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Energy, with the majority of his
business experience in the deepwater
Gulf. NOIA says he was one of the
founders of Mariner Energy Inc.,
serving as executive vice president and
on the board of directors. In 2004, he
was a founder of Deep Gulf Energy, and
served as president until it was acquired
by Kosmos in September 2018.
Cobb is vice president of industry
relations for Halliburton, and has worked
for that company for 44 years, serving in
executive management positions in
operations, marketing, sales and business
development, NOIA describes.
Appointed to the NOIA board's
Executive Committee are Tim Duncan,
president and chief executive officer of
Talos Energy LLC; Lee Jackson,
chairman and CEO of Jackson Offshore
Operators; and Steve Weyel, chairman
and CEO of EnVen Energy Ventures.
"As the offshore energy industry
continues to pick itself up from the
economic doldrums of the past few
years, NOIA is excited to have the
leadership of Richard and Galen," says
NOIA President Randall Luthi. "The
offshore industry is recovering into a
more globally competitive market.
NOIA and the offshore industry at large
will need to find new ways to ensure the
United States remains the global
offshore leader."
Clark and Cobb are two longstanding
leaders representing the producer and
service segments of the energy industry,
Luthi says, adding, "Their combined
decades of expertise and experience will
position NOIA for a changing offshore
world." ❒

BLM Drops Court Fight
Over Lease In Montana
WASHINGTON-In a reversal of a
previous policy, the White House first
announced it would not defend
cancelling an oil and gas lease in the
Badger-Two Medicine area, near
Glacier National Park, Mt., and the
Blackfeet Reservation, and then
followed that step by asking an appeals
court to dismiss a lawsuit over the lease
because of a lack of jurisdiction.
In November, former Interior
Secretary Ryan Zinke said the
department would defend the
cancellation, but the Bureau of Land
Management now has filed for a
voluntary dismissal of its appeal.
On April 17, at the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia,
the administration filed for an
unopposed motion for voluntary

dismissal in a lawsuit involving lessee
W.A. Moncrief Jr. BLM has not
indicated its plans for legal actions
regarding a second Badger-Two
Medicine lease held by Solenex LLC of
Baton Rouge, La. The two leases were
issued in 1982 but federal suspensions
and legal actions blocked any
development. Congress withdrew the
area from leasing in 1997 and all but
these two leases were relinquished.
According to media reports, after
opposition from Native American
groups, the Department of Interior

cancelled those two remaining leases
during President Barack Obama's term,
and Moncrief sued the department in
April 2017. A federal court in Montana
ruled in favor of Moncrief and Solenex
in September (AOGR, October 2018,
pg. 17). The department continued its
appeal of that decision until President
Donald Trump's announcement.
Tim Davis, chairman of the Blackfeet
Tribal Business Council, says the
administration has gone back on its
earlier pledge to defend the Badger-Two
Medicine area from development. He

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