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For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 4, 2018 Contact:  Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org Chairman Bishop Provides Much Needed Look at Seismic Permitting Process with GAO Report Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued this statement following the release of the Government Accountability […]

CNNMoney | Matt Egan | January 3, 2018 The United States is poised to ramp up crude oil production by 10% in 2018 to about 11 million barrels per day, according to research firm Rystad Energy. Surging shale oil output should allow the United States […]

Washington Post | Thomas Heath | December 31, 2017 U.S. crude oil production is flirting with record highs heading into the new year, thanks to the technological nimbleness of shale oil drillers . The current abundance has erased memories of 1973 gas lines, which raised […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 28, 2017 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org   NOIA Welcomes Opportunity to Comment on Revisions to Offshore Production Safety Systems Rule Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued the following statement on revisions to the […]

Wall Street Journal | Ted Mann | December 25, 2017 Regulators in the Trump administration are proposing to roll back safety measures put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a revision that would reduce the role of government in offshore oil production […]

The Advocate | Mark Ballard | December 24, 2017 Scott Angelle’s life cycles recently have become something akin to an oilfield worker, which kind of fits because he now regulates offshore drilling for the federal government. “I see my family every 21 days,” Angelle said […]

Bloomberg | Jennifer A Dlouhy | December 22, 2017 The Trump administration, reversing an Obama-era policy, said it won’t prosecute oil drillers, wind-farm developers and others who accidentally kill migratory birds.  The Interior Department said accidental deaths of those birds will no longer be considered a […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Contact:  Justin Williams, (202) 465-8464, jwilliams@nullnoia.org NOIA Applauds Passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Randall Luthi issued the following statement after Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs […]

The State | Dr. James Knapp | December 8, 2017 Contrary to what you’d think from the debate over seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean, marine seismic surveys have been conducted for more than 80 years, on every continental margin, and throughout most ocean basins. […]