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October, 2007

The APInion

www.api-delta.org

Tuesday,November 13,

2007

10th Annual Greater New Orleans Joint

Energy AssociationLuncheon

in association withPLANO

LOUISIANA’SCHANGINGPOLITICAL

LANDSCAPE

Clancy DuBosGambit

Communications

Royal Sonesta HotelGrand Ballroom, 1st Floor

300 Bourbon St.11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Register online atwww.api-delta.org or

Barbara [email protected]

Info at 504-799-1906

Advance reservation required

DELTA CHAPTER

© 2007 API Delta Chap ter

Clancy DuBos is the chair man, ed i torand co-owner of Gam bit Com mu ni -ca tions, Inc., and the po lit i cal col um -nist for Gam bit Weekly news pa per inNew Or leans. He also is the on-airpo lit i cal com men ta tor for WWL-TV(Eye wit ness News Chan nel 4) in NewOr leans and a li censed at tor ney.

Clancy and his wife Margo haveowned Gam bit since 1991, and he hasbeen an at tor ney since 1993. Prior to1991, Clancy was the full-time, on-airpo lit i cal re porter and an a lyst forWDSU-TV (NBC) in New Or leans fornearly 10 years, then at WVUE-TV(Fox 8) through Au gust 2007, and re -cently joined WWL-TV (CBS) as thesta tion’s on-air po lit i cal an a lyst. He be -gan his jour nal ism ca reer as a po lit i calre porter for The Times-Pic a yune(1973-1981). Gam bit Com mu ni ca tions pub lishes Gam bit Weekly (Lou i si ana’slarg est weekly news pa per), and theon-line “Best of New Or leans” web site (www.bestofneworleans.com).

Clancy has had a lim ited civil lawprac tice since grad u at ing from LoyolaLaw School in 1993. He is “of coun -sel” at the law firm of Berrigan, Litch -field, Schonekas, Mann, Traina &Bolner, LLC, in New Or leans. Heclerked for Chief Jus tice PascalCalogero of the Lou i si ana Su premeCourt af ter grad u at ing from lawschool.

As a jour nal ist, he has earnednews writ ingawards fromthe Press Club of New Or -leans, the Lou -i si ana PressAs so ci a tion,the As so ci a tion of Al ter na tiveNewsweeklies and the As so ci ated Press As so ci a tion of Lou i si ana and Mis sis -sippi. He also has ap peared on nu -mer ous net work ra dio and tele vi sionpo lit i cal talk shows, in clud ing “Wash -ing ton Week in Re view,” NPR, “TheTo day Show” and “Date line NBC.”

Clancy was a found ing mem ber of the Board of Di rec tors of KIDsmART, anon-profit arts ed u ca tion or ga ni za tion serv ing in ner-city youth in New Or -leans. He is a mem ber of the board of the New Or leans Met ro pol i tan Con -ven tion and Vis i tors Bu reau, and heserves on the board of di rec tors atHoly Cross High School.

Clancy is a grad u ate of Holy CrossHigh School in New Or leans, theUni ver sity of New Or leans (B.A. His -tory, 1976) and Loyola Uni ver sitySchool of Law (J.D., Magna CumLaude, Law Re view, 1993). He andMargo have two sons, Brandin (25)and Will (14).

LOUISIANA’S CHANGING POLITICALLANDSCAPE

Amer i can Pe tro leum In sti tute — Delta Chap ter - 2 - Oc to ber, 2007

2007 API OfficersEXECUTIVE BOARD

Chair Bernadette Alaniz Integrated Production ServicesOffice: 504-569-1615/Cell: 504-453-6222 Fax: 504-569-1624 [email protected]

1st Vice Chair Jan Catalano ORX ResourcesEducation Office: 504-581-1806/Cell:504-237-4735 Fax 504-581-9492 [email protected]

2nd Vice Chair Ken Meyers Energy Partners, Ltd.Office: 504-799-1964/Cell: 504-319-4653 Fax: 504-799-1985 [email protected]

3rd Vice Chair Steve White Woodside EnergyOffice: 985-249-5445/Cell: 985-807-3135 [email protected]

Secretary Barbara Edmonds Energy Partners, Ltd.Membership Office: 504-799-1906/Cell: 504-450-3531 Fax: 504-799-1985 [email protected]

Treasurer Doug Tymkiw Ernest & YoungOffice: 594-592-4837/Cell: 504-319-5737 Fax: 504-596-4233 [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Education Cathy Vaughn BCM FoundationOffice: 594-593-2310/Cell: 504-812-3998 Fax: 504-593-2310 [email protected]

Education Jahnette deBlanc Shell E&POffice: 504-728-6098 [email protected]

Golf Tournament Steve Freeman Harvest Oil & Gas, LLCOffice: 985-809-9292/Cell: 985-373-5703 Fax: 985-809-9293

Newsletter Richard Rusch Chevron [email protected]: 504-592-6127

Scholarship Peggy Bourgeois Harvey Canal Industries AssociationOffice: 504-367-1721 Fax: 504-367-8927 [email protected]

Sporting Clays Gary Johnson Eni PetroleumOffice: 504-593-7674/Cell: 504-481-0550 [email protected]

Website Marcel Tullier Bass EnterprisesOffice: 504-836-7200/Cell: 504-458-5719 [email protected]

ADVISORY BOARD

James Coronato Nitrogen SpecialtiesOffice: 504-363-7788/Cell: 504-301-6369 [email protected]

John Dribus SchlumbergerOffice: 504-592-5341/Cell: 504-232-2221 Fax: 504-592-5274 [email protected]

Holly Fonseca CETCOCell: 985-628-3300 [email protected]

Bob Huffman Bulk Mixer, Inc.Home: 504-885-9310 Fax: 504-885-9310 [email protected]

Don Miller Wood GroupOffice 504-523-0500 X227/Cell: 504-319-5737 [email protected]

ACTIVE PAST CHAIRMEN

Carlos Guzman G GeophysicsOffice: 504-712-6875/Cell: 504-913-6871 [email protected]

Bob Huffman Home: 225-271-4442; cell: 504-289-4653

Leo Kerner Quality Energy ServicesOffice: 985-850-0025/Cell: 504-319-5384 Fax: 504-340-8266 [email protected]

Philip Moses DominionOffice: 504-593-7311; Cell: 504-722-8521 [email protected]

Dwight Paulsen EDG, Inc.Office: 504-455-0858; Cell: 504-451-9025 Fax 504-455-0869 [email protected]

Jim Rike Rike Service, Inc.985-350-6101/Cell: 504-952-4985 [email protected]

Bob Vaughn Tidewater Marine - SingaporeOffice 65 6543 7117 [email protected]

Ben Waring www.ocbbs.comOffice: 504-733-3117/Cell: 504-957-3865 Fax: 504-733-6040 [email protected]

SUPPORT GROUP

Website: Charlie Miller, III www.ocsbbs.com 504-733-3117 [email protected]

Newsletter: Carole Rike Word Catering Ltd. 985-350-6101 [email protected]

Digital Minutes: http://www.api-delta.org/board/index.asp

Oc to ber, 2007 - 3 - Amer i can Pe tro leum In sti tute — Delta Chap ter

Letter From the ChairThe hol i day sea son is al most here. Only 68 days ‘till Christ mas, andprob a bly fewer by the time this news -let ter reaches you. So be fore you book your va ca tions, make sure you save adate to join us for the Joint Lun cheon Meet ing on Tues day, No vem ber 13that the Royal Sonesta to hear Mr.Clancy DuBos speak on “Lou i si ana’sChang ing Po lit i cal Land scape”. Con -tact Ms. Barbara Edmonds (email:[email protected]) or sign upon line at www.api-delta.org.

We’d like to thank all those whojoined us for our Tech ni cal Lun cheon. Ken Meyers, Barbara Edmonds andJahnette deBlanc did a great job ofor ga niz ing this event for us. Forthose of you who did not get achance to hear our guest speaker, Mr.Frank Glaviano, talk about New ShellDe vel op ments in the Gulf of Mex ico,you missed a won der ful pre sen ta tion. If you ever get the op por tu nity to at -tend one of Mr. Glaviano’s pre sen ta -tions, I highly rec om mend you take

the time to at tend the event. He is avery in spir ing and mo ti va tionalspeaker and a great as set to our in -dus try and our com mu nity.

I would also like to thank all ourspon sors, play ers, vol un teers, andCovington Coun try Club for yourpar tic i pa tion in our an nual API GolfTour na ment. De spite the soggy con -di tions, the golf tour na ment was asuc cess. Holly Fonseca, Steve Free -man, Steve White, and Rich ard Rusch did a spec tac u lar job of co or di nat ingthis phe nom e nal event.

Our schol ar ship chair man, PeggyBour geois, did an ex cel lent job ofaward ing our first API schol ar ships to some amaz ing can di dates this year. We awarded 15 schol ar ships rang ingfrom $500 to $1000. Please read ourschol ar ship ar ti cle to find out thenames of this year’s out stand ing stu -dents. The 2008 schol ar ship ap pli ca -tions will be avail able very soon.

Please con tact Peggy Bour geois formore in for ma tion.

We will also con tinue with ourmini-grants pro gram for teach ers. We are cur rently ac cept ing ap pli ca tions for 2008. If you know any teacher thatwould like con sid er ation for amini-grant for his/her class room;please have them check out ourwebsite for an ap pli ca tion or con tactCa thy Vaughn ([email protected]).Also avail able on our website is theap pli ca tion for Mer i to ri ous Ser viceAward can di date. Ap pli ca tion dead line for the Mer i to ri ous Ser vice Award isDe cem ber 14th.

Thank you all for your con tin ued sup -port of our or ga ni za tion! I wish youall a very safe and happy hol i day sea -son!

Sin cerely,

Ber na dette Alaniz API Chair man


API Appreciation Social ——- Thank You, Volunteers!The mem bers of the Amer i can Pe tro leum In sti tute Delta Chap ter re al ize that we ex ist thanks to the hard work and ded i -ca tion of our vol un teers. In ap pre ci a tion on June 21, 2007, vol un teers were rec og nized for their ef forts. Ev ery one en -joyed an eve ning so cial at Rips on the Lake lo cated on Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville, La.

Much ap pre ci a tion goes out to our board of di rec tors,pub lish ing staff, website staff, The Fa ther-Son & Fam ilySport ing Clays Tour na ment vol un teers and The An nual Golf Tour na ment vol un teers. Be cause of you, the chap -ter is able to give back to the com mu nity by sup port ing and funding the following:

• The Lou i si ana Chil dren’s Mu seum• Spon sors an nual area teacher rec og ni tion• O & G ed u ca tional aware ness pro grams • Award ing of funds via mini-grants to teach ers to

pur chase needed sup plies and equip ment• Awards for stu dents com pet ing in the Greater New

Or leans Sci ence & En gi neer ing Fair • Grants and schol ar ships to el i gi ble stu dentsThanks Again to All!


Introduction to PIPE – Petroleum Industry Promoting Education

As stated by a mem ber in a par tic i -pat ing so ci ety, “There is very lit tlemore im por tant to the pro fes sionalfu ture of oil and gas in the GreaterNew Or leans area than has ten ing theor ganic growth of our own re place -ments”. With this in mind, or ga ni -za tions and so ci et ies are pool ingtheir re sources and ef forts and arework ing with the ed u ca tion com mu -nity to pro mote the pe tro leum in dus -try and its many op por tu ni ties. Todate, nine pe tro leum in dus try so ci et -ies and four or ga ni za tions are part of this col lab o ra tive ef fort. To iden tifythe group and its in ten tions, rep re -sen ta tives from par tic i pat ing so ci et ies and or ga ni za tions voted on a nameand logo. Go ing for ward, this ini tia -tive will be known as PIPE – Pe tro -leum In dus try Pro mot ing Ed u ca tion. The logo, shown here, de picts a der -rick to rep re sent the oil industry andan apple to represent education.

Vol un teers of PIPE hope to ed u catethe com mu nity about the pe tro leumin dus try and the var i ous ways eachso ci ety/or ga ni za tion con trib utes toed u ca tion. In for ma tion on PIPE, itscur rent par tic i pants, and its ini tia -tives can be found on the cur rentwebsite http://api-delta.org/pipe.asp.The website pro vides in for ma tion onteach ing aids avail able from each so -ci ety, schol ar ships and grants of feredby the so ci ety and awards spon soredby var i ous so ci et ies. It is a greatresource for teachers, students andparents.

An ini tial un der tak ing of PIPE is tobe the pre miere spon sor of this year’s BLAST/FIRST LEGO League com pe -ti tion. BLAST, Build ing Lou i si anaSci ence and Tech nol ogy, is anon-profit um brella which bringsstu dents of Lou i si ana the

op por tu nity to par tic i pate in cut tingedge sci ence and tech nol ogy learn ingex pe ri ences. The theme for thisyear’s com pe ti tion is EN ERGY and in par tic u lar one of the chal lenges in -volves fos sil fuel! Through pre mierespon sor ship, PIPE will pro vide thekey note speech at the De cem ber 1com pe ti tion ed u cat ing par ents,teach ers and stu dents about the pe -tro leum in dus try. Par tic i pat ing so ci -et ies will be in di vid u ally ac knowl -edged and will be part ofin for ma tion al ley at the nationalcompetition in 2008. Participants ofPIPE supporting BLAST include:

American Petroleum Institute - Delta Chapter

Council of Petroleum AccountantsSocieties of New Orleans

Desk and Derrick Clubs

New Orleans Geological Society

Offshore Oil Scouts Association

Professional Landmen’s Association ofNew Orleans

Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists - New Orleans Chapter

Society of Petroleum Engineers - DeltaSection

Society of Petrophysicists and Well LogAnalysts

Baker Hughes

The OCSBBS Website

Schlumberger

Shell Exploration & Production Company

To help in tro duce the ed u ca tioncom mu nity to in ten tions of PIPE,rep re sen ta tives met with the mathand sci ence de part ment heads forboth the Or leans and Jef fer son Par ish

pub lic schools. At these meet ingsteach ers were in formed about the pe -tro leum in dus try, the var i ous ca reersavail able within the in dus try, thetools avail able to help with en ergyed u ca tion and the var i ous re sourcesto help teachers and students.

PIPE is an on go ing ef fort of vol un -teers, so ci et ies and or ga ni za tionswork ing closely with the ed u ca tioncom mu nity to in form them who weare, what we do and why we needTHEM in our fu ture. Hope fully wecan ac com plish through our re -sources, mentoring and in tern ships.Con sider get ting your self, your so ci -ety or your organization involved.

ADVERTISING INAPInion

Kendall J. Meyers • [email protected]

or Marcel Tullier

[email protected]


BLAST is a non-profit um brella or ga -ni za tion whose ac ro nym stands for“Build ing Lou i si ana Sci ence andTech nol ogy”. It is the lo cal or ga niz -ing com mit tee for a na tional or ga ni -za tion FIRST, which stands for “ForIn spi ra tion and Rec og ni tion of Sci -ence and Tech nol ogy”. The prin ci palmis sion of BLAST is to as sist withboth the FIRST ro botic chal lenge and the FIRST LEGO League. BLASTbrings stu dents of Lou i si ana the op -por tu nity to par tic i pate in cut -ting-edge science and technologylearning experiences.

BLAST, Inc. be gan or ga niz ing FIRSTLEGO League com pe ti tions for Lou i -si ana in 2003. FIRST LEGO givesstu dents ages 9-14 a ba sic in tro duc -tion to pro gram ming, ro bot ics, prob -lem solv ing re search and team work. Just as in FIRST Ro bot ics, each teamworks over a six-week pe riod

con struct ing and pro gram ming a ro -bot; how ever, FIRST LEGO Leaguero bots are made us ing LEGOMindstorm kits. Stu dents pre pare re -search pre sen ta tions that in ves ti gatethe yearly chal lenge topic and at thetour na ment par tic i pate in a ro botchal lenge.

This year’s topic is EN ERGY, and inpar tic u lar one of the chal lenges in -volves fos sil fuel. Awards are givenfor per for mance, re search, team workand ro bot de sign. This an op por tu -nity for the stu dents to learnfirst-hand about ro bot ics, elec tron ics, website build ing, pro ject man age -ment, ca reers in en gi neer ing, andthis year — the petroleum industryand it’s various career opportunities.

The tour na ment will be held De cem -ber 1, 2007. It will take place at J. D.Meisler Mid dle School at 3700 Cleary

Av e nue in Metairie, LA. Visit thewebsite at www.lafll.org for fur therin for ma tion. If you are in ter ested invol un teer ing at the event, or be ing aref eree or judge, con tact BarbaraPailet of BLAST at [email protected]

The API Delta Chap ter is one of thethir teen pe tro leum in dus try en ti tiespar tic i pat ing in PIPE to be the Pre -miere Spon sor of this event. In ad -di tion each par tic i pant in PIPE willhave their in di vid ual names ap pear -ing on ban ners, pro grams andT-shirts, as well.

Rep re sen ta tives of PIPE will pro videthe key note speech at the tour na ment in form ing teach ers, stu dents andtheir par ents about the pe tro leum in -dus try, the ev ery day prod ucts we pro -vide and the var i ous ca reers withinour in dus try.

API Delta Chapter Supports PIPE in Sponsoring BLAST

Ownership of America’s oil and natural gas companies

Karen Matusic | 202.682.8118|

Who owns ‘Big Oil?’ It’s not who youthink. As Con gress de bates na tionalenergy pol icy, a new study finds thatown er ship of oil and nat u ral gas com pany shares is made up of a broad cross sec tion of Amer i cans.

“This study dis proves the pop u lar mis -con cep tion that ‘Big Oil’ is owned by asmall group of in dus try in sid ers. In re al -ity, across the oil and nat u ral gas in dus try only 1.5 per cent of shares of pub lic com -pa nies are owned by com pany ex ec u tives,” said study au thor Rob ert J. Shapiro,under sec re tary of com merce for eco -nomic af fairs un der Pres i dent Bill Clinton. “The data show that own er ship of in dus -try shares is broadly mid dle class, with the ma jor ity of in dus try shares held by in sti -tu tional in ves tors, of ten on be half of mil -lions of Amer i cans through mu tual funds, pen sion funds and in di vid ual re tire mentac counts.”

API Chief Econ o mist John Felmy added:“When pol i ti cians seek to pun ish thesecom pa nies and ‘take their prof its,’ theyare not tar get ing in dus try ex ec u tives butthe hard-earned sav ings of work ing peo -ple.” Shapiro and econ o mist Nam D.Pham’s study was com mis sioned by API.The study shows:

1. Al most 43 per cent of oil and nat u ralgas com pany shares are owned by mu -tual funds and as set man age ment com -pa nies that have mu tual funds. Mu tualfunds man age ac counts for 55 mil lionU.S. house holds with a me dian in comeof $68,700.

2. Twenty seven per cent of shares areowned by other in sti tu tional in ves torslike pen sion funds. In 2004, more than2,600 pen sion funds run by fed eral, stateand lo cal gov ern ments held al most $64bil lion in shares of U.S. oil and nat u ral

gas com pa nies. These funds rep re sent the ma jor re tire ment se cu rity for the na tion’s cur rent and re tired sol diers, teach ers, and po lice and fire per son nel at ev ery level of gov ern ment.

3. Four teen per cent of shares are held inIRA and other per sonal re tire ment ac -counts. Forty five mil lion U.S. house -holds have IRA and other per sonal re -tire ment ac counts, with an av er ageac count value of just over $22,000.

For a com plete text of the study, morein for ma tion on the au thors and an au dio podcast of an in ter view with Rob ertShapiro and John Felmy visitwww.energytomorrow.org orwww.sonecon.com.


2007 API Golf Tournament Winners

MORNING ROUND

1st Place Gross 2nd Place GrossScott Mc Don ald Alan FisherDean McPhearson Brandon Bol lingerRon Wager Har old Robichaux

Phil Bourque

1st Place Net 2nd Place NetJake Leininger Bill Whit neyDave Colomb Dows Ar noldMike Dur ham Kyle Spalding

Steve Ulm

AFTERNOON ROUND

1st Place Gross 2nd Place GrossDoug Koebbe Ben WeberSteve Free man Rich ard RuschJon Malone Shawn StouteDan Huffman Mi chael Weir

1st Place Net 2nd Place NetBenny Black Tim Brown ingGus Menard Ron Domangue

Chairperson Bernadette Alaniz, Moss Bannerman, Paul Vining, and Ernie Bennett

2007 API GolfTournamentThank You

Thank you to all in volved in help ingto make the 2007 API Delta Chap terGolf Tour na ment a great suc cess!

We were able to raise over $26,000this year for ed u ca tion grants, schol -ar ships, the Lou i si ana Chil dren’s Mu -seum and the other great op por tu ni -ties our Ed u ca tion Com mit tee brings forth. We could not have achievedthis goal with out the con tri bu tionsfrom all of our golf teams, cor po ratespon sors, hole spon sors, food andbev er age spon sors, vol un teers andboard mem bers. Thank you all verymuch!

A spe cial thanks also goes out toCovington Coun try Club, Ca jun Cut -ters, Baker, Pat rick F. Tay lor Foun da -tion, Bob Free man, Seatrepid, WoodGroup and En core La ser.

To gether, our team work has en abledus to de velop the API Delta Chap terGolf Tour na ment into an event wecan all be proud of and one so manyof us want to be a part of. Our goalof mak ing this a fun-filled event forus all to build on re la tion ships anden joy our selves is well on its way!

See you all next year in 2008,

Holly Fonseca,Steve Free man &

Steve White


2007 API Golf TournamentEvent Winners

MORNING ROUND

1 T box- Clos est to hole 2nd Shot Randy Bayer 2 Tee- Lon gest Drive Therese Mauterer 3 T box- Clos est to hole 2nd Shot Marcus Green 4 Tee- Lon gest Putt Greg Hull 5 T box Lon gest Putt Kevin Soter 6 T box- Clos est to the Hole Erik Hoffpauir 7 T box- Short est Drive Mike Guiroso 8 Green- Hole -n- One None 9 T box- Straight est Drive Joe Stuckey 9 Green- Clos est to the Hole Curtis Todd 10 T box- Clos est to hole 2nd Shot Lee Arcement 11 Green - Clos est to Hole Jeff Motes 12 Tee- Lon gest Drive Troy Cunningham 13 Green - Lon gest Putt Har old Robichaux 14 Green- Clos est to Hole Sec ond Shot Jeff Motes 15 T box- Hole -n- One None 16 T box- Clos est to the hole sec ond shot Rich ard Mon gan 17 T box- Lon gest Drive Curtis Todd 18 T box- Lon gest Drive Randy Bayer

AFTERNOON ROUND

1 T box- Clos est to hole 2nd Shot Dave Loels 2 Tee- Lon gest Drive Shawn Stoute 3 T box- Clos est to hole 2nd Shot Pat Howard 4 Tee- Lon gest Putt Gary Roebke 5 T box Lon gest Putt Shane Ad ams 6 T box- Clos est to the Hole Char lie Hickman 7 T box- Short est Drive Steve Brundrett 8 Green- Hole -n- One None 9 T box- Straight est Drive Wendy Turpin 9 Green- Clos est to the Hole Benny Black 10 T box- Clos est to hole 2nd Shot Gus Menard 11 Green- Clos est to the Hole Kerry LaPlace 12 Tee- Lon gest Drive Bob Fowler 13 Green - Lon gest Putt Brad Taff 14 Green- Clos est to the Hole Sec ond Shot Ar thur Dillon 15 T box- Hole -n- One None 16 T box- Clos est to the hole sec ond shot Steve Free man 17 T box- Lon gest Drive Ber na dette Alaniz 18 T box- Lon gest Drive Char lie Michel

2007 CorporateSponsors

HARVEST OIL & GASGULFSTREAM SERVICES

Woodside EnergyCETCO Oilfield Services

Schlumberger

Energy Partners, Ltd.

Bulk Mixer, Inc.

Cajun Cutters

IPS

Superior Energy Services

Supreme Services

Thru-Tubing Systems

www.ocsbbs.com

2007 HoleSponsors

Baker HughesBJ Services

CETCO Oilfield ServicesK&B Machine

Living Quarters TechnologyLouisiana Safety Systems

MI/SwacoOil Mop

Omni Labs/Knight Oil ToolsPatterson Services

Paws PumpsQuality Energy Services

Quality Rental ToolsSeatrepid

Specialty Rental ToolsTurbochem

WeatherfordWelch Rental Generators

Wood Group

Technical LuncheonThis year’s An nual API Tech ni cal Lun -cheon was a great suc cess.

On Au gust 15, 2007 our guest speakerwas Mr. Frank Glaviano, VP Shell’sAmer i cas Re gion. Mr. Glaviano dis -cussed “New Shell De vel op ments inthe Gulf of Mex ico” which in cludedtheir re cent Perdido de vel op ment andthe Ursa-Prin cess waterflood pro ject. Frank also pro vided a quick sum maryof Shell’s up dated or ga ni za tional struc -ture for the Amer i cas re gion.

We were hon ored to have such a dis -tin guished speaker and lo cal leader. The at ten dance was our high est forthis an nual event.

Thanks to all for mak ing this event abig hit, even in the dog days of sum -mer.”


Scholarship WinnersAPI/Delta Chap ter is pleased to an -nounce its first schol ar ship re cip i -ents. API rec og nizes that ed u ca tionis THE KEY to a well-de vel opedworkforce. Our schol ar ship pro gram was de vel oped to of fer fi nan cial as -sis tance to in com ing fresh men aswell as pro vide funds for stu dentscur rently enrolled in college.

Car son CruiseNatchez, Mis sis sippi Mis sis sippi StateMa jor: In dus trial En gi neer ing

Ashley DoyleMetairie, LA 70005Lou i si ana State Uni ver sityMa jor: Pe tro leum En gi neer ing

James VidrineThibodaux,LA 70301Lou i si ana State Uni ver sityMa jor: Phys i cal Ther apy

Holly RockenbaughMarrero, LA 70072Lou i si ana State Uni ver sityMa jor: Busi ness/Ac count ing

Eliz a beth SammonsMetairie, LA 70002Boston Col legeMa jor: Ac count ing

Don ald Miller, IINew Or leans, LA 70118Lou i si ana State Uni ver sityMa jor: Law School

Cage CruiseNatchez, Mis sis sippi Mis sis sippi State Ma jor: Vet er i naryCaro line Free man

Mandeville, LA 70471Uni ver sity of South ern Mis sis sippiMa jor: Hos pi tal ity Man age ment

Kayla TrauthMarrero, LA 70072University of Lou i si ana, La fay etteMa jor: De sign

Mark LoweMadisonville, LA 70471Col o rado School of MinesMa jor: Pe tro leum En gi neer ing

Ma son ShealyCovington, LA 70435Uni ver sity of Mis sis sippiMa jor: Mechanical En gi neering

Miranda HodgeSlidell, LA 70461Uni ver sity of South ern Mis sis sippiMa jor: Bi ol ogy

Rene VidrineThibodaux, LA 70301Nicholls StateMa jor: Pe tro leum Tech nol ogy

Zachary FradellaHarvey, LA 70058Iowa StateMa jor: Broadcasting/Me te o rol o gist

U.S. drilling & completion Q3 estimates at 22-year high – API

U.S. drill ing es ti mates for the third quar ter of 2007 are at twice the level ofthird quar ter drill ing ac tiv ity re corded dur ing the 1990s and the first ninemonths of U.S. drill ing es ti mates ha ven’t been this high since 1985, API datashow.

U.S. fuel productionmaintains record pace,

demand up - API

De spite a slow down in Sep tem ber,U.S. fuel pro duc tion for the year todate con tin ued its re cord pace whileSep tem ber’s de mand for re finedprod ucts rose, as mea sured by de liv -er ies from pri mary stor age, API datashow. In its Monthly StatisticalReport cov er ing Sep tem ber 2007, API noted that year-to-date gas o line out -put was at an all-time high of morethan nine mil lion bar rels per daythough Sep tem ber’s pro duc tion wasdown 0.4 per cent from Sep tem ber2006. Dis til late pro duc tion was also at a year-to-date re cord high at the endof the month though Sep tem ber pro -duc tion was 3.3 per cent be low lastSep tem ber’s all-time monthly re cord.For more in for ma tion, see alsoPetroleum Facts at a Glance andMonthly Import Statistics for July2007 (latest available).


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