WASHINGTON REPORT VOLUME XLIX
IN THIS ISSUE Scott Angelle.........................1 KT McFarland.......................2 Mary Cheney.........................2 Richard Kaarlgard................3 Jennifer Martin.....................3
2018 NOIA FALL MEETING REVIEW The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) held its Fall Meeting October 3-5, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas, with 190 members and 36 spouses in attendance.
Service Panel........................4 South America Panel...........5 G&G Panel............................6 HSSE Panel...........................7 Renewables Panel................7 Executive Committee & Board of Directors...............8 Membership Committee....8 Reception Photos............9-12
NOVEMBER 2018
Speakers included current and past members of the Trump Administration, business and policy leaders and industry executives. Meeting sessions examined the policy outlook for the offshore energy industry, the impact of the looming 2018 midterm elections, the outlook for service companies in the Gulf of Mexico and business opportunities for U.S. companies offshore South America. NOIA also welcomed back the NEED Project’s Offshore Energy Workshop for teachers and held the first NOIA Future Leaders Seminar.
NOIA FUTURE LEADERS SEMINAR
NOIA also hosted our first Future Leaders Seminar. Split into four panels – legislative affairs, regulatory affairs, public affairs and education, and state trade associations – the seminar gave NOIA members a look at what trade associations do on a daily basis and an understanding of the benefits of coordinated government and public affairs initiatives. More than 70 NOIA members attended the seminar, consisting of both established energy executives and rising energy leaders. The stellar line up of speakers included thought leaders from other trade associations, law and consulting firms, energy producers and service companies.
GENERAL SPEAKERS DIRECTOR SCOTT ANGELLE
NEED OFFSHORE ENERGY WORKSHOP For the first time in three years, NOIA hosted the NEED Project’s Offshore Energy Workshop. The Workshop provided NOIA members a chance to discuss the offshore energy industry and the types of STEM jobs the industry offers with teachers from the San Antonio area.
BSEE Director Scott Angelle
Through the 25 teachers in attendance, approximately 10,675 students will be reached with materials provided from the conference. For a majority of the teachers, this was their first time attending an energy-training program. Every teacher said that the workshop increased their own knowledge of the offshore industry and will help them further educate their own students on energy.
In a session sponsored by the NOIA Government Affairs Committee, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Scott Angelle spoke to NOIA for the first time. Angelle said that while the Trump administration is focused on energy dominance, it is striving to ensure that it is achieved “safely and responsibly because it supports national security, job security, and energy security.” Angelle reiterated the role offshore energy plays in energy dominance, adding there are six things the industry needs to do if it is going to perform “exceedingly well” over the coming years.
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