Apprenticeship Programs Are Key to the Future of Marine Welding
all your talent gaps with expensive free agents. You can upskill people to your specific job requirements.”Aspiring welders benefit because, upon completion of a program, they receive industry-recognized credentials that include AWS Certified Welder, a Journeyman’s card or the American Petroleum Institute’s Individual Certification Programs. These credentials are said to be “portable” because they are recognized in any state, although aspiring welders need to recognize that most companies will require prospects to pass their own internal welding assessment tests. However
Supreme Court Sides With Offshore Worker in Overtime Case
.Ed Sullivan, a lawyer for Hewitt, said that "my client and team are appreciative that the Supreme Court applied the plain text of the law to his case."Helix did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Helix was backed in the case by oil and gas trade groups including the American Petroleum Institute, which said in briefs to the justices that supervisors in the industry are routinely paid daily rates and work long hours. A ruling favoring Hewitt would require companies to pay overtime premiums and invite a flood of lawsuits from highly paid workers, the groups added.Conservative Justices
Vryhof Makes Two Senior Appointments
, he has also been an internal Subject Matter Expert for Woodside Energy Ltd in Perth and Executive Director of the Offshore Operators Committee in the U.S., representing 47 operating companies and 80 service companies. Zimmerman is also a contributing author of the APPEA MMATW guidelines, the American Petroleum Institute (API) 2SK, API 2I and API 2SM guidelines for mooring and floating structures and has a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the Houston College of Law and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University. For the past six years prior to joining Vryhof
Study: US Offshore Holds Huge Untapped Potential
New studies show huge economic and energy potential of untapped offshore areas Two new studies released today by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) show significant potential added energy and economic benefits to the United States if the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific outer continental shelf (OCS) were opened to offshore oil and natural gas development. Both studies were conducted by Quest Offshore Inc., which also conducted a study of the Atlantic OCS, which NOIA and API released last year. “The U.S. oil and gas industry is
Studies Examine O&G Potential in GoM and Pacific
– including jobs, economic activity, revenues to governments, and energy production – that could result from opening the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Pacific outer continental shelf to oil and natural gas leasing. The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) will discuss the study results and the implications for energy policy in a press conference call on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Randall Luthi, NOIA president, and Erik Milito, API director of upstream, will address the economic benefits of increasing U.S. access
Patrick T. Mulva, VP & Controller, ExxonMobil, Retires
holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He served three years in the U.S. Air Force prior to joining the company. Mulva is chairman of the American Petroleum Institute's general committee on finance. He is a member of the Financial Executives International and its committee on corporate reporting and a member of the Business School Advisory Council at the University of Texas at San Antonio
