Companies are recognizing a movement afoot, but I'm not sure this sale says much about that," said Tom Fry, president of the National Ocean Industries Association, which follows offshore drilling.
She has been a trustee of the Houston Museum of Natural Science since 1986, and is a past director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, the Environmental Law Institute, the National Ocean Industries Association, and the University of Houston Law Foundation.
Natural Currents Energy will have plenty of company in its exploration, as agents from FERC, the Department of the Interior, the National Ocean Industries Association and the Army Corps of Engineers will all be monitoring the study.
Bush | California | Florida | Barack Obama | Maine | Atlantic | Pacific | Eastern | Interior Department | Alaskan | Exxon Valdez | Independent Petroleum Association of America | National Ocean Industries Association Salazar's announcement came as a relief to officials in the energy industry, who feared that he would call for a renewal of a presidential moratorium on drilling off the coast.
He has served as vice president Services Division of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, and is a member of numerous petroleum and geological engineering societies, including Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute, the National Ocean Industries Association, and the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association.
Both of those types of drilling are expensive and lengthy, with some deepwater projects likely taking six to 10 years, said Tom Fry, president of the National Ocean Industries Association, which follows offshore drilling.
