Nicholas Odinet provided the Pacific OCS Region's Offshore Facility Decommissioning Cost Team with considerable data and information, used extensively by the bureau and included in "Offshore Facility Decommissioning Costs, Pacific OCS Region" (March 31, 1999). Due to the dearth of publically available data and information on offshore pipeline decommissioning costs, his contribution to the report was an invaluable source of detailed and verifiable information.

With the support of his employer, Mr. Odinet graciously provided considerable time and expertise estimating, analyzing, and refining pipeline decommissioning costs for a Pacific OCS project consisting of multiple platforms and pipelines. The data were provided with the permission of operators, but was masked in the report to protect the proprietary nature of the information and the confidentiality of the sources. Mr. Odinet's contribution was essential to the overall quality and usefulness of the report. The section on pipeline and power cable decommissioning could not have been written without his considerable input.

On behalf of the entire Offshore Facility Decommissioning Cost Team, I would like to thank Mr. Odinet for his voluntary public service and recognize his meaningful contribution to the MMS offshore mission.