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                                                                                 Affairs, listened in, recognizing
                                                                                 similar governmental and regulatory                IAGC Member to Participate 2017 Deep
                                                                                 issues our industry is still facing
                                                                                 today.  Criss Rennie-White,                        Offshore West Africa Congress
                                                                                 IAGC Director – Membership &
                                                                                 Administration and longest tenured                 Nick Trantor with IAGC
                                                                                 employee, offered reflection on over               member TGS will be
                                                                                 25 years of service and having worked              speaking at the Deep
                                                                                 for all three Presidents.  She was eager           Offshore West Africa
                                                                                 to share her gratitude to the past                 Congress in September.
                                                                                 chairmen for their efforts in IAGC, as
                                                                                 well as, offer some comparisons of the                   he IAGC has established a
                                                                                 IAGC then and now.                                       relationship with SZW which
          Past Chairman Enjoying IAGC Luncheon                                           The luncheon was quite a                   Tallows our members to
                                                                                 success, and we look forward to                    present at major non-US oil and gas
                                                                                 future reunions with these chairmen.               conference and to interact directly

            IAGC Celebrates the Leadership                                       Thanks to Robert Hobbs and Roger                   with oil and gas ministry officials.    and certain regulation framework   offered the excellent opportunities for
                                                                                 Keyte for co-hosting this event with us.
                                                                                                                                                                      and expedite the cooperation among
                                                                                                                                                                                                           business networking and knowledge
                                                                                                                                    IAGC member companies are eligible
                                                                                         Unfortunately we weren’t able              to receive registration discounts for   the countries, such as Ghana, Nigeria,   exchanging. They expect over 200
            of Past Chairmen During Luncheon to connect with all of our past                                                        employees among other benefits.   Angola, Gabon, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire,   professionals to attend DOWAC 2017,
                                                                                 chairmen.  If you know a past                              After the successful Deep Offshore   Liberia, Congo and Equatorial Guinea.   both from the local governments
                                                                                 chairman not listed below, please                  West Africa 2016 (DOWAC 2016),    As the only event focused on West    and international operators, driving
                   he IAGC recognized and      the “step change” in IAGC’s HSE   contact Criss at crennie@iagc.org                  the DOWAC 2017 will take place in   Africa’s deep offshore market, this   the hydrocarbon industry forward,
                   celebrated the history of   agenda, the successes recounted and   with contact information.                      September 2017. It aims at providing   annual conference looped about 150   attracting more capital expenditure,
            Tits 46 years by hosting past      memories shared were informative                                                     the local and international industrial   participants last year, including GNPC,   cutting-edge technologies and
            Board Chairmen at a luncheon       and genuinely appreciated.        Those in attendance were:                          representatives with a high level   GEpetrol, ENI, and other Govs, IOCs,   advanced equipment capacities.
            on 18 May.  IAGC President Nikki           IAGC Staff members also     Roger Keyte – 2015-2017                          platform to discuss how to make better  and leading technology providers, and         More information can be found here.
            Martin was eager to glean from the   provided an introduction and      Robert Hobbs – 2013-2015
            knowledge and perspective of these   update on the Association’s recent   Hans Christian Vaage – 2011-2013
            leaders, as the IAGC builds on the   activities.  Gail Adams-Jackson,   Jim White – 2009-2011
            experience from the Association’s past   IAGC Vice President – External   Magne Reiersgard – 2006-2007
            challenges and accomplishments. The   Affairs & Communications, urged   Jonathan Miller – 2003-2004
            foresight and dedication of our past   the past chairmen to become active   Shawn Rice – 2002-2003
            Chairmen have laid the foundation   again in the IAGC by offering      Richard Miles – 1997-1998
            for the IAGC’s current successes.  assistance with future opinion      Walt Pharris – 1996-1997
                    Fourteen past chairmen     articles and providing their        Hank Hamilton – 1994-1995
            recounted stories during their     expertise when needed for local     Louis Schneider – 1992-1994
            tenure as IAGC Chairman of         educational efforts on the benefits   Don Sheffield – 1986-1988
            the Board of Directors.  From      of using geophysical technology.    George Parker – 1985-1986
            developing our Master Data         Dustin Van Liew, IAGC Director –    Gene Womack – 1984-1985
            Licensing Agreement to overseeing  Regulatory & Governmental
                                                                                 Unable to attend: Pierre Benichou,
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