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

Galveston IslandTel: 409.766.STAR

www.oceanstaroec.com

The MOLU continues to energize and educate studentsacross the nation.See page 11.

Ted Ryan practices

before the 23rd annual

OEC Golf Tournament.

See pages 4-7.

Bluebonnetpretends to take a ride on theBilly Pugh. See page 8 for details.

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SteveBaumgartner wil l represent a foundingorganization, the Society ofPetroleum Engineers (SPE)Gulf Coast Chapter, for a 2 year term. Steve isemployed with Marathon OilCorporation.

Jeffrey “Jeff”A. Gorski is Executive Vice Presidentand Chief Operating Officerwith Tidewater responsiblefor worldwide operations. Jeffgraduated from the Universityof Minnesota with a Bachelor

of Science degree in Geological Engineering in 1982,and he serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for theCollege of Science and Engineering.

Jeff joined Tidewater in January 2012 as a Senior Vice President, responsible for the company’soperations in the United States and its engineering andtechnical services group. He brings to Tidewater over25 years of domestic and international experiencewithin the oil and gas industry, primarily withSchlumberger including, most recently, Vice Presidentof Global Accounts.

Jeff is an active member of various industry professional societies and trade associations and also serves on the Boards of Directors of the KidLinksFoundation and Palmer Drug Abuse Program.

Jocelyn “Joy” Hallis the OEC SOCIET Chairmanand as such will representthe OEC SOCIETY on theBoard for a two-year term.Joy is employed withConocoPhillips.

Jason Nye is Senior Vice President US Offshore, Statoil and isbased in Houston. President Finance and Control inboth the International and North American businessunits. Jason joined Statoil in 2003 and has held severalpositions in the finance and strategy areas, both in theinternational arena and at corporate headquarters.

Prior to joining Statoil, Nyeworked for over ten years inoffshore operations withUnocal in the US and in Asia.He has also worked as an energy consultant withMcKinsey and as Head ofStrategy for BG Group.

Jason holds a B.S. degree in geology fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. in geophysicsfrom Stanford University and an MBA from theUniversity of Texas at Austin.

Andrew Tietz is Vice President of Marketingand Contracts for NobleCorporation. His twenty plusyear career in the offshoredri l l ing business began in 1991 at Global MarineDrilling Company in the

budgets and planning department. In 1996, he transi-tioned into a management training program and spenttwo years working offshore before moving into thecommercial side of the business. He has held variousmarketing positions around the world includingHouston, Lafayette, Dubai, Cairo and Kuala Lumpur forsuccessor companies GlobalSantaFe and Transocean.Andrew moved from Transocean to Noble in late 2009.He holds an undergraduate degree in Finance and anMBA. Andrew also serves on the IADC contracts committee as Vice Chairman – International.

Gretchen H.Watkins i s v i c e p r e s i d en t o f North America ProductionOperations for Marathon OilCompany. She has responsi-bility for production andexploration activities including

unconventional plays in the Bakken, Niobrara, AnadarkoWoodford and Canadian heavy oil. Gretchen is alsoresponsible for Marathon’s conventional assets locatedin Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.Before being appointed to this role, she was MarathonOil’s vice president of International ProductionOperations, where she was responsible for all operations outside of North America, including

Marathon’s flagship businesses in Equatorial Guineaand Norway. She joined Marathon in 2008.Prior to joining Marathon, Gretchen held a number ofinternational leadership positions at BP. She began hercareer with Amoco (later BP) as a facilities engineer inthe Gulf of Mexico.Gretchen earned a bachelor of science degree inmechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania StateUniversity. She also serves as a board member withCommunities in Schools, Inc., a non-profit organizationproviding social and educational support services topublic school students in the Greater Houston area.

Kim Weninger j o i n ed A t k i n s ’ Ene rg y business as operations director of its Oil and Gas division inNorth America in November2012. An individual withextensive management skills,she also possesses valuable

engineering/research experience across the energyindustry.

Previously Kim worked for GE Oil & Gas, a member of the GE Energy family of businesses, whereshe served in increasingly responsible positions, first asoperations manager and then global operations. Withnearly 85,000 global employees and 2010 revenues of$38 billion, GE Energy is one of the world’s leadingsuppliers of power generation and energy deliverytechnologies.

Earlier in her career she was president of OsvoldGroup, a custom millwork manufacturing company, a project management, estimating, and engineeringgroup; and chief operating officer/senior vice presidentat H&B Elevators, Inc., an industry leader for the production of standard and custom cabs, entrances,and doors for both large elevator contractors and independent contractors.

Kim graduated with a Bachelor of Science degreein chemical engineering from the University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, and her master’s degree fromMichigan Technological University in Houghton. Sheobtained her masters in business administration infinance from the University of St. Thomas, Opus Schoolof Business, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has studied global supply chain management at ClarksonUniversity.

New members of the 2013 OEC Board of Directors

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OEC NewsOEC NewsSave the date!

Saturday, September 28, 2013Westin Galleria – Plaza & Galleria Ballroom

5060 West Alabama, Houston, Texas

Offshore Pioneer Induction CeremonyAnd Reception – 6:30 p.m.

PLAZA BALLROOM

Gala Reception – 7:30 p.m.GALLER IA BALLROOM FOYER

Dinner and Dancing – 8:00 p.m.GALLER IA BALLROOM

For ticket and sponsorship informationcall Sandy Cazemier – 713-686-4845,

[email protected]

2013 Salute to InternsThis year’s popular Industry Salute to Interns will be held July 15 at the Westin

Houston Memorial City. Elizabeth “Libby” Cheney, OEC’s immediate past chairmanwill be the MC again this year. The details of the program are currently being developed and additional information will be forthcoming.

Several sponsorship levels are available. A $20,000 sponsorship includes 75 ticketsto the luncheon and seminar for interns and admittance to the

seminar for corporate management. This sponsorship level alsoincludes prominent signage with company logo at the seminar,

recognition in the OEC newsletter The Star, your companylogo on the website, a VIP tour for 75 interns at the Ocean

Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum and Education Centerin Galveston.

A $15,000 sponsorship includes 50 tickets to the luncheonand seminar for interns and admittance to the seminar for

corporate management. This sponsorship also includes prominentcompany signage at the seminar and recognition in the newsletter, and

a VIP tour of the Ocean Star for 50 interns.A $10,000 sponsorship includes 30 tickets to the event, signage at the seminar,

recognition in the newsletter and a VIP tour for 30 interns at the Ocean Star.For $5,000 the sponsor will receive 15 tickets to the Salute to Interns, signage

at the event and recognition in the newsletter plus a VIP tour for 15 interns at theOcean Star.

There also is a $2,000 sponsorship level that includes five tickets to the luncheonand seminar. Individual seating is available on a limited basis for $500.

For more information, contact Sandy Cazemier at 713-686-4845 [email protected].

The OEC continues its popularExecutive Speaker Series on April 25thwith Don Jacobsen, vice presidentwells, arctic & industry/regulatoryaffairs, Shell International E&P as thefeatured speaker. Jacobsen’s topic willbe “Shell Upstream Growth” with anemphasis on “The Need for Safe andEfficient Wells”.

Don Jacobsen rejoined Shell inDecember 2012 and has accountability

for Shell’s worldwide arctic well operations. In addition, he fillsan interface role between Shell’s global wells organization and regu-latory bodies around the world. Prior to this, Don spent 3½ yearsat Noble Corporation, a global offshore drilling contractor, servingas Senior Vice President, Operations and Senior Vice President,Industry and Government Affairs. Prior to joining Noble, Jacobsenwas Vice President, Global Drilling and Completions with HessCorporation.

Before joining Hess, Jacobsen served as Vice President, HSSEand Sustainable Development at Shell International with responsi-bility for Shell’s global health, safety, security and environmental protection activities and improvement efforts in its E&P business.He was elevated to that position in 2006, after serving for three yearsas Vice President, Global Wells, with accountability for global deep-water and new venture drilling and completion activities for Shell.

Jacobsen started his oilfield career with Shell in 1981 and worked primarily in the drilling and completions sector of the business.

For the past two years, Jacobsen served as one of four industryrepresentatives on the Offshore Energy Safety Advisory Committeechartered by US Secretary of the Interior to advise the Departmentof the Interior and the Bureau of Safety and EnvironmentalEnforcement on processes, technologies, and regulations to improvethe safety of offshore energy development in the United States.Jacobsen was recently a member of the API Upstream Committeeand served on the Governing Board of the Center for OffshoreSafety. Jacobsen also is a member of the Executive Committee of theBoard of the Offshore Energy Center, and was a former Director ofEnventure Global Technology. Jacobsen attended both the UnitedStates Coast Guard Academy and Virginia Tech, earning a Bachelorof Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1981.

The luncheons begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Petroleum Club indowntown Houston. Tickets are $50 per person, or $500 for a tableof 10.

The OEC is indeed fortunate this year to again have 11 sponsorsof the luncheons: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Apache,Atkins, Baker Hughes, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, HerculesOffshore, Schlumberger, Shell, Transocean and Weatherford.

The two remaining Executive Speakers Series luncheon are July31st and October 30th. John Rynd, chief executive officer and president of Hercules Offshore, has been confirmed as the Julyspeaker. The October speaker will be announced at a later date.

Executive Speaker Series continues on April 25th


Thank you to our sponsorsGreen Fees: Valiant Petroleum LLC

Baker Hughes Transocean

Golf Cart Sponsor: ChevronLunch: HESS Corporation

Beverage Sponsor: FMC Technology Dinner: Hercules Offshore

Trophy Sponsor: ExxonMobilPhotography: Noble Drilling

PLATINUM CORPORATE SPONSORNational Oilwell Varco

CORPORATE SPONSORSShell

API Houston Chapter

MAJOR PRIZE SPONSORLufthansa Airlines –

Two round-trip airlines tickets to Europe

DOOR PRIZE SPONSORMitchell Historic Properties Inc:

• One night stay at Hotel Galvez with Sunday brunch for two • One night stay at the Tremont House • One night stay at the Harbor House

PROXIMITY PRIZE SPONSORS & WINNERSLongest Drive

Robert Hall, $250 Gift card to Landry’s restaurantsdonated by LT Energy Services

Closest to the HoleScott Anderson, Chevron, $250 gift card to the

Champions Gift shop donated by Select Energy Servicess

Closest 2nd ShotIwan Harmawan, HESS Corporation, $250 gift card

to Perry’s donated by Baclenna, Inc.

A windy but beautiful day greeted the 26 teams that teed off inOEC’s 23rd Annual Golf Tournament at Champions/Cypress GolfCourse March 4 to benefit OEC’s and the Ocean Star’s educationalmissions and goals. After a lunch sponsored by HESS Corporation,the golfers headed to the links to begin “best ball” play.

Tournament directors, Louis Jones, HESS Corporation, MikeMoore, LT Energy Services, Mike Nesmith, Shelf Drilling, andElmer Reed, Select Energy Services performed another great job inmaking this year’s tournament a continued success.

OEC 2013 Annual Golf TournamentOEC 2013 Annual Golf Tournament

TheHalliburtonteam wonLow Gross

with a scoreof 63.Team

memberswere

Bill Dodd,Ron Shuman,

Jack Bergeronand

Sonny Bryan.

Energy XXIreceived thetrophy forRunner-up LowNet with ascore of 48.Team membersincludedTom O’Donnell,Mike Kane,Rick Fox andAllen Berlin.

Elmer Reed, tournament director and second from left, presents the award forthe Low Net Score of 46 to Schlumberger’s team comprised of Brent Wulf,Brian Dudman, and Mike Steton. Not pictured is team member Eric Ostrander.

Elmer Reed, tournament director and second from left, presents the award for

the Runner-up Low Gross score of 66 to the Cameron team made up of

Bill Stevens, Bill Losa, Jeff Tolet and Mike Willis.


1) ExxonMobil 2) Schlumberger 3) Shell 4) Hess Corporation 5) FMC Technologies 6) Franks International 7) Tidewater

8) NOV9) Chevron Team #1 10) Chevron Team #2 11) Weatherford Team #112) Weatherford Team #2 13) ABS Team #1 14) ABS Team#2

15) Ensco16) Atkins 17) Energy XXI 18) Anadarko 19) Superior20) Lloyd Register

Energy Drilling

21) Halliburton22) OEC23) Baker Hughes24) KBR Oil & Gas25) Cameron26) Gulf Copper

2013 Golf Tournament Teams


Scott Andersonaccepts Closestto Hole Prizefrom Jeff Gorski,OEC BoardMember.

Robert Hallaccepts his

prize for theLongest Drive

from Jeff Gorski,OEC Board

Member.

Louis Shepard ofHESS accepts theCloset 2nd shot prize

on behalf of Iwan Harmawan

Mike Nesmith and Darrell Hollek admire the gifts everyone received.

Practice makes perfect

Ted Ryan and

Jeff Gorksi,

MCs for the

tournament,present

David Hill

of Franks

Internationalwith the

Grand Prize of

two round-trip

tickets fromLufthansa.



Ken Fread taking care of business before tee-off.

ExxonMobil’s team members included(L to r) David Cochrane, Jack Moore,Neil Duffin and Ross Davidson.

Shell’s team from left to right – Don Jacobsen, Bill Townsley,Martin Vos and Peter Sharpe.

FMC’s team from left to right – Steve Barrett, Kevin Carey, Perry Hill and Ken Fread.

Chevron’s Team #1 included (left to right)

James Cearley, Keith Breaux and Erik Davidson.


Carts lined up and ready for the 23rd annual OEC Golf tournament to begin.

National Oilwell Varco’s team consisted of Chuck Hansen, Kyle Cooper,

Richard Felton and Jason Kerr.

HESS Team members were Louis Shepard, Iwan Harmawan, Paul Kim and Roger Pake.

The Baker Hughes team was comprised of Tom Adams,Lane Hammonds, Don McKelvie and Kevin Stephenson.

OEC Board Members Ted Ryan (left)

and Bob Warren (far right) flank OEC

guests Jim Nichols and Rudy Casaly.


Chevron’s Team #2 included Scott Irvine, Ellen Vernotzy,Bill Frank and Scott Anderson.


Ocean Star NewsOcean Star NewsOn March 9 the Ocean Star hosted a book

signing event featuring Mary Brooke Casad, theauthor of Bluebonnet at the Ocean Star. The book isCasad’s latest book in the Bluebonnet series. Thearmadillo, Bluebonnet, explores the Ocean StarOffshore Drilling Rig Museum in Galveston. Onthe boardwalk, on Galveston Harbor, Bluebonnetmeets Red, a knowledgeable brown pelican whoconvinces her to follow a class on a tour of themuseum. Bluebonnet secretly follows the groupand learns about the offshore oil industry, life ondrilling rig and the offshore oil history. As part ofthe day’s activities, several small, plush armadilloswere hidden throughout the exhibits. As the childrenfound each armadillo they wrote its name on anentry ticket. Once they located all five, their ticketswere put in a drawing to win an autographed bookand plush armadillo. Tim Jones of Katy andJoshua Books from the north Texas area were thewinners.

The OEC commissioned the book in celebra-tion of its 15th anniversary of the opening in 2012.The Houston chapter of API funded the project.In addition to Mary Brooke Casad, Bluebonnetherself joined the festivities. If you are interested inpurchasing a book but were unable to make it tothe Museum, contact the Ocean Star Gift Shop at409-766-7827.

Family Days are held the second Saturday eachmonth and focus on a different theme that relatesto the offshore industry. April 13 is the next FamilyDay featuring “Shrinking Sediments”. This activitysimulates the mechanical and chemical weatheringprocesses of rock sediments by using your mouth asa stream of water and TicTacs® Family Days meanfree admission to kids 18 and younger all day withat least one paying adult. Adult admission is only$8.00.

Bluebonnet welcomes visitors to the Ocean Star.

Three young visitors greetBluebonnet on the rig floor.

Bluebonnet with her creator and author,Mary Brooke Casad.

Museum Hosts book signing in conjunction with Family Day

Future dates for Family Days:May 11 – Rocks and Fossils

June 8 – Off to the Races

July 13 – Rigs to Reefs

August 10 – Needle through a Balloon

September 14 – Life on a Rig

October 12 – Sources of Energy

November 9 – What’s on your Plate?

December 14 – Put the Poly in Polymer

Two youngvisitors trytheir hands at building aderrick out ofmarshmallowsand driedspaghetti.

Bob Hanley of the Houston Chapterof API poses with Bluebonnet.

Even the youngest visitor can enjoy themuseum exhibits.


Attendance continues to flourish at the museumOcean Star NewsOcean Star News

Boy Scouts, school children and adults continue to make theOcean Star museum a popular field trip destination. The museumhosted two overnight visits for Boy Scouts in January and February.Nineteen Scouts from Troop 524 visited in January while 18 Scoutsfrom Troop 88 spent the night in February. While at the museumthey participated in a variety of fun activities.

Nine Girl Scouts from Troop 27033 also visited the museum inJanuary.

The two groups had to go that extra mile to visit the museum were CarencroCatholic School from Louisianaand s tudents f rom DukeUniversity’s Nicholas Schoolfor the Environment. Thisvisit has become an annualevent for Nicholas Schoolfor the Environment.

The Houston ISD madeFebruary field trip month at theOcean Star. Thirty-one visitswere planned involving16 campuses, totalingmore than 600 studentsand 60 chaperones .Schoo l s a t t end inginc luded PaigeElementary, StevensonMiddle Schoo l ,

Lockhart Elementary, Davis High School, Clifton MiddleSchool, Montgomery Elementary, Garcia Elementary,Helms Elementary, Project Chrysalis Middle School, Booker T.Washington High School, Pershing Middle School, HollandMiddle school and Travis Elementary. The Ocean Star visits arepart of the HISD Strategic Partnership. It’s more than just a fieldtrip…the Partnership uses principles of youth development to get

these students to make connections with the community andbe exposed to certain resources to maybe become engagedand give back later.

Companies from the oil and gas industry also takeadvantage of the museum. Those include Transocean,Cameron, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Plains Exploration and

Production Company,BP and Gulf Copper.

Group tours have keptthe Ocean Star’s staff busythis year. Other groups visiting the museum includeNat iona l De fenseUniver s i t y , ASME’sCol l eg ia t e Counc i l ,Houston Academy ofSpace and Sc i enceEducation, Wells FargoEnergy Group , SanJacinto State JuniorCollege, Horton School,and Trinity Episcopal.

Unique venue for dinner parties The Ocean Star not only provides an educational experience for

visitors but it can be the perfect backdrop for your organization’s own

training course, teambuilding workshop, business luncheons or evening

social receptions. The classroom is fully outfitted with audio visual and

presentation equipment while the third floor exhibit area offers approx-

imately 5,000 square feet of space for seated dining or dancing and

comes complete with a scenic view of Galveston’s harbor. Consider

hosting your next event offshore! Contact the museum for more details

at 409.766.STAR.

The museumgets dressedup to make aunique venuefor a weddingrehearsal dinner like the one heldin February.

Scouts proudly show off their spaghettiderrick!

The Scouts and leaders in Troop 88

Scout from Troop 88reveals his “oil” find in “CupcakeGeology!”

The Scouts and leaders in Troop 524

Facilitators’ conferenceto be held in June

The Facilitators’ Conference for ProjectE3: Expanding Energy Education equips andenables educators and/or industry represen-tatives to set up and conduct Project E3:Expanding Energy Education workshops forother educators nationwide. Each participantat the facilitators’ conference is asked to

commit to conducting a minimum of oneworkshop for 25 additional educators and/orindustry representatives during the next year.It is the OEC’s plan that many of these educators and industry reps will exceed theircommitment for one workshop during thefirst year. The OEC will provide recognitionto these educators to encourage them to continue conducting workshops year afteryear.

The facilitator training extends over athree day period. Hotel rooms for the groupare provided as well as all meals and snacks.During the conference, participants reviewthe Project E3 curriculum guide, are intro-duced to the Knowledge Box (classroomexhibit for grades 6 – 12), Playing withPetroleum Kit (classroom exhibit for gradesK – 5), and tour the Ocean Star. The respon-sibilities of a facilitator as outlined in the Facilitator’s Guide are reviewed and discussed. Each attendee has the opportunityto work with a team member to demonstrate

an activity from the Project E3 curriculumguide. Evaluation surveys from the attendeesare required before the conference ends.

In addition to an energizing and enrichingworkshop experience, each participantreceives a copy of the Project E3 curriculumguide and the opportunity to reserve theKnowledge Box or the Playing withPetroleum Kit for their classroom use duringa loan period of four weeks.

The 2013 Facilitators Conference willbe held June 9-11, 2013, in Galveston at theOcean Star. The activities will begin at 2:00p.m. on Sunday, June 10 and conclude at4:00 pm. on June 12. Meals and teachingmaterials will be provided each day. Thanksto the generosity of the sponsors, there willbe no charge to attend the 2½ day conference.However, participants are expected to pay theirown travel expenses. Hotel accommodationsare provided at the Harbor House Hotel.Each attendee will be expected to facilitateat least one workshop each year in their

targeted area. To make your reservation and

for more details, contact DorisTomas at 281-544-2435 or([email protected]).Space is limited to twenty educators, so make your plansearly.


Tomas Attends ISEA Conference

OEC’s Education Director, Doris Tomasattended the Informal Science EducationAssociation (ISEA) Conference from March 4-6th. The yearly conference was held at theUniversity of Texas Marine Institute located in Port Aransas, Texas. ISEA Texas definesinformal science education as providingunique learning environments that increaseappreciation and understanding of science,mathematics, and technology and their applications through voluntary and often self-directed experiences for individuals of allages and backgrounds. One of the goals ofthe ISE is to bridge the gap between informalscience institutions and classrooms by delivering programs aligned with the TEKS,and supporting the efforts of teachers. Thisgoal mirrors the efforts of the OEC. Doris wasawarded a partial scholarship of $100 towardthe conference. Participants were housed indorms.

Education OutreachEducation Outreach

Teacher Workshops To date, fourteen workshops have been held with 212

teachers in attendance with the potential impact on 22,280students. Workshops have been held at the Region 4Educational Service Center, at Alvin’s mini- science conference,at a mini-conference in Orange, in Gainesville, at the ShellWoodcreek campus, and, of course, at the Ocean Star. Joy Sloanand Kirah Diaz facilitated workshops at the Texas Earth ScienceAssociation Conference held at the Houston Museum ofNatural Science branch in Sugar Land.

Gifted and Talented (GT) workshops continue to drawteachers who need their six hours of approved GT credit. TheOEC now has a GT workshop for grades 3-8 that includes theKnowledge Box and the PE³: Expanding Energy Educationguide, a GT II workshop for all that took the original GT

workshop and features the new activities from the guide, and aGT/Playing with Petroleum (PWP) workshop using the PWPKit and activities for the younger students. The next GT/KBworkshop will be held May 11th. Please contact Doris Tomasfor a registration form at [email protected].

Recent comments from attendees at a recent GT workshopinclude:

■ “Very well prepared and organized”– HISD 4th grade teacher

■ “Excellent workshop. Would recommend. Did not knowabout the museum. Look forward to coming back.”– Alief ISD 4th grade teacher

■ “One of the best workshops I have attended.”– Galveston ISD science specialist

The Facilitators’Conference offers amyriad of scientificdiscoveries.


Education OutreachEducation OutreachThe use of the OEC’s Mobile Oilfield

Learning Unit (MOLU) continues to build inpopularity across Texas. Since its return to theHouston home base from California, the MOLUhas visited schools primarily in the Houston areaincluding Garden Villa Academy, Dulles MiddleSchool, Piney Point Elementary, Valley West,Milby High School, Shadow Oaks Elementary,Woodson K-12, Red Elementary, O’BryantIntermediate, and HISD “When I Grow Up”Expo.

March visits include a visit to the downtownHouston offices of Chevron and a two-day visitto Sablatura Elementary school.

More than 1800 students have been impacteddirectly from the visits in 2013.

Comments from teachers included:

■ “The students were excited and veryengaged. They were so active that theyhad no time to misbehave. I was veryimpressed with the wealth of know-ledge gained from this experience. Itwas an enriching experience and thepresenter was awesome. He related very well with the students and madethem aware of his expectations in anun-intimidating approach. Even theparents and substitute teacher wereimpressed and also engaged as they followed their group.”

■ “They thought it was the best day everbecause they did 24 ‘experiments’ inone day.”

■ “I was impressed with the presentationsand the hands on stations. Students aremotivated by ‘doing’…”

The teachers are all anxious to have theMOLU return to their schools but due to budgetcuts, most are unable to offer the experience totheir students. Fortunately the OEC has been ableto secure some funding to help defray the costs.One MOLU visit in the greater Houston areacosts $1,500. If you or your company is interestedin helping a school offer the MOLU, contactPeggy Cole at 281-544-3388 [email protected].

MOLU continues to receive rave reviews


OEC NewsOEC News2 013 C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S

April 25 Executive Speaker Series LuncheonPetroleum Club

May 11 Family Day – Rocks and FossilsOcean Star

June 8 Family Day – Off to the RacesOcean Star

July 25 Executive Speaker Series LuncheonPetroleum Club

July 15 Salute to Industry InternsWestin Hotel Memorial City

Sept 28 Ocean Star GalaWestin Galleria

Oct 17-18 Fishing InvitationalGalveston

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. WelchPresident, CEO & Director

Stone Energy Corp.

Vice ChairmanNeil Duffin

PresidentExxonMobil Development

Immediate Past ChairmanElizabeth “Libby” Cheney

Vice President Corporate, EHS & SRHESS Corporation

William N. (Bill) Barkhouse Chairman

Executive Director – AGI Foundation

Steve BarrettDirector, Global Subsea Product Lines

FMC Technologies

Steve BaumgartnerMarathon Oil CompanyFounding Organizations

(SPE Gulf Coast)

Edward J. Carey, Sr.Risk Management Specialist

EOG Resources

William E. (Bill) ChilesPresident, CEO & Director

Bristow Group Inc.

Charles D. (Chuck) DavidsonChairman & CEONoble Energy, Inc.

Richard G. Ghiselin, PEQittitut Consulting, LLC

Jeffrey “Jeff” A. GorksiChief Operations Officer

Tidewater, 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

Cory L. LoegeringRegion Vice President of Deepwater

Apache

Randall Luthi President

National Ocean IndustriesAssociation (NOIA)

Merrill A. (Pete) Miller, Jr.Chairman & CEO

National Oilwell Varco

Mark MonroeVice President

Account ManagementTransocean

Andrew MytelkaManaging Partner

Greer, Herz & Adams LLP

Jason NyeSr. Vice President

DPNA US OffshoreStatoil

John T. RyndCEO and PresidentHercules Offshore

G. D. (Glenn) Schaaf Vice President, Wells and Marine

ConocoPhillips

Dr. Malcolm SharplesOffshore Risk &

Technology Consulting

Stephen P. Thurston Vice President

Exploration/Projects SBUChevron North America

Andrew TietzVice President of

Marketing & ContractsNoble Corporation

Gretchen H. WatkinsVice President N. America Production

OperationsMarathon Oil Company

Kim WeningerOperations Director,Oil & Gas Americas

Atkins

Executive DirectorSandra Mourton

Vice Chairman/DevelopmentTed J. Ryan

PresidentRyan Enterprises

Vice Chairman/Education OutreachGalen Cobb

Vice President, Industry RelationsHalliburton

Vice Chairman/Exhibits & ProgramsRobert Drummond

President, North America Schlumberger

Vice Chairman/FinanceDon Jacobsen

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

Vice Chairman/OperationsDavid Russell

ChairmanLoadmaster Derrick & Equipment, Inc.

Vice Chairman/PR & MarketingBill Yost

VP, Executive SalesBaker Hughes

OEC Staff

Chairmen Emeritus

2013 Board Of DirectorsChairman

Roger P. PinkertonVice President US Exploration

Canadian International Oil (USA) Corp.

Lisa LisinicchiaOperations Director, Ocean Star

Ed HenkelSite Manager, Ocean Star

Margi PetersonGift Shop Manager, Ocean Star

Trina ClairePrograms Manager, Ocean Star

Sandra MourtonExecutive Director

Janet HughesAdministrative Coordinator

Doris TomasEducation Director

Linda YancyProject Coordinator

Peggy ColeMarketing & Development Director

Don W. StaplesAccounting Manager

SecretaryRobert E. “Bob” Warren

Baclenna, Inc.

The offshore petroleum industry has takenastounding leaps in technical and commercialknow-how in a relativity short time.

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Pioneering Offshore provides a narrative that, while as chronologically and historicallyaccurate as possible, remains true also to the industry’s human spirit. This book offers anintimate feel for the industry’s early years and will be essential to grasping the enormousscope of the search for offshore oil and gas during subsequent decades.

We are pleased to provide you with the opportunity to read our story at the special price of$45.00 plus shipping.

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