NOIA’s committee structure is central to advancing its mission and ensuring direct member involvement in key areas of offshore energy policy, operations, and public engagement. Our committees and working groups bring together experts from across sectors to help shape advocacy, drive innovation, and elevate industry leadership.
Explore the active committees that help guide NOIA’s work:
- NOIA ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, & GOVERNANCE NETWORK: The NOIA ESG Network promotes NOIA's members as good corporate citizens, provides a forum for collaboration, and positions NOIA as a credible stakeholder.
- FINANCE COMMITTEE: The Finance Committee monitors the financial activity and condition of the association. It reviews the association's annual budget and recommends action to the Board of Directors. The committee ensures that appropriate investment practices, adequate accounting records and controls are maintained.
- GEOLOGICAL & GEOPHYSICAL COMMITTEE: The Geological & Geophysical Committee Committee monitors and reports on seismic and related activities in the outer continental shelf. Members of the committee report on the status of litigation, permitting, and technology and recommend policies and direction for NOIA to promote G&G activities.
- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: The Government Affairs Committee interacts with NOIA government affairs staff on behalf of the respective industry segments to broaden the reach and influence of NOIA’s policy advocacy with various federal, state, private, and non-profit stakeholders. The Government Affairs Committee has a broad responsibility to monitor major governmental matters and to provide direction for the association’s positions and strategies for legislation and regulation that affect industry and its operations.
- HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE: The Health, Safety, Security and Environment Committee helps direct NOIA’s environmental and safety efforts through participation in regulatory and policy processes by guiding the development of NOIA comments on relevant federal offshore regulations and of NOIA testimony and language for relevant offshore legislation. The Committee also engages with of non-governmental offshore safety entities (OESI, Offshore Technology Center, COS, etc.), and hosts the annual Safety in Seas Awards program.
- OFFSHORE CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE (CCS) WORKGROUP: The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Offshore Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Workgroup provides direction to NOIA in its education and advocacy efforts related to the important topic of CCS. The workgroup engages in advocacy with NOIA staff and helped develop a policy paper on the importance of CCS and the policies that will be required to enable the technology..
- OFFSHORE RENEWABLES COMMITTEE: The Offshore Renewables Committee monitors and reports on the status of offshore renewable energy policy and projects in the outer continental shelf. The committee promotes informational meetings and recommends offshore renewable policies to be advanced by NOIA. The committee also explores ways in which NOIA members can be involved in the development of offshore renewable energy projects.
- PAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE: The PAC Advisory Committee provides direction and guidance to the NOIAPAC and oversees PAC contribution activities and disbursements to candidates. The Committee is kept apprised of all pertinent Federal Election Commission guidelines and requirements while serving as a conduit for such information between the PAC and the general NOIA membership.
- PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE: The Public Affairs and Education Committee helps NOIA achieve and maintain its goals of being the unified voice for the offshore industry by increasing the level of public knowledge about our industry through proactive media relations. The PAEC supports NOIA’s advocacy efforts by lending their expertise in the development of communications strategy, messaging, creative content creation, public affairs, campaigns, and more.
- TECHNOLOGY POLICY COMMITTEE: The Technology Policy Committee explores the cutting-edge technical systems that support the offshore industry and educates regulators and policy makers about the latest advances. TPC also helps lead in initial framing and messaging on more technical and complicated policy issues, and engages with technical organizations, inside and outside of industry.
