The JIP is committed to steering technology advances through collaborative research so that a better understanding is achieved of the safety hazards involved in drilling and producing oil and gas through hydrate containing sediments in deepwater GOM. The JIP Leg II Contributors are as follows:

JIP Executive Board
Emrys Jones – Chevron
James Howard – ConocoPhillips
Dr. Espen Sletten Andersen – StatoilHydro ASA
Dr. Lewis Norman – Halliburton Energy Services
Philippe Remacle –Total E & P USA
Dr. Patrick J. Hooyman – Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services
Matt Frye – Minerals Management Service
Mr. Ken’ichi Yokoi – Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corporation
Mr. I. L. Budhiraja – Reliance Industries Limited
Mr. Hong-Geun Im – Korea National Oil Corporation

Site Hazards, Operational Planning
Emrys Jones, Rana Roy – Chevron
Dan McConnell, Zijian Zhang, Brenda Monsalve, Hunter Danque, Ana Garcia-Garcis, Jim Gharib, Marianne Mulrey, Brent Dillard, Adrian Digby – AOA Geophysics
Evan Powell, Richard Birchwood – Schlumberger
Dave Goldberg, Stefan Mrozewski – Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Tim Collett – USGS

Site Selection Team
Debbie Hutchinson, Carolyn Ruppel, Tim Collett, Myung Lee – US Geological Survey
Bill Shedd, Matt Frye, Paul Godfriaux – US Minerals Management Service
Dan McConnell – AOA Geophysics
Dianna Shelander, Jianchun Dai – Schlumberger
Ray Boswell, Kelly Rose – US DOE/NETL
Warren Wood – Naval Research Laboratory
Tom Latham – Chevron
Brandon Dugan – Rice University

Onboard Science Team
Tim Collett – USGS
Ray Boswell – US DOE/NETL
Gilles Guerin, Stefan Mrozewski, Ann Cook – Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Matt Frye, Bill Shedd, Rebecca Dufrene, Paul Godfriaux – MMS
Dan McConnell- AOA Geophysics