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For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 16, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463 or (703) 732-0801, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA Elects Chairman Cindy B. Taylor and Vice Chairman Kevin McEvoy Washington, D.C. - The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Board of Directors has elected Cindy B. Taylor as […]

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 […]

Elizabeth Harball, E&E reporter It is now all but certain that a 30-megawatt pilot project in Rhode Island state waters will be America's first offshore wind farm. Deepwater Wind, the Providence, R.I.-based developer behind the Block Island project, announced this week that it had closed […]

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: […]

By Randall Luthi America is in the midst of an economic boom and a manufacturing renaissance because it has developed new domestic oil and gas resources. However, some argue that with oil prices so low, it makes no sense to pursue offshore Atlantic oil and […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, February 9, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org  NOIA Urges BOEM to Keep Areas Included in Draft Offshore Leasing Program Intact  Washington, D.C. – The Obama administration’s recently released draft proposed offshore oil and gas leasing program slams the door on industry […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Contact:  Nicolette Nye, (202) 465-8463, nicolette@nullnoia.org NOIA:  Draft Offshore Leasing Program Adds Atlantic Opportunities, Misses Others Washington, D.C. – National Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi today issued the following statement on the 2017-2022 Draft Proposed OCS Oil and Gas […]

Anadarko: Red Hawk Artificial Reef In 2014, Anadarko became the first operator in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico to successfully decommission a spar facility, giving the Red Hawk cell spar a new life as an artificial reef off the coast of Louisiana. Red Hawk was […]

Senate votes for measure declaring climate change isn't a hoax, but against bills blaming human activity ...Earlier Wednesday, Vitter and Cassidy offered an amendment that would speed up revenue sharing for Louisiana and other Gulf states under a 2006 law sponsored by former Sens. Pete […]