The Ultra-Deepwater Program utilizes a Program Advisory Committee (PAC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in an advisory role. The UDW PAC provides high-level input on program priorities, field areas of interest, and technology dissemination, as well as a link to the producer and research communities, but its primary role is project selection. PAC engagement in the process is critical as these operators will be the organizations called upon to actually deploy and operate the new technologies developed under the program.
Ultra-Deepwater Program Advisory Committee
John Allen (Ex-Officio), GE Oil & Gas
Gail Baxter, Marathon Oil Corporation
Dom Berta, ConocoPhillips Company
Otto Granhaug, Nexen Petroleum USA
Rune Mode Ramberg, Statoil
Brian Rovelli, TOTAL Exploration Production USA
Hani Sadek, Chevron Corporation
Luiz Souza, Petrobras America Inc.
Mike Theobald, Maersk Group
John Vicic, BP America, Inc.
Tom Williams (Ex-Officio), Nautilus International, LLC
Jane Zhang, Shell International Exploration & Production
Gary Covatch, National Energy Technology Laboratory (Ex-Officio)
Roy Long, National Energy Technology Laboratory (Ex-Officio)