Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE)

ExxonMobil (High Activity Category)

ExxonMobil operated 122 facilities, producing more than 100 million BOE with a weighted INC/CI ratio of 0.03 (best in their category) and had an outstanding incident record. Exxon and Mobil have been national SAFE award winners a total of total of 6 times, and this is their first time as a finalist as a combined company. Although not contributing factors in our selection, ExxonMobil was last year's NOIA Safety-in-Seas Award winner for their outstanding work on the Hoover-Diana project and this year was recognized by Santa Barbara County for their exemplary safety and maintenance program in processing oil and gas from the Santa Ynez Unit.

Dominion Exploration & Production (Moderate Activity Category)

Dominion has been a SAFE Award finalist consecutively for the past 4 years, one of only 2 companies to achieve this distinction. They were the national winner 3 years ago operating under the name "CNG."

They produced almost 14 million BOE but had just under 1000 components this year. They had a best-in-class weighted INC/CI ratio of 0.01 and an outstanding incident record.

Diamond Offshore (Drilling Contractor Category)

They had an extraordinary inspection record and an excellent incident record. They also won 3 District Safe Awards for 2001and as well as a Corporate Leadership Award for Willie Ard, supervisor on the Ocean Columbia.

Danos & Curole Marine Contractors, Inc. (Production Contractor Category)

Danos and Curole was the production contractor on platforms that were inspected 115 times during 2001. These platforms had an outstanding INC/Component ratio and incident record. This is Danos and Curole’s second consecutive National SAFE Award.