News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Matt Skinner, Public Information Officer

12/11/00

(Oklahoma City) That could easily be the title of an upcoming annual petroleum industry program sponsored in part by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Commissioner Ed Apple says another possible title is "Change: Manage It Or It Will Manage You."

"If there is one thing I have learned in my 40-plus years of working in and around the Oil Patch, it’s that ‘change’ is the norm," said Apple. "Much has changed just in the five years since the Commission put together the first program of this kind, and there can be no doubt that ‘change’ will be the by-word for the future. To succeed in this difficult business, we have to equip ourselves with the tools that will enable us to anticipate and manage change, rather than allow it to manage us. That’s what this program is all about."

Presented in conjunction with such groups as the Western States Land Commissioners Association, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Oklahoma City Geological Society, and the Oklahoma City Association of Petroleum Landmen, the program will be presented January 8, 2001 at Oklahoma City’s Myriad Convention Center. It will include presentations on topics of vital important to the industry. These will feature experts on such topics as "Technology: The Key to Domestic E&P success," "Public Land Access: Dealing with Federal Impediments," and "Customized Weather Decision Support Systems for the Energy Industry" (to name just a few).

The program presentations begin at 1:30 pm. The session includes a social hour and dinner. Anyone with any interest at all in the energy industry is urged to attend. Reservations for the programs can be made by calling Carol Delong at the Oklahoma City Geological Society, (405) 236-8086 ext 11. Those simply wishing more information can call the Oklahoma Corporation Commission at its main number: (405) 521-2211, or the OCC’s district office nearest you.

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