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
Gail Baxter, Marathon Oil Corporation
Dom Berta, ConocoPhillips Company
Bjorn-Andre Egerdahl, Statoil
Phil Grossweiler, M&H Energy Services
Greg Kusinski, Chevron Corporation
Terry Lechinger, Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
Khalid Mateen, TOTAL E&P Research & Technology USA
David Morgan, Cameron
Bob Pilko, Blade Energy Partners Ltd.
Jim Raney, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Luiz Souza, Petrobras America Inc.
Ron Sweatman, Halliburton
John Vicic, BP America, Inc.
Jane Zhang, Shell International Exploration & Production
Gary Covatch, National Energy Technology Laboratory (Ex-Officio)
Roy Long, National Energy Technology Laboratory (Ex-Officio)