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    MMS Industry Awards Program and Luncheon
 
2009 Safety Award for Excellence Finalists and Winners

These awards recognize outstanding safety and pollution prevention performance by the offshore oil and gas industry in four categories.

MMS announced the winners at the Offshore Technology Conference luncheon on May 7, 2009, in Houston, Texas.

The finalists and winners for 2009 in each of the 4 categories are listed below:

2009 Safety Award for Excellence Finalists

    Production Contractors:

bullet John Whiteford, President, accepting for Baker Energy
bullet Michael Crosby, Vice President, accepting for C&D Production Specialist Company
bullet Hank Danos, President and CEO, accepting for Danos & Curole Marine Contractors *Winner*

    Drilling Contractors:

bullet Larry Dickerson, President and CEO, accepting for Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.
bullet John Knowlton, General Manager, accepting for ENSCO International Inc.
bullet Tommy Travis, Vice President and Division Manager, accepting for Noble Drilling Corporation *Winner*
bullet Keelan Adamson, Division Manager, accepting for Transocean

    Moderate Activity Operators:

bullet Steve Maley, Operations Manager, accepting for Badger Oil Corporation
bullet Mike Kelly, Vice President, accepting for BHP Billiton Petroleum
bullet Keith Karwile, Vice President, accepting for Hunt Petroleum Corporation
bullet Michael Radabaugh, Vice-President, accepting for Noble Energy, Inc. *Winner*

    High Activity Operators:

  • Darrel Hollek, Vice President, accepting for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
  • Richard Morrison, VP of GoM SPU Production, accepting for BP Corporation North America, Inc.
  • Tony Vaughn, Senior Vice President, Gulf Division, accepting for Devon Energy Production Company *Winner*
  • Randy Cleveland, U.S. Production Manager, accepting for Exxon Mobil Corporation

2009 Safety Award for Excellence Winners:


From left to right, Chris Oynes, MMS, presents the 2009 SAFE Awards to Tony Vaughn for Devon Energy Production Company (High Activity Operator); Michael Radabaugh for Noble Energy, Inc. (Moderate Activity Operator); Tommy Travis for Noble Drilling Corporation (Drilling Contractor); and
 Hank Danos for Danos and Curole Marine Contractors, Inc. (Production Contractor).
 

Last Updated: 11/16/2009, 12:38 PM Central Time