A Discussion: The Path Forward The business case for creating a safety culture

The James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy Hosts: U.S. Offshore Oil Exploration: Managing Risks to Move Forward

The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history and threatened Gulf ecosystems, the local Gulf Coast economy and the future of U.S. offshore drilling. As more scientific and technical information becomes available about the causes and consequences of the disaster, the need for new policies and approaches to offshore drilling has become apparent. The conference "U.S. Offshore Oil Exploration: Managing Risks to Move Forward" brings together students, scientists and industry leaders, as well as national and Gulf Coast policymakers and political leaders, to discuss the path forward toward ensuring a safe and effective U.S. offshore drilling industry. Experts will address the options for new technologies designed to prevent future oil spills and debate policies needed to create a successful regulatory framework to achieve the important goals of environmental protection, national energy security and economic prosperity on the U.S. Gulf Coast.Moderator: George J. Hirasaki, Ph.D., A.J. Hartsook Professor, Chemical Engineering, Rice University

Session Four - A Discussion: The Path Forward
The business case for creating a safety culture: What is needed?

Moderator: J. Robinson West, Founder and CEO, PFC Energy

Charles D. Davidson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Noble Energy, Inc.

Gary Luquette, President, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company

Louis A. Raspino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pride International, Inc.

Eric N. Smith, Clinical Finance Professor, A.B. Freeman School of Business, and Associate Director, Tulane Energy Institute, Tulane University

Kent Wells, Group Sr. VP, Global Deepwater Response, BP

Closing Remarks

"Offshore Drilling and U.S. Energy Security"
Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute, Rice University

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Science & Technology

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• James A. Baker III Institute
• Baker Institue
• J. Robinson West
• Charles D. Davidson
• Gary Luquette
• Louis A. Raspino
• Eric N. Smith
• Kent Wells
• Amy Myers Jaffe