Fact Sheets

• Timeline: 15 Major Achievements - America's Offshore Energy Industry
• NOIA'S Top 40 U.S. Offshore Milestones
• Hurricanes and the Offshore Industry
• Summary: Oil in the Sea III (National Academy of Sciences)

 

Maps

• Map of OCS Leasing Status as of October 1, 2008
• Map of Offshore areas under S.3711 - Senate Bill that passed on December 9, 2006
• Map of Offshore areas under HR 4761 - Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act
• Over 80% of the Outer Continental Shelf is off-limits to production
• MMS 5-Year Plan overlaid on the Lease Sale 181 Area (Gulf of Mexico)
• Moratoria Areas Map
• OCS Lease Areas
• Oil & Gas Resource Estimates in Areas under Moratoria

 

Graphics

• Sources of Oil in the Sea III (National Academy of Sciences, 2003)
• How far offshore can oil platforms be seen?
• Louisiana Coastal Erosion (projected to 2050)

 

Media Coverage

Articles

• TP - Dave Welch - Don't use spill as an excuse to cripple the economy: A letter to the editor(8/11/10)
• TP - 'Rig Row' in Pascagoula is home to drilling towers idled by moratorium (8/10/10)
• WSJ Deepwater Drillers Face Labor Dilemma (8/9/10)
• USA Today Deep-water drilling ban is hurting related businesses (8/9/10)
• TP Obama administration should hasten the end of drilling moratorium: An editorial (8/8/10)
• TP 2 offshore drilling firms to argue the legality of Obama moratorium (8/8/10)

Audio

• LISTEN:  NPR - Families Feel Effects Of Federal Debate On Drilling (8/12/10)
• LISTEN:  NPR - Duration Of Drilling Moratorium Angers All Sides (8/11/10)
• LISTEN: NPR - Oil Firms, Rig Owners Navigate Drilling Moratorium (8/10/10
• LISTEN: NPR - Small Businesses May Sink Under Drilling Hiatus (7/7/10)

Video

• WATCH: Hercules Offshore's John Rynd on Shallow-Drilling 'Ban' Costs to Industry (7/26/10)
• WATCH: Delmar's Brady Como and Matt Smith on the Economic Impacts of the Gulf Deepwater Drilling Moratorium (7/21/10)
• WATCH:  NOIA's Jay Collins (00:00:34) and Larry Dickerson (00:14:22) Testify Before Oil Spill Commission (7/12/10)
• WATCH: New York Times video profile of offshore workers affected by the drilling moratorium  (6/15/10)

 

Press Releases

 

• Salazar Announces Regulations to Strengthen Drilling Safety, Reduce Risk of Human Error on Offshore Oil and Gas Operations (9/30/10)
• NOIA President Randall Luthi Comments on Interim Final Drilling Rule and Workplace Safety Rule (9/30/10)
• NOIA President Randall Luthi Responds to Revised Projections of Job Losses Resulting from Deepwater Drilling Moratorium (9/16/10)
• NOIA President Randall Luthi Comments on DOI’s “Idle Iron” Guidance (9/16/10)
• Joint Industry Task Forces Present Preliminary Findings to BOEMRE (9/7/10)
• NOIA Comments on DOI’s Latest Move in the Gulf (8/17/10)
• NOIA Response to Passage of CLEAR Act (7/30/10) 
• New House and Senate Bills Create De Facto and Indefinite Moratorium (7/28/10)
• New Study Confirms Importance of Independent Oil and Gas Companies in the Gulf of Mexico, Predicts Dire Economic Impacts of Moratorium and Proposed Policies(7/22/10)
• Independent Oil and Gas Companies Generate Half of Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Jobs, Economic Value and Tax Revenue, IHS Global Insight Study Shows(7/22/10)
• NOIA’s Dave Welch Urges End to Moratorium at Rally for Economic Survival (7/21/10)