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NOIA Praises Interior’s Approval for Arctic Exploration
For Immediate Release: Monday, August 17, 2015 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Praises Interior’s Approval for Arctic Exploration Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following approval of Shell’s revised Application to Drill in the Chukchi Sea: “Secretary Jewell and the Bureau […]
NOIA Closely Reviewing Proposed BOP/Well Control Regulations
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 13, 2015 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Closely Reviewing Proposed BOP/Well Control Regulations Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement on the proposed bop/well control regulations announced today by the Department of the Interior: “The Federal regulators promised a big […]
NOIA: Safety is First Priority Offshore
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 9, 2015 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA: Safety is First Priority Offshore Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi joined API’s Jack Gerard and IADC’s Stephen Colville this morning to discuss improvements in offshore safety since the Macondo Well accident five […]
NOIA Statement on Proposed Arctic Regulations: Don’t Freeze American Opportunity
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 20, 2015 Contact: Robert Myers, (202) 465-8464, rmyers@nullnoia.org NOIA Statement on Proposed Arctic Regulations: Don’t Freeze American Opportunity NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s proposed Arctic Regulations on offshore oil and gas production: […]
NO, the off-shore oil industry is not spiraling toward another BP oil spill
From the Washington Examiner by Randall Luthi Not surprisingly, there is a whole other side to the condemnation recently expressed in the New York Times by former Minerals Management Service Director Liz Birnbaum and Jacqueline Savitz of Oceana regarding the safety of the offshore oil and natural gas industry since the Macondo […]
Critics take aim at upcoming federal report on Atlantic drilling
Posted on February 26, 2014 at 6:00 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Offshore WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s Interior Department is on track this week to release a final environmental analysis that would help pave the way for the first seismic studies in decades to pinpoint […]
Nye: Time for Virginia to take part in the energy boom
Nye: Time for Virginia to take part in the energy boom Jason Nye | Nye is senior vice president for Statoil and serves on the National Ocean Industries Association's board of directors. He is a 1983 graduate of Northside High and native of Roanoke. | […]
NOIA President Applauds Establishment of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 8, 2013 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA President Applauds Establishment of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the Bureau of Safety […]
OceanGate Delivers an Under-Water View of Rigs to Reefs
NOIA member OceanGate, has released new images from their deep-water submersible vessels showing the exciting world under the sea resulting from the federal Rigs to Reefs program. A CBS special, aired back in July, showcases OceanGate giving a tour of a decommissioned Black Elk platform […]
Regulators call for offshore industry ‘stand down’
By Laura Barron-Lopez Regulators are calling for an industry "stand down" to review safety precautions after investigating a Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion that resulted in three deaths. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement released a report on Thursday that found rig operator Black Elk Energy […]
