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Monday, 1 May 2006
The Outer Continental Shelf: Deepwater and Frontier Opportunities and Hurricane Recovery
Johnnie Burton, Director, MMS
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This presentation discusses the current status of the Gulf of Mexico OCS exploration and development and the impact that hurricanes Katrina and Rita had on its offshore operations. Additionally, this presentation provides insight into new deepwater starts, how the Energy Policy Act of 2005 will encourage deepwater development, and an update on offshore activities in frontier areas of Alaska.
Speaker Profile
Johnnie Burton serves as director of the Minerals Management Service. Prior to her appointment in 2002, Burton served as the director of Wyoming's Department of Revenue. In 1978, she founded Hotline Energy Reports, a professional petroleum industry scouting service that merged Dwight's Energydata of Dallas, now held by IHS. From 1982 through 1988, she was a member of the Wyoming State House of Representatives. She has also served as a director of the First Wyoming Bank in Casper and she and her husband, a petroleum geologist, ran a small exploration company focusing on gas production in the Wind River Basin of Wyoming. Other career highlights include positions as a lecturer and teacher of French at the university and high school levels. Born in French Algeria, Burton moved to the US in 1963 and became an American citizen in 1968. Burton holds the equivalent of a master's degree from the French University of Algiers and received a master's degree from the University of Wyoming. She has completed management training at Duke University.
