Press Releases

For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 5, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi  issued the following statement on legislation introduced today by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT): “The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) applauds Chairman Rob […]

For Immediate Release: Saturday, October 17, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement regarding the Interior Department’s decision to cancel two offshore Alaska lease sales and deny requests to extend current Alaska offshore leases: “The cancellation of […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, September 28, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement regarding Shell’s decision to halt exploration activities offshore Alaska: “NOIA commends Shell’s efforts in the Chukchi Sea […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi issued the following statement on today’s field hearing in New Orleans on “The Impacts of Federal Policies on Energy Production and Economic Growth in the Gulf”: “Today’s field […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement following DOI’s Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale:  “While disappointing, the results of this lease sale are not surprising and accurately reflect […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Gulf Lease Sale Will Provide Economic & Energy Benefits Even in Tough Times for Industry  “We look forward to tomorrow’s Western Gulf of Mexico lease sale, but do not anticipate jaw-dropping results […]

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 […]

For Immediate Release: Friday, August 14, 2015 Contact: Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org Washington, D.C. – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement supporting DOI’s Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale scheduled for next week:  “The call to delay next week’s Department of the […]

For Immediate Release:  Monday, July 27, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Congratulates Deepwater Wind as Block Island Wind Farm Onsite Construction Begins Washington, D.C. – – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement applauding historic “steel in the water” for Deep […]

For Immediate Release:  Friday, July 17, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye (202) 465-8463, nnye@nullnoia.org NOIA Urges Continued Dialogue on Proposed Well Control Rule Washington, D.C. – – NOIA President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement after joint trade comments were filed on BSSE’s Proposed Blowout Preventer Systems […]