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2008 Safety Award for Excellence Finalists and Winners

The MMS presented the first Safety Award for Excellence in January 1983. This award recognizes and commends companies that expend extra effort to conduct operations in a safe and pollution-free manner by adhering to all regulations, employing trained and motivated personnel, and going the extra mile to enhance safety and environmental protection. The objectives of the program are to:

bullet Elevate awareness of safety and pollution prevention.
bullet Encourage voluntary compliance.
bullet Provide the public with better understanding of the professionalism of OCS operators.
bullet Encourage excellence in safety and pollution prevention.
bullet Demonstrate that safe practices enhance protection of personnel.

This year's winners in each of 4 categories are listed below.

High Activity Operator

Moderate Activity Operator
Chevron Corporation's Melody Meyers pictured with (l) Assistant Secretary C. Stephen Allred and MMS Director Randall Luthi. Myers is Chevron's Vice President of Gulf of Mexico Business Operations.
Melody Meyers, Vice-President – GOM Operations, accepts Chevron Corporation’s SAFE Award for High
Activity Operator from DOI Assistant Secretary C. Stephen Allred and MMS Director Randall B. Luthi.		 Mike Putnam, Center, representing Noble Energy, Inc., winner of the Moderate Activity Category of the 2008 SAFE Award.
Mike Putnam, Deepwater Business Unit Manager, accepts Noble Energy, Inc.’s SAFE Award for Moderate Activity Operator from DOI Asst. Secretary C. Stephen Allred and MMS Director Randall B. Luthi.

Drilling Contractor

Production Contractor
Noble Drilling Corporation's Vice President and Division Manager for the Gulf of Mexico accept the Drilling Contractor SAFE Award from Allred and Luthi
Mark Burns, VP & Division Manager,
GOM, accepts Noble Drilling Corporation’s SAFE Award for Drilling Contractor from DOI Assistant
Secretary C. Stephen Allred and MMS Director Randall B. Luthi.		 Michael Crosby, Vice President of C&D Production Specialist Company, Inc. is pictured center.
Michael Crosby, Vice-President, accepts C&D Production Specialist Co. Inc.’s SAFE Award for Production Contractor from DOI Asst. Secretary C. Stephen Allred and MMS Director Randall B. Luthi.

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management Chris Oynes recognized the finalists in each category listed below.

Drilling Contractors - Finalists
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. – Ron Fullerton, Vice President, US Offshore Operations
*Noble Drilling Corp. – Mark Burns, VP & Division Manager, Gulf of Mexico
Transocean – Mike Wright, Operations Manager

Production Contractors - Finalists

Mark LeMaire, Offshore Operations Manager, accepts Baker Energy’s SAFE Finalist Award

*Michael Crosby, Vice-President accepts C & D Production Specialist Co. Inc.’s SAFE Finalist Award

Hank Danos, President and CEO, accepts Danos & Curole Marine Contractors Inc.’s SAFE Finalist Award

Gregg Falgout, President and CEO, accepts Island Operating Company, Inc.’s SAFE Finalist Award

Moderate Activity Operators - Finalists
Tracy Lowry, Operations Manager, accepts Apex Oil and Gas, Inc.’s SAFE Finalist Award
Tim Lindsey, Senior Vice-President, Operations, accepts LLOG Exploration’s SAFE Finalist Award
*Mike Putnam, Deepwater Business Unit Manager, accepts Noble Energy, Inc.’s SAFE Finalist Award
Doug Nestor, Chief Operating Officer, accepts Prime Offshore L.L.C.’s SAFE Finalist Award
Steve Conley, Manager – Operations, Gulf, accepts Seneca Resources SAFE Finalist Award

High Activity Operators - Finalists
Karl F. Kurz, Chief Operating Officer, accepts Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s SAFE Finalist Award
*Melody Meyer, Vice-President, GOM Business Operations accepts Chevron Corporation’s SAFE Finalist Award

John Kelly, Vice President, Gulf of Mexico, accepts El Paso Corporation’s SAFE Finalist Award
David Frost, Regional HSSE Manager, EP Americas, accepts Shell Exploration & Production Company’s SAFE Finalist Award

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