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2017 COL INDUSTRY FORUM

COL’s Industry Forum has benefitted from the generous sponsorship gifts of several of our member institutions, federal agencies with responsibilities in this area, industry partners, and other non-governmental organizations. All involved see the collective benefit of bringing together diverse stakeholders to discuss what to do with decommissioned oil platforms in the ocean and of working together to advance the science that guides decision-making in all sectors. Please join us in thanking them for their generous support, which has allowed us to bring this group together.

OCEAN SUSTAINER

OCEAN STEWARDS

OCEAN ADVOCATES

Welcome to the Consortium for Ocean Leadership’s 3rd annual Industry Forum, Rigs to Reality: Determining the Fate of Offshore Oil Platforms. Thank you for joining us!

This year, we have come together as cross-sector stakeholders with a shared interest in retiring offshore oil platforms. While our interest, our stake, in the topic may vary, we are all reliant upon available science and technology for wise decision-making, which ultimately ensures our ocean can maintain its health and productivity for all. At the same time, there are many perspectives on what to do with decommissioned oil platforms in the ocean. We must consider and utilize emerging best practices, intelligence, and tools to close existing knowledge and process gaps and to better inform policies and regulations that support timely and sound decisions. And all this must be done with an eye toward the careful balance of environmental stewardship and societal benefit. That is what this conversation is about.

I am hopeful that the outcomes will not only identify and codify knowledge gaps but also will be the development of agreed-upon, cross-sector recommendations for how to make improvements to a challenging issue. I also hope we can commit to collaborative, cross-sector efforts to advance the science and technology critical to sound decision-making. Our advocacy efforts are stronger if we speak with a common message, we all benefit from improvements to the system, and robust discussions with varied perspectives are what it takes to get there.

Thank you again for spending a day in conversation with us and with each other about this important topic. I encourage your active participation so all voices are heard and considered.

RADM Jonathan W. White, USN (ret.)President and CEOConsortium for Ocean Leadership

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Consortium for Ocean Leadership Industry Forum:

Rigs to RealityThe COL Industry Forum is a roundtable meeting designed to bring together academia, industry, nonprofits, and the government sector in exploration of pressing issues of mutual concern. This year, the forum focuses on alternative uses for decommissioned oil platforms. The goals of the forum are to identify and understand where there is cross-sector agreement and disagreement on what ocean science, research, and technology gaps exist; how they might best be addressed collaboratively; and how the represented communities can work together to improve science and decision-making.

More specifically, the objectives of this meeting are to reach consensus on the identification of: (1) specific science and technology gaps that, if filled, would enhance the nation’s ability to make wise decisions and policy regarding decommissioned offshore oil platforms and other large abandoned infrastructure; (2) specific areas of disagreement on the overall impact (positive and negative) of structures remaining in place after decommission; and (3) possible means to resolve these differences through research, analysis, policy initiatives, and other multi-sector collaborative efforts.

The final proceedings document will be developed without attribution and will include specific recommendations to executive and legislative entities, as well as to industry, academic, nonprofit, and government stakeholders.

Table of ContentsMeeting Agenda 2Opening remarks

Mr. Kenneth Weiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Speaker Bios

Dr. Mark C. Benfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Dr. Jorge Brenner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Dr. John Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Mr. Thomas Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Mr. Timothy T. Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Dr. Roy Crabtree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Mr. Elmer “Bud” Danenberger . . . . . . . . . . . 7Ms. Jennifer Ewald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Mr. Drew Hunger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Mr. Don Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Dr. Milton Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Mr. Randall Luthi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Mr. Michael McDonough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Dr. Larry McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Mr. Doug Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Mr. Kent Satterlee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Mr. John Seeger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Mr. J. Dale Shively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Mr. Mark J. Spalding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Dr. Greg Stunz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Mr. Stephen Truchon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Mr. Ted Venker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Industry Forum Advisory Committee 15Participants List 16Notes Pages 18COL Member List 19Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover

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Meeting Agenda

8:30 a.m. Welcome remarks – Jonathan White, Consortium for Ocean Leadership

8:45 a.m. Opening remarks – Kenneth Weiss, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

9:10 a.m. The science of reefing Larry McKinney, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

9:30 a.m. The state of regulatory issues guiding decommissioning Doug Peter, BSEE

9:50 a.m. Industrial perspectives Timothy T. Charters, NOIA

10:10 a.m. Perspectives from the NGO community Don Kent, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute

10:30 a.m. International repurposing of decommissioned rigs Stephen Truchon, Shell Technology Center, Houston

10:50 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Characterizing environmental benefits and risks Moderator: Thomas Campbell, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara Greg Stunz, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Mark C. Benfield, Louisiana State University Jorge Brenner, The Nature Conservancy

12:00 p.m. Break to get lunch

12:20 p.m. Alternative uses for decommissioned platforms … or not … Moderator: Kent Satterlee, III, Kent Satterlee and Associates, LLC Mark J. Spalding, The Ocean Foundation Ted Venker, Coastal Conservation Association

1:20 p.m. Lessons learned from the international experience John Campbell, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

1:40 p.m. Rigs to Reality: Perspectives on converting ocean platforms and subsea infrastructure to alternative uses

Moderator: John Seeger, Fieldwood Energy, LLC Drew Hunger, Morrison Well Services Michael McDonough, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries J. Dale Shively, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Roy Crabtree, NOAA Southeast Regional Office

3:10 p.m. Break

3:20 p.m. Identifying gaps and moving forward Moderator: Jennifer Ewald, BOEM Larry McKinney, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Timothy T. Charters, NOIA Elmer “Bud” Danenberger, Independent Consultant Jorge Brenner, The Nature Conservancy

4:20 p.m. Summary and closing remarks – Jonathan White, Consortium for Ocean Leadership

4:35 p.m. Meeting adjourns

5:30 p.m. Reception at Toro Toro – 1300 Eye St N.W., Washington, DC 20005


Mr. Kenneth WeissThe Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Ken, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, writes on topics at the intersection of science, environment, and public health. Recently, he has been on assignment for National Geographic, Nature, Science, and Foreign Policy magazines. Before becoming a magazine writer, Ken spent more than two decades as a reporter and editor at the Los Angeles Times. His newspaper work included two major series: “Beyond 7 Billion,” on the causes and consequences of human population growth

and “Altered Oceans,” which showed how humans are so industrious that we have managed to change all of the world’s oceans. Besides winning the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting, Ken has won many other journalism awards, including the George Polk Award, the Grantham Prize, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the AAAS Journalism award. He lives in the hills above Carpinteria, California, with a bird’s eye view of a half-dozen offshore oil platforms.

Opening Remarks

Office of Environmental Programs

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Through research and environmental reviews, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plays a key role in improving the overall scientific understanding of the potential impacts from decommissioning offshore oil and gas facilities and other large abandoned infrastructure.

Since 1980, BOEM has conducted more than 100 studies and workshops related to decommissioning issues, including research on explosives, fishes, marine mammals, and sea turtles.

BOEM takes an ecosystem management approach to developing and considering the latest science and making it available to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; industry; other federal, state and local government agencies; and non-governmental stakeholders from the fishing and environmental communities as they evaluate options.

Our studies cover habitat created for fish and other marine life living near platforms, marine mammals such as sea otters and sea lions that call platforms home, the impact of explosives on platform removal, safety and economic impact to fishing communities, and other considerations.

We look forward to this Ocean Leadership forum to increase awareness and seek areas of multi-stakeholder consensus that ultimately will lead to better-informed decisions by the federal and private sectors.

Learn about our research on decommissioning at BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program Information System http://marinecadastre.gov/espis/#/

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Dr. Mark C. BenfieldLouisiana State University

Mark is a Biological Oceanographer and a Professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University. His research interests include zooplankton ecology, microplastic contamination in aquatic systems, and deep-sea biodiversity. He is the director of Gulf SERPENT, a partnership between LSU, the oil and gas industry, and the federal government. Gulf SERPENT is part of the global SERPENT Project, which uses industrial

ROVs based at deepwater exploration and production facilities to study biodiversity on a time-available basis. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.

Dr. Jorge BrennerThe Nature Conservancy

Jorge is an Associate Director of Marine Science with The Nature Conservancy in Houston, Texas. The focus of his work is marine biodiversity conservation, spatial analyses, ecological economics, climate change adaptation, and spatial tools development. He has experience conducting research in marine species ecology, biodiversity informatics, coastal zone management, ecosystem services valuation, geographic information systems, sea level rise and coastal resilience,

and conservation planning. Jorge has worked in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea of Cortez, and the Mediterranean. In his current position with The Nature Conservancy in the Gulf of Mexico, he oversees species to habitat to whole system conservation projects; supports multinational conservation planning efforts and online coastal resilience and biodiversity decision support tools development; and collaborates with a variety of partnership networks, including Mexico and Cuba. Jorge is currently a member of several initiatives around the Gulf that seek its restoration and has previously participated with the National Academies. Jorge earned his bachelor’s in biochemical engineering and aquatic resources and a master’s in environmental engineering from the Monterrey Technology Institute University. He earned his Ph.D. in marine sciences from Catalonia Polytechnic University in Barcelona, Spain.

Speaker Bios


Dr. John CampbellInternational Association of Oil & Gas Producers

John joined IOGP (then called the E&P Forum) in 1997 after a 10-year spell with the UK Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. He joined IOGP when decommissioning in the North Sea had been propelled to the status of ‘major interest issue’ in the early 1990s by the Brent Spar Saga in the OSPAR community. He has followed the decommissioning story ever since, in OSPAR and at other regional and international agreements. At IOGP, he has responsibility

for environmental, legal, Arctic, and decommissioning activities as well as managing major research and development projects, most notably on marine sound. John holds a BSc and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the University of Glasgow. Thereafter, he pursued research in marine science, eventually aligning on marine pollution issues and environmental management.

Mr. Thomas CampbellPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Tom is managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP’s Houston office and spearheads the firm’s Ocean Habitat Working Group. As General Counsel of NOAA, he headed the federal government’s damage assessment negotiations with Exxon in the aftermath of the highly controversial Valdez oil spill. He chaired the committee that coordinated the work of government and contract scientists and economists to complete the complex task of understanding injury done by

that massive spill. He then led a successful initiative that brought together the governor and attorney general of Alaska, cabinet members, and the CEO of Exxon that resulted in a billion-dollar landmark settlement. After leaving government, Tom took an executive position with a consulting firm where he oversaw marine and environmental science consulting work for the Gulf Coast. There, he led multi-disciplinary teams that pioneered the use of eco-econometric tools, such as Habitat Equivalency Analysis and Net Environmental Benefits Analysis. Tom has been able to negotiate dozens of creative environmental settlements resulting in the restoration of thousands of acres of habitat through use of these same eco-econometric tools. During the Deepwater Horizon incident, he led a multi-disciplinary team that negotiated another billion-dollar settlement for one of the major defendants.


Mr. Timothy T. ChartersNational Ocean Industries Association

Tim joined NOIA in 2017 as Senior Director, Government and Political Affairs. He coordinates legislative, educational, and political activities concerning offshore oil, natural gas, and wind energy resource issues and manages NOIAPAC. Previously, Tim was Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for the National Stripper Well Association, where he was lead government and regulatory contact directing government affairs activities. Tim also worked for the U.S. House

of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources as Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, which has jurisdiction over federal on- and offshore energy development and federal lands energy programs and mining. In 2013, Tim’s role expanded to include Director of Policy Coordination for the full committee, where he coordinated development and action on legislation that crossed subcommittees. Prior to joining the committee, Tim was Legislative Director for Representative Stevan Pearce (NM-02) and operated his own boutique lobbying firm, Charters and Company, LLC. From 1992-2002, he worked for representatives from his home state of California, serving in several roles, including District Director and Senior Appropriations Assistant. He got his start in politics working for Representative Frank Riggs (CA-01) while earning his bachelor’s degree in political science from Humboldt State University.

Dr. Roy CrabtreeNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Roy began his service as Regional Administrator for NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Region in 2003. Previously, he served as the marine fisheries state director for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, after dedicating many years as one of the agencies’ senior research scientists. Most of his research focused on recreationally and commercially important species in Florida, such as tarpon, bonefish, snook, tripletail, and grouper. His management experience includes

operating his own fishing guide business in the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park to overseeing NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Permits Office and Gulf of Mexico fisheries management section (prior to becoming the Regional Administrator). With more than 25 years of state and federal service, Roy has gathered broad experience as a marine fisheries natural resource manager with current responsibility over federal marine fisheries, protected species, and habitat matters in the Southeast U.S. He has authored or co-authored over 40 scientific publications. He earned his Ph.D. in marine science from the College of William and Mary, an M.S. in marine science from the University of South Carolina, and a B.S. in biology from Furman University.


Mr. Elmer “Bud” Danenberger IIIIndependent Contractor

Bud is a consultant specializing in offshore safety, pollution prevention, and regulatory policy. He worked for the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, oil companies, state and federal agencies, and law firms and as a safety equipment manufacturer. He was on the first panel to testify before the U.S. Senate following the Macondo blowout. He is a member of the Marine Board of the NAS and served on the panel that published the report, “Strengthening the

Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry.” After a 38-year career, Bud retired from the DOI’s offshore oil and gas program in 2010. He had served as a Staff Engineer in the Gulf of Mexico regional office, Chief of the Technical Advisory Section at the USGS, District Supervisor for several Minerals Management Service (MMS) field offices, and Chief of the Engineering and Operations Division and Chief of Offshore Regulatory Programs at MMS Headquarters. Bud’s accolades include the Distinguished Service Award (DOI’s highest honor); induction into the Offshore Energy Center’s Hall of Fame as a Technology Pioneer for Health, Safety, and the Environment; and the Offshore Technology Conference’s Distinguished Achievement Award. Bud earned a B.S. in petroleum and natural gas engineering and a master’s in environmental pollution control from Pennsylvania State University.

Ms. Jennifer EwaldBureau of Ocean Energy Management

Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in operational and applied marine science, working along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Alaska Coasts as a physical oceanographer, marine surveyor, naturalist and educator. Jennifer currently serves as Chief of Staff for the BOEM Environmental Programs and has been working on science and policy related to offshore energy development since joining the bureau in April 2010. Her portfolio includes management of the BOEM-NAS

Committee on Offshore Science and Assessment and the BOEM National Tribal Liaison Program, coordination and collaboration between headquarters and regional leadership and subject matter experts on environmental management issues, and participation in the Interagency Decommissioning Working Group (California). Jennifer received a B.S. in marine science from Coastal Carolina University, completed her master’s work at the University of Rhode Island, and has previous experience with NOAA, the Prince William Sound Science Center and Oil Spill Recovery Institute, and South Carolina State Parks.


Mr. Drew HungerMorrison Well Services

Drew is the Vice President for Business Development for Morrison Well Services (MWS). Prior to joining MWS in 2014, Drew was the Decommissioning Manager for Apache Corporation in the Gulf of Mexico for five years. During that time, he became recognized as an industry authority on decommissioning project management, well plugging and abandoning, and platform removal. With the help of a small office staff, the team plugged over 1,000 wells and reefed or removed

over 250 platforms with annual budgets as high as $370 million. He also worked in the political arena to help guide the Rigs-to-Reefs program in the Gulf through challenges in the 2009 to 2013 timeframe. Drew had a 22-year career with Amoco and then with BP after the merger, rising to become Decommissioning Manager for BP in the Gulf in 2002. During those 22 years, he built up a strong foundation in natural gas liquid (NGL) plant operations and then offshore production operations, facilities construction, well intervention, and decommissioning. Drew is an outdoorsman and is passionate about protecting our coastal and offshore environment through proper oil and gas industry decommissioning. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Don KentHubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute

Since 1998, Don has been President and CEO of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, an international marine research institute dedicated to ensuring future generations experience the benefits of a healthy environment by gaining scientific knowledge and finding solutions to conservation challenges facing marine ecosystems and species. Don came to the Institute in 1977 as a San Diego State University graduate student and has participated in programs studying

gray whales, assessing noise effects on animals, minimizing killer whale impacts on fishing operations, and developing marine finfish aquaculture. Don was instrumental in initiating the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program, a partnership with recreational and commercial fishing communities and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to investigate ways to counteract the depletion of coastal marine fisheries through stock replenishment. He is responsible for planning and construction of the Leon Raymond Hubbard, Jr. Marine Fish Hatchery, where more than 2.4 million white seabass have been reared, raised, and released. Don is President and CEO of Rose Canyon Fisheries, a commercial-scale fish farm proposed off the coast of southern California, and Chairman of the California Artificial Reef Enhancement foundation, which supports marine research and education about offshore energy platforms off the southern California coast.


Dr. Milton LoveUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

Milton is a Research Biologist at the Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has conducted research on the marine fishes of California for over 45 years and is the author of over 100 publications on the fishes of the Pacific Coast. He has also authored the books Certainly More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast and The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific. For the past 22 years, Milton has carried out surveys

of the fish and invertebrate populations living on oil and gas platforms and natural reefs throughout the Southern California Bight. In 2007, the American Fisheries Society awarded him the Carl R. Sullivan Award for Conservation Resources.

Mr. Randall LuthiNational Ocean Industries Association

Randall has been the President of NOIA since 2010. An attorney and rancher from Wyoming, he has an extensive background in both government service and the private sector. He most recently served as Director of the Minerals Management Service in the Department of the Interior from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this, Randall was Deputy Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and from 1995 and 2006, he served in Wyoming’s House of Representatives, including as Speaker from 2005 to 2006.

Mr. Michael McDonoughLouisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries

Mike has worked at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries since 2008. He has been the Artificial Reef Coordinator since 2013 and holds an M.S. in oceanography from Louisiana State University.


Dr. Larry McKinneyHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Larry holds his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and has explored and studied the Gulf of Mexico for almost 50 years, leading research projects in almost every part of the Gulf, including the waters of Mexico and Cuba. He is the Executive Director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, where he leads an interdisciplinary team that integrates science, policy, and socio-economic expertise to assure an economically and

environmentally sustainable Gulf of Mexico. Larry leads Texas OneGulf (one of six RESTORE Centers of Excellence), was a founding member and is the current chair of the Gulf of Mexico University Research Consortium (GOMURC), was the former chair and is a current member of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, and has served on the Texas Sea Grant Science Advisory Committee. He was also a board member and past president of the Texas Academy of Sciences.

Mr. Doug PeterBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

As Artificial Reef Coordinator for BSEE, Doug serves as the principal advisor both regionally and nationally on matters related to artificial reefs. Doug has over 19 years of experience developing artificial reef habitat for Texas and Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. He has worked closely with the oil and gas industry, user groups, and other regulatory agencies in the conversion and preservation of viable oil and gas structures as permanent marine hard bottom habitat. Doug has been directly

involved in over 200 Rigs-to-Reefs projects. He possesses a master’s degree from Texas A&M University in marine resources management.


Mr. Kent Satterlee IIIKent Satterlee & Associates, LLC

Kent is President of Kent Satterlee & Associates, LLC, which specializes in regulatory policy and advocacy for offshore oil and gas. Specifically, they focus on regulatory analysis and development; advocacy and government relations; science, environmental research, and solutions; safety regulatory policies; and NGO relations. Kent holds a degree in civil engineering from Louisiana State University and was hired by Shell Offshore Inc. as a civil and structural

project engineer for offshore platforms. He was responsible for offshore platform design, fabrication, repair, and installation. He later worked as an environmental engineer and supervisor for the Gulf of Mexico and coastal Louisiana fields. He was responsible for compliance with environmental regulations and permits and development of spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans and served as Shell’s Spill Response Coordinator. For the latter part of his career with Shell, Kent worked in upstream regulatory policy and was Manager for Regulatory Policy and Advocacy for Offshore U.S. His responsibilities included monitoring and managing emerging regulatory policies and regulations, analyzing regulatory proposals and legislation, developing issue management strategies, implementing advocacy plans, meeting with government officials and other stakeholders, and developing and implementing scientific studies and research to build credible scientific support for regulatory policies .

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Mr. John SeegerFieldwood Energy LLC

John is a Senior Vice President at Fieldwood Energy LLC, overseeing the company’s decommissioning operations. Since Fieldwood’s inception in 2013, the company has been one of the most active decommissioning operators in the Gulf of Mexico, removing over 230 platforms (including 47 jackets reefed), abandoning over 800 wells, and spending nearly $1 billion in the process. Prior to joining Fieldwood, John was Decommissioning Manager at Dynamic Offshore

Resources, LLC. Previously, he managed companies and various operations and engineering projects focused on offshore construction, abandonment, and well intervention in numerous oil and gas basins globally. He holds a B.S. from Stephen F. Austin State University.


Mr. J. Dale ShivelyTexas Parks and Wildlife Artificial Reef Program

Dale has been a fisheries scientist for over 30 years and holds an M.S. in oceanography from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He has been a Marine Fisheries Biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife for 24 years and is a PADI Divemaster and an American Academy of Underwater Sciences scientific diver. As Leader of the Texas Artificial Reef Program, Dale manages the development of marine habitat in the Gulf of Mexico. To date, the program has 91 reef sites

containing over 150 obsolete petroleum platforms, 15 ships, and countless smaller pieces of material deployed as marine habitat.

Mr. Mark J. SpaldingThe Ocean Foundation

Mark has been President of The Ocean Foundation since its founding, growing its annual budget from $200,000 to $7 million as he prioritized steering the human relationship with the sea to a brighter future through diverse strategies and projects. Mark drove the design and establishment of the Alaska Oceans Program, the Shipping Safety Partnership, and the Loreto Bay and St. Kitts Foundations. Mark is the advisor to the Rockefeller Ocean Strategy and designed the first

blue carbon offset program, SeaGrass Grow. He serves on the Sargasso Sea Commission, is a member of the Pool of Experts for the UN World Ocean Assessment, and is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Blue Economy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. From 1994 to 2003, Mark was Director of the Environmental Law and Civil Society Program and Editor of the Journal of Environment and Development at UCSD’s Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS). Mark also taught at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD’s Muir College, UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, and the University of San Diego’s School of Law. He was a research fellow at UCSD’s Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, a Sustainability Institute-Donella Meadows Leadership Fellow, and a SeaWeb Senior Fellow. He holds a B.A. in history from Claremont McKenna College, a J.D. from Loyola Law School, and a master’s in Pacific International Affairs from IR/PS.


Dr. Greg StunzHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Greg is a marine biologist who specializes in fisheries ecology and sport fisheries. He holds the Endowed Chair of Fisheries and Ocean Health at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies and is a Professor of Marine Biology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He is also the Director for the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in wildlife and fisheries sciences from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in biology from the University

of Texas-San Antonio. A major goal of Greg’s research program is to provide scientific data for sustainable management of our marine fisheries and ocean resources to ensure healthy environments. Greg’s diverse research focuses on migration patterns of marine life using state-of-the-art electronic tracking devices, diving and ROV studies of artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico, and understanding the vital role estuaries and near-shore waters play in sustaining marine populations. This includes understanding how artificial reefs enhance fisheries, the roles of apex predators in Gulf ecosystems, dolphin-fish migration patterns and life history studies, red snapper ecology and management, and several projects dealing with estuarine fishes such as spotted seatrout and red drum and their sustainable management.

Mr. Stephen Truchon,Shell Westhollow Technology Center

Steve is a Senior Environmental Scientist at Shell’s Westhollow Technology Center in Houston, Texas. He has an M.S. in marine zoology and over 25 years of experience in aquatic impact assessment, ecological risk assessment, natural resource damage assessment, and ecological restoration of both freshwater and marine habitats (including artificial reefs). Steve currently serves as the environmental focal point for Shell’s global Decommissioning Restoration Centre,

providing technical advice to decommissioning and restoration practices in the U.S., Brunei, Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, and Nigeria. He has developed risk-based solutions to evaluate leave-in-place options for pipelines, jackets, and subsea kits in sensitive marine and terrestrial environments, often where regulatory guidelines are lacking or limited. He has also published some of his work on an ecosystem services approach to support leave-in-place vs. full- or partial- removal of platforms.


Mr. Ted VenkerCoastal Conservation Association

Ted joined Coastal Conservation Association in 2003 as the National Communications Director and Editor of TIDE, the Association’s bi-monthly magazine. A native of Houston, he witnessed the success of the Gulf Coast Conservation Association, the predecessor of CCA, and first joined the organization as a teenager. He now serves as the Director of Conservation. Prior to CCA, Ted worked for seven years as the Director of Communications for the Petroleum

Equipment Suppliers Association, the oldest oilfield service association in the country. He is a member of the Texas Outdoor Writers Association, serves on the board of the Building Conservation Trust, and is a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Policy Board. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Texas A&M University.

For 45 years, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has promoted safe and sustainable offshore energy operations.

NOIA supports the Rigs-to- Reefs program, which seeks to protect thriving marine ecosystems on select decommissioned offshore structures. The U.S. offshore energy industry has one of the best safety incident rates, and NOIA recognizes safety excellence among our member companies through our Safety in Seas Awards program.

NOIA proudly advocates for smarter and more effective regulations on behalf of the offshore energy industry. Our diverse membership represents all sectors of the offshore energy industry, including producing, drilling, offshore wind development, engineering, marine and air transport, construction, equipment manufacturing, supply, lending, insurance underwriting and more.

Celebrating 45 Years of Offshore Advocacy!

Join NOIA today to help shape the next 45 years of ocean policy!

For more information about joining NOIA, visit www.noia.org or email [email protected]


Industry Forum Advisory Committee

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership has been fortunate to have the volunteer efforts of an Advisory Committee during the development of this forum. The committee’s collective expertise has been brought to bear on nearly all elements of this event, and we are certain that it would not be this robust, this diverse in representative perspectives, or this well attended if it had not had the benefit of their exceptional thought and guidance. We all owe the committee a debt of gratitude. Please join us in thanking the following members for their foundational contribution to this event.

Ms. Jennifer EwaldBureau of Ocean Energy Management

Mr. David FishBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Mr. Hank LobeSevern Marine Technologies, LLC / Sonardyne International and COL Board Member

Dr. Ruth PerryShell Exploration & Production Company

Dr. Larry McKinneyHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Mr. Randall LuthiNational Ocean Industries Association


Ashley Brinkman, ASA Policy FellowAmerican Sportsfishing Association

Molly McCammon, Executive DirectorAOOS

Bob Rich, Executive DirectorArctic Research Consortium of the U.S.

Larry Karl, Vice President and General ManagerASV Global, LLC

Andrew Ziegwied, Scientific Sales Manager – AmericasASV Global, LLC

Amardeep DhanjuBOEM

Jennifer Ewald, Chief of Staff, Office of Environmental ProgramsBOEM

Marjorie Weisskohl, Public Affairs SpecialistBOEM

Donna Schroeder, Marine EcologistBOEM

Mark Belter, Fisheries BiologistBOEM Gulf of Mexico

Thomas Liu, Deputy Regional DirectorBOEM Pacific

David Fish, Chief, Environmental Compliance DivisionBSEE

Glenn Degnitz, Senior Environmental SpecialistBSEE

Doug Peter, Rigs-to-Reefs CoordinatorBSEE Gulf of Mexico

Rance Wall, Deputy Director Pacific RegionBSEE Pacific

Sarah Tsoflias, HES Regulatory SpecialistChevron

Greg Minnery, Senior Environmental ScientistChevron

Kevin Davis, Team Lead, Asset RetirementChevron

Ted Venker, Conservation DirectorCoastal Conservation Association

Rick Cody, Deep Water Drilling Completion ConsultantCody Global Consulting, Inc.

Mark Fonseca, Science DirectorCSA Ocean Sciences

Xiao Recio-Blanco, Director, Ocean ProgramEnvironmental Law Institute

Jim McElfish, Director, Sustainable Use of Land ProgramEnvironmental Law Institute

Azivy Aziz, Senior Research EngineerExxonMobil Houston Campus

Megan Davis, Associate Executive DirectorFAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Meg Thompson, PartnerFederal Science Partners

John Seeger, Senior Vice President, DecommissioningFieldwood Energy LLC

Colleen Hahn, President & CEOGryphon Media Strategies

Amy Hammer, OwnerHammer Associates, LLC

Larry McKinney, Executive DirectorHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Greg Stunz, Director, Center for Sportsfish Science and ConservationHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Don Kent, President & CEOHubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute

John Campbell, Technical DirectorInternational Association of Oil & Gas Producers

Richard Lawson, CEOInternational Ocean Science & Technology Industry Association

Kent Satterlee, PresidentKent Satterlee and Associates, LLC

Michael McDonough, Artificial Reef ManagerLouisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Mark Benfield, Professor, School of the Coast and EnvironmentLouisiana State University

Chris D’Elia, Dean, School of the Coast and EnvironmentLouisiana State University

Chris Scholin, President & CEOMBARI

Kevin Traver, Executive DirectorMarine Technology Society

Meghan Massaua, Mediator and Program ManagerMeridian Institute

Drew Hunger, Vice President, Strategic Business DevelopmentMorrison Well Services

Laura Deighan, Capitol Hill Ocean Week CoordinatorNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Participants(As of print date)


Shannon Yee, Policy and Conservation DirectorNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Roy Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Regional OfficeNOAA

Emily Chandler, Knauss Marine Policy FellowNOAA

Timothy Charters, Senior Director, Governmental and Political AffairsNOIA

Scott Van Buskirk, Vice President for Strategic Program DevelopmentOceaneering International, Inc.

Roberta Marinelli, Dean, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric SciencesOregon State University

Thomas Campbell, Partner, Environmental & Natural ResourcesPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Kenneth Weiss, JournalistPulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Hank Lobe, PresidentSevern Marine Technologies, LLC

Ruth Perry, Marine Science and Regulatory Policy SpecialistShell Exploration & Production Company

Stephen Truchon, Projects and Technology, HSE Technology - EnvironmentalShell Westhollow Technology Center

Jim Sanders, Professor, Marine Sciences and OceanographySkidaway Institute of Oceanography of UGA

Rob Dunbar, ProfessorStanford University

Jack Balduaf, Associate Dean for ResearchTexas A&M University

J. Dale Shively, Leader, Artificial Reef ProgramTexas Parks and Wildlife Department

Jorge Brenner, Associate Director of Marine ScienceThe Nature Conservancy

Amy Trice, Associate Director, Ocean PlanningThe Ocean Conservancy

Mark Spalding, PresidentThe Ocean Foundation

Tom Raftican, PresidentThe Sportsfishing Conservancy

Dick West, RetiredU.S. Navy

Cristal Armijo, Navy Liaison to Consortium for Ocean LeadershipU.S. Navy

Neal McMillin, Knauss Marine Policy FellowUnited States Senate

S. Bradley Moran, Dean, College of Fisheries and Ocean ScienceUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks

Milton Love, Research Biologist, Marine Science InstituteUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

Ann Scarborough Bull, Visiting Researcher, Marine Science InstituteUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

Estella Atekwana, Dean, College of Earth, Ocean and EnvironmentUniversity of Delaware

Brian Taylor, Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and TechnologyUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

Don Boesch, ProfessorUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies

Steven Lohrenz, Dean, School for Marine Science and TechnologyUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Research Professor, Center for Coastal & Ocean MappingUniversity of New Hampshire

Bruce Corliss, Dean, Graduate School of OceanographyUniversity of Rhode Island

Jackie Dixon, Dean, School of Marine SciencesUniversity of South Florida

Monty Graham, Director, School of Ocean Science and TechnologyUniversity of Southern Mississippi

Gordon Cannon, Vice President for ResearchUniversity of Southern Mississippi

Terry Quinn, Director, Institute for GeophysicsUniversity of Texas at Austin

Michael Farber, PartnerVan Ness Feldman, LLP

Deborah Bronk, Chair, Department of Physical SciencesVirginia Institute of Marine Science

Peter Hill, Government AffairsWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Elmer “Bud” Danenberger, Independent Consultant


Notes


AlabamaDauphin Island Sea LabAlaskaAlaska Ocean Observing SystemAlaska SeaLife CenterArctic Research Consortium

of the United StatesNorth Pacific Research BoardUniversity of Alaska FairbanksCaliforniaAquarium of the PacificBodega Marine LabEsriL-3 MariPro, Inc.Liquid Robotics, Inc.Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing Marine LaboratoryNaval Postgraduate SchoolStanford UniversityUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of California, San Diego

Scripps Institute of OceanographyUniversity of Southern CaliforniaRomberg Tiburon Center

for Environmental StudiesTeledyne CARIS USATeledyne RD InstrumentsColoradoCooperative Institute for Research in

Environmental SciencesConnecticutMystic AquariumDelawareMid-Atlantic Regional Association

Coastal Ocean Observing SystemUniversity of DelawareFloridaEarth2Ocean, Inc. FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic

InstituteFlorida Institute of OceanographyMote Marine LaboratoryNova Southeastern UniversityUniversity of FloridaUniversity of MiamiUniversity of South Florida

GeorgiaSkidaway Institute of Oceanography

of the University of GeorgiaSavannah State UniversityHawaiiUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaIllinoisJohn G. Shedd AquariumLouisianaASV Global, LLC Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Louisiana State UniversityMaineBigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesThe IOOS Association University of MaineMarylandJohns Hopkins UniversityNational Aquarium Severn Marine Technologies, LLCUniversity of Maryland Center for

Environmental ScienceMassachusettsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMississippiUniversity of MississippiUniversity of Southern MississippiNew HampshireUniversity of New HampshireNew JerseyMonmouth University Urban Coast InstituteRutgers UniversityNew YorkColumbia University Lamont-Doherty

Earth ObservatoryIEEE Oceanic Engineering SocietyStony Brook UniversityNorth CarolinaDuke University Marine LaboratoryEast Carolina UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Wilmington

OregonOregon State UniversityPennsylvaniaPennsylvania State UniversityRhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina Sea Grant ConsortiumUniversity of South CarolinaTennessee Eastman Chemical CompanyTexasHarte Research Institute for

Gulf of Mexico StudiesSonardyne, Inc.Texas A&M UniversityUniversity of Texas at AustinVirginiaCollege of William and Mary Virginia

Institute of Marine Sciences Institute for Global Environmental

Strategies Old Dominion UniversityU.S. Arctic Research Commission WashingtonSea-Bird Scientific University of WashingtonVulcan, Inc.Washington, DCMarine Technology SocietyNational Ocean Industries AssociationSoutheastern Universities Research

AssociationWisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

School of Freshwater SciencesAustraliaInstitute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

at the University of TasmaniaBermudaBermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences CanadaDalhousie UniversityUniversity of Victoria Ocean Networks

Canada

Members of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that represents the leading ocean science and technology institutions — public and private, academia, aquaria, and industry. Our mission is to shape the future of ocean science and technology. In addition to our advocacy role as the voice of the ocean research and technology community, COL manages a variety of community-wide research and education programs in areas of ocean observing, ocean exploration, and ocean partnerships.

www.OceanLeadership.org

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