhaps had the most pronounced

influence on remote location and deepwater subsea production of any of the large projects of its type and resulted in many “firsts” that led to the

widespread successful and economic use of subsea production systems today. Some examples: the template and manifold concept of multi-well

development; through-tubing, pump-down workover and intervention; metal-to-metal seals on piping and valves; leak containment for the manifold;

remote repair and replacement of components; using ROVs for manifold intervention; aerospace-type quality control and construction techniques;

oil pressure compensation for hydraulic and electrical control pods; inductive electrical signal and power couplers; water depth pressure compensated

failsafe valves; MODU installation of large manifold production systems; subsea production pump and oil/gas separation systems; and articulated marine

risers. These were only a few of the concepts and technologies associated with the SPS project over its 30+ year lifetime.

The SPS was truly a concept and technological pioneer in the early development of subsea production systems for ultra-deepwater.


Joseph A. Burkhardt, Thomas W. Childers, Roger J. Koerner, John A. Kopecky, William D. Loth, J. Preston Mason, and Daniel R. Tidwell

General Electric, Global Marine (now Transocean), Humble Oil and Refining Company (now ExxonMobil), Rockwell-McEvoy (now Cameron),TRW Subsea (now Aker Solutions), and Vetco Offshore (now GE Oil and Gas)


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W H E N

Saturday, September 20, 2014Offshore Pioneer Induction Ceremony and Reception – 6:30 p.m.

Plaza Ballroom

Gala Reception – 7:30 p.m.Galleria Ballroom Foyer

Dinner and Dancing – 8:00 p.m.Galleria Ballroom

W H A TBlack-Tie Dinner Dance benefiting the Offshore Energy Center

W H E R EWestin Galleria – Plaza & Galleria Ballroom • 5060 West Alabama, Houston, Texas

G A L A C H A I R M A NMr. R.A. “Al” Walker

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer – Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

O F F S H O R E P I O N E E R R E C E P T I O N A N D I N D U C T I O N C E R E M O N YInduction and presentation of the 2014 Pioneers into the OEC Hall of Fame

at a reception and ceremony in the Plaza Ballroom immediately preceding the Ocean Star Gala.

P R O G R A MPresentation of the 2014 Pinnacle Award

B E N E F I T I N GThe Gala proceeds benefit the Offshore Energy Center’s mission – “To create awareness of the vast energy resources available beneath

the world's oceans and the complex industry that delivers these resources in a safe and environmentally responsible way.”

The OEC sponsors educational programs, the Hall of Fame and operates the Ocean Star, an offshore drilling rig and museum at Pier 19 in Galveston, Texas. The Ocean Star, with 12,000 square feet of exhibits, is open daily to the public

and provides the public and the industry the latest in offshore technology.

For ticket and sponsorship information call Sandy Cazemier – 713-686-4845, [email protected]

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While collaborating with the George BushPresidential Library staff to prepare their exhibit onthe President’s years in the oil and gas industry, OECcalled upon Oceaneering to provide an ROV display.As a result, Knut Eriksen and Kevin McEvoy taskedLisa Wanner with an even larger project of upgradingthe Oceaneering ROV exhibit at the Ocean Star.Spearheaded by Joe Gelpi, they identified a workclass Maxximum ROV, refurbished it specifically fordisplay and donated it to the museum. Much toolarge to display inside the exhibit area, the ROV wasplaced on the pipe deck adjacent to a subsea tree.

The ROV was initially shipped to T&T Marineshipyard, who then brought it over to the Ocean Staron a crane barge and facilitated the dramatic instal-lation on April 15, 2014. In order to accommodatethe ROV and allow proper visitor access, the fencedwalkway had to be extended which now providesadditional access to the pipe deck and more space forfuture exhibits.

The museum’s original ROV that had been inplace since 1997 was offered to Lone Star College.The college incorporates a visit to the Ocean StarMuseum as part of its industry training program sowere thrilled to accept the donation.

“On behalf of our students and our instructors,thank you. Our students all report that it is very helpfulfor them to see a small rig and do the walk-through ofall aspects of it. The visit to Ocean Star has been anexcellent mechanism to teach our students. And now wehave new demonstration equipment! Thank you again.Once again, as a result of your generosity our studentswill be better prepared to enter the oil and gas field.” -Linda Head, Associate Vice Chancellor forWorkforce Education, Lone Star College System

The removal and donation of the smaller original ROV freed exhibit space in the deepwaterarea to install a large flat screen monitor to showlooping clips of actual high definition footage of anROV working at depth allowing visitors to get aunique glimpse of deep water working conditions.The monitor and footage also were provided byOceaneering, as well as supplementary photographsand information to assist with interpretation.

Oceaneering donates ROV to Ocean Star

The installationcrew for

Oceaneering’snewly donated

ROV racedagainst the

weather.

Lisa Wanner and Joe Gelpi of Oceaneering oversawthe donation and installation of the ROV.

Fait accomplis. New ROVready to receive visitors.

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Career-centric Camps Visit the Ocean Star

This summer, the Ocean Star has greeted and toured manycampers. In June, industry-sponsored and related camps of hand-selected students discovered the educational opportunities the muse-um has to offer, and the various careers available in the industry.

The umbrella organization of the Governor’s ChampionsAcademy visited the museum in June, with their Science andTechnology Champions Academy (GSTCA). Organized by theUniversity of Houston’s College of Technology and the TexasWorkforce Commission, Governor Rick Perry’s office sponsored aweek-long, residential, all expenses paid STEM camp. Students inthe 2014 camp consisted of approximately 50 first and second placewinners of the ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair(EMTSEF), with the theme “Energy, Entrepreneurs, andEducation.”

Sponsored by ExxonMobil and Shell, Lee College’s EnergyVenture Camp visited twice in June for a guided tour. This week-long energy career exploration camp is geared toward middle schooland early high school students aged 12-16 years old. Organizedthrough the College’s Center for Workforce and CommunityDevelopment, they aim to focus the camp on the energy industryand the career opportunities available in the field. Program ManagerQuanisha Eaglin stated that, “Last year, [we] brought a group of stu-dents to tour your museum and they had a blast! This summer, wewanted to return,” making the Ocean Star an annual stop on theirschedule. A previous camper stated that there is a long waiting listevery summer, as Energy Venture summer camp blends fun and edu-cation to introduce students to the region’s ever-changing energyindustry, and the countless ways the petrochemical and refiningindustries impact our daily lives.


Ocean Star NewsOcean Star NewsFree admission to military personnel and their families this summer

The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum announced onMemorial Day the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaborationamong the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, theDepartment of Defense and more than 2,000 museums acrossAmerica to offer free admission to all active duty military personneland their families from Memorial Day, May 26 through Labor Day,September 1, 2014. Leadership support has been provided byMetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. The complete list of

participating Blue Star Museums is available at www.arts.gov.The free admission program is available to any bearer of a

Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173ID card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active dutyU.S. military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as wellas members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public HealthService Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps - andup to five family members.

Lisa Lisinicchia, the Ocean Star’s operations director, stated,“We are delighted to once again be a ‘Blue Star Museum’ andglad to see the continual growth of this national program. Wealways want to honor our service men and women, providingsomething unique for their families is something we are proud tooffer. The Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum is one-of-a kind, just like our nation’s military, and hopefully we will helpcreate some unique memories.”

Shell’s Perdido Spar Platform hosted a “Family Weekend inGalveston” for the two crews that were off shift during that time. Morethan 150 crew and family members stayed at the Moody Gardens hoteland as part of the available activities, Shell’s Jimmy Leeper arrangedfor them to also have admission to the Ocean Star Museum. Morethan 55 people visited the Museum over a three day period, and crewwere able to show their families a bit of their offshore world. In addition to the Perdido model added to the Seascape during the 2009renovations, displays of life offshore were a big hit!

Shell’sPerdidoSpar

Family Days = Summer fun!Don’t forget that the second Saturday of every month is

Family Day at the Ocean Star. This year new topics engagestudents with hands on activities and the topic for July 12,2014 is the always popular Rigs to Reefs.


Ocean Star NewsOcean Star NewsGroup visits keep the Ocean Star staff hopping in April and May Girls from El Campo POWER SET visited the museum. Powers Set stands for PowerfulOpportunities for Women Eager and Ready for Science, Engineering & Technology—a uniqueprogram for high school girls that provides the tools, academic support and mentoring neededto pursue educational and career opportunities related to STEM subjects.

Trinity Episcopal School is another Galveston schoolthat makes the Ocean Star a yearly visit.

The Dutch School of the Woodlands provides primary andsecondary education to Dutch and Flemish children who livein and around The Woodlands, with a possible return to theNetherlands. The school focuses on Dutch Language andCulture (NTC), and strives to mirror the educational systemwithin the Netherlands.

Senior groups such as WIT Adventures to make visits to the Ocean Star.

Twenty-sixoutstanding

kids fromthe

Como-Pickton ISD

nearTexarkanareceived a

special educational

trip toGalveston.

Scott Collegiate Academy is a Galveston area magnet school that became a

college prep school after Hurricane Ike.

Earth Science for the21st Century conferenceset for July 31 inLouisiana

Due to the success of the OEC’sTeachers’ Conference, Earth Science forthe 21st Century, in August 2012 for Texasteachers and the completion of MOLU II;the OEC is taking the conference onroad.

The OEC is conducting a one-dayconference for STEM teachers at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Information on all of the OEC’s education programs will be presented. Alsoteachers will benefit from actively participating in the program and meeting with senior professionals in the oil and gas industry, listening to outstanding presentations by speakersand by networking with other attendees. During lunch time, the teachers will participate ina MOLU challenge to showcase MOLU II. MOLU II will be housed in Louisiana in orderto service Louisiana schools.

Among the featured speaks are Dr. Ed Robeck, Education and Outreach Director at theAmerican Geological Institute; Dale Davis, Energy Economist; and T. J. Butler, MarketAnalyst; Helge Haldersen, Vice President Strategy and Portfolio North America Statoil;David Welch, President, CEO and Director, Stone Energy Corp.; Sandra Mourton,Executive Director, The Offshore Energy Center. Additionally, teachers will have the opportunity to meet other industry leaders in round table discussions.

Bill Barkhouse, Executive Director, American Geosciences Institute Foundation andOEC Board member, will reprise his role as master of ceremonies. The OffshoreTechnology Conference (OTC) is the major sponsor of the event underwriting the $250 feeper teacher. Schlumberger is funding travel expenses for presenters where necessary.

The program begins with registration from 8:00-8:30 a.m. with the morning sessionfrom 8:30-11:30 followed by a staggered buffet lunch and a tour of OEC’s second MobileOilfield Learning Unit (MOLU II). The afternoon session runs from 1:00-4:30. Prizes willbe awarded throughout the day, with a grand prize awarded during the wrap up session. Areception for local and state dignitaries and the local MOLU visit sponsors will be held from5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Currently we have 130 teachers registered for the program and it is not too late to register. For more information, contact Donna Wheeler, OEC MOLU Manager, at 281-544-2963 or by email at [email protected].

On July 30, Doris Tomas, OEC’s Education Director, will lead a Project E3: ExpandingEnergy Education workshop for East Baton Rouge Parish teachers.


Education OutreachEducation Outreach

Teacher WorkshopsUnder the leadership of Doris Tomas, OEC education director, and the OEC Education Advisory Board, the education outreach

program continues to grow. To date, a total of 33 workshops have been held training 636 teachers with the potential impact on 120,849students. The workshops have been held throughout the Houston area, in Galveston, Whitehouse, and Murray State inOklahoma. The majority of the workshops have been for teachers seeking the state mandated six hour gifted and talented update.ConocoPhillips and Chevron have been the principle funders for these workshops. Workshops will continue through the summerand the rest of 2014. Additional funding for workshops is being provided by the Dr. Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust Fund and theAlbert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.

MOLUThe Mobile Oilfield Learning Unit

(MOLU) has had a busy second quarter with

29 visits scheduled impacting more than

5,000 students. These visits were made

possible through the generosity of numerous

sponsors: Chevron, ConocoPhillips, the

James & Teresa Day Foundation,

ExxonMobil, the Offshore Technology

Conference , and the Society of

Petroleum Engineers.

Chevron’s grant targeted fifth grade

classrooms in both Aldine and Alief school

districts while the James and Teresa Day

Foundation targeted schools in the Fort

Bend ISD.

The MOLU’s success has continued to

grow and the OEC receives requests from

across the nation. MOLU II is currently

being constructed and set to be “on the

road” in July 2014 and will be stationed in

Louisiana for travel within that state as well

as along the Gulf and East Coasts. Its

premier in Louisiana will be July 31 at the

“Earth Science for the 21st Century”

teacher conference held in Baton Rouge.

This conference is a repeat of the conference

the OEC provided for Texas teachers in

2012 and is sponsored by a grant from the

Offshore Technology Conference.


Education OutreachEducation OutreachClays Classic to benefit MOLU visits in Louisiana

In September 2013,the OEC held its firstfundraising event inLouisiana to raise monies to fund the second Mobile OilfieldLearning Unit (MOLU II) to visit schools in Louisiana. The inauguralevent was held at the Covey Rise Lodge in Husser. Realizing that themajority of schools are not able to afford MOLU visits, even thoughbeneficial, the OEC decided to host a Sporting Clay event to raisefunds specifically for school visits. More than $90,000 was raised forvisits in Louisiana. Those first school visits are scheduled to begin inthe Fall, 2014.

Due to the popularity of the event and the potential demand forschool visits in Louisiana, a second event is planned for October 2-3.Once again the Clays Classic will be held at Covey Rise Lodge.Funds will be used to continue MOLU visits to the schools.

As you probably know, the MOLU is a traveling science exhibitgeared for 5th grade students and higher to learn about the oil and

natural gas industry. MOLU provides opportunities to encouragestudents to become interested in STEM subjects (science, technology,engineering and mathematics). The MOLU provides hands-on science activities to engage students in fun science learning. Allactivities are correlated to national science standards and highlightthe exciting oil and natural gas industry.

The first MOLU, which was introduced in 2008, has been sosuccessful that MOLU II was developed and will be ready for actionon July 1 with its premier in Louisiana at the OEC TeacherConference to be held in Baton Rouge on July 31. See article onpage 10 to learn more about that conference. The development ofMOLU II is being sponsored by Chevron, ConocoPhillips,Marathon Oil Company, National Oilwell Varco, Schlumbergerand Shell will be stationed in Louisiana and travel in Louisiana andalong the Gulf and East Coasts.

John H. Hollowell, executive vice president, deepwater, ShellEnergy Resources Company, served as chairman of this inauguralevent and graciously agreed to again chair the event while promisingfor it to be “bigger and better.” Seventy “shooters,” sponsored by 21companies, participated in the tournament last year and we hope toincrease that number in 2014.

Watch your mail for detailed information and registration materials.

Facilitators Conference The annual OEC Facilitators Conference was held in

early June. Nineteen educators from Alaska, Texas, andLouisiana participated in this year’s conference.

The purpose of the conference is to train teachers on theOEC’s Project E3: Expanding Energy Education program inorder for them to go into their districts and present work-shops on the OEC’s behalf. The conference is for 2½ daysand is held onboard the Ocean Star. The teachers are shownvarious activities from the guidebook and then are given theopportunity to prepare and present another activity to theirpeers. Each teacher who attends is expected to present, atleast, one workshop on the OEC’s behalf in their area. TheOEC provides the materials to the facilitator/teacher andthanks to the generosity of sponsors; the OEC is able to provide a stipend to the teachers for their efforts. The use ofOEC trained facilitators enabled the OEC to provide morethan 50 workshops to 1052 teachers across Texas in 2013.

In recent years, the OEC trained facilitators have takenon a greater role in promoting OEC’s programs not only inTexas but in other states. This year’s conference saw atremendous increase in Louisiana teachers attending. Tenteachers from East Baton Rouge Parish, St. Landry Parishand Pointe Coupée participated in this year’s conference.The OEC attributes this increase to the mass marketingcampaign publicizing the teachers conference entitled “EarthScience in the 21st Century,” to be held in Baton Rouge onJuly 31, 2014. (See article on page 10.)

Shirish Patil is a professorof petroleum engineering and theDirector of the Petroleum DevelopmentLaboratory (PDL) at the College ofEngineering and Mines, University ofAlaska. Dr. Patil was very impressedwith OEC’s education program. Hesaid that the hands on activities onporosity, viscosity, permeability andtopography help tie together the fundamental petroleum production.Not only does he plan to use many ofthe activities in his freshman classes,he will work to introduce and implementour educational program and activitiesinto the Alaskan middle schools.

Dustin Miller is the “Leaderin Science” Coordinator for the PerotMuseum of Natural Science in Dallas.Dustin provides on campus sciencesupport for kindergarten through fifthgrade in the Irving ISD. He said thatthe lowest scores on mandated testsare in earth science and he plans to use the OEC program with his elementary teachers in order toimprove their students’ scores.

Shirish Patil

Dustin Miller


OEC NewsOEC News2 014 C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T SJuly 12 Family Day – Rigs to Reefs

Ocean StarJuly 14 Industry Salute to Interns

Westin Hotel Memorial CityJuly 29 Executive Speaker Series Luncheon

Petroleum ClubJuly 30 PE3 Workshop

East Baton Rouge Parish TeachersJuly 31 Earth Science for the 21st Century

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Baton RougeAug. 9 Family Day – Working Under Water

Ocean StarSept. 13 Family Day – Life on a Rig

Ocean StarSept. 20 Ocean Star Gala & Hall of Fame Induction

Westin Galleria Hotel, Houston Oct. 2-3 Clays Classic

Covey Rise Lodge, LAOct. 16-17 OEC Fishing Invitational

Galveston

THE STAR is a quarterly newsletter about the activities and educational programs of theOffshore Energy Center. Address your comments or questions to 200 N. Dairy Ashford, Suite 4119,Houston, TX 77079, 281/679-8040 or fax to 281/544-2441, or e-mail to [email protected].

www.oceanstaroec.com

Burt A. AdamsOGRS, LLC

Les Mallory, Jr.Managing Partner

Quixote Cattle Company

Homer H. HersheyChairman, Main Energy

David H. WelchChairman, President & CEO

Stone Energy Corp.

Elizabeth“Libby” Cheney

Chief Operating OfficerCheney Energy LLC.

Vice ChairmanDon Jacobsen

Vice President Wells, Arctic &Industry/Regulatory AffairsShell International E & P

Immediate Past ChairmanRoger P. Pinkerton

PresidentR. Pinkerton Consulting, LP

John Bannerman President and Chief Executive Officer

Total E&P USA, Inc.

William N. (Bill) Barkhouse Executive Director – AGI Foundation

(Chairman – Hall of Fame)

Steve BarrettDirector, Global Subsea Product Lines

FMC Technologies

Steve BaumgartnerMarathon Oil CompanyFounding Organizations

(SPE Gulf Coast)

Edward J. Carey, Sr.Senior Risk Management Specialist

EOG Resources

William E. (Bill) ChilesPresident, CEO & Director

Bristow Group Inc.

Robert DrummondPresident, N. America

Schlumberger

Richard G. Ghiselin, PEQittitut Consulting, LLC

Scott GuttermanPresident and Chief Executive Officer

LLOG, Inc.

Leonard HaleVice President, Operations

Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair

Jocelyn “Joy” HallConocoPhillips

(Chairman, OEC SOCIETY)

Darrell E. HollekVice President

Operations – Gulf of MexicoAnadarko Petroleum Corporation

Simon W. JohnsonSenior Vice President

Marketing & ContractsNoble Corporation

Jody LarriviereVice-President & Treasurer

LFFCO

T.M. “Mitch” LittleVice President, Int’l & Offshore

Production OperationsMarathon Oil Corporation

Cory L. LoegeringRegion Vice President of Deepwater

Apache

Randall Luthi President

National Ocean IndustriesAssociation (NOIA)

Merrill A. (Pete) Miller, Jr.Executive ChairmanDistribution NOW

Mark MonroeVice President, Account Management

Transocean

Jason NyeSr. Vice President, DPNA US Offshore

Statoil

John T. RyndCEO and President

Hercules Offshore, Inc.

Glenn D. Schaaf Vice President, Wells and Marine

ConocoPhillips

Dr. Malcolm SharplesOffshore Risk & Technology Consulting

Stephen P. Thurston Vice President, Deepwater

Exploration & Projects SBUChevron North America E&P Americas

Kim WeningerOperations Director,Oil & Gas Americas

Atkins

Vice Chairman/DevelopmentTed J. Ryan

PresidentRyan Enterprises

Vice Chairman/Education OutreachGalen Cobb

Vice President, Industry RelationsHalliburton

Vice Chairman/Exhibits & ProgramsJeffrey “Jeff” A. Gorski

Executive Vice President & ChiefOperations Officer

Tidewater, Inc.

Vice Chairman/FinanceRoger P. Pinkerton

PresidentR. Pinkerton Consulting, LP

Vice Chairman/OperationsDavid Russell

ChairmanLoadmaster Derrick & Equipment, Inc.

Vice Chairman/PR & MarketingBill Yost

Director, Executive SalesBaker Hughes

OEC Staff

Chairmen Emeritus

2014 Board Of DirectorsChairman

Neil DuffinPresident, ExxonMobil Development

Lisa LisinicchiaOperations Director, Ocean Star

Ed HenkelSite Manager, Ocean Star

Margi PetersonGift Shop Manager, Ocean Star

Trina ClairePrograms Manager, Ocean Star

Sandra MourtonExecutive Director

Sylvia AkaweihAdministrative Coordinator

Doris TomasEducation Director

Linda YancyProject Coordinator

Peggy ColeMarketing & Development Director

Denise BeranAccounting Manager

SecretaryRobert E. “Bob” Warren

Baclenna, Inc.

Sylvia Akaweih,administrative coordi-nator, joined the OECstaff late in 2013. Shehas worked in the oiland gas industry formore than 20 years.

Sylvia is that rare breed – a native Houstonianalthough she did live in Saudi Arabia for two years.When not working she enjoys cooking, baking, decoratingand most importantly, spending time with her four adultchildren and friends.

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