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IADC is actively engaged in working to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as soon as possible, and asks your help in the effort! To make Washington understand the importance of offshore drilling to your livelihood, and therefore to your family and your community, PLEASE take a few moments to download, print, sign and mail a letter to your Representative and Senator.

IADC has prepared model letters for your convenience, and pre-addressed these for certain key Gulf Coast Representatives and Senators, as well as representatives from several other States. These letters are available through links by the Representative’s or Senator’s name in the blue or green drop-down boxes (below).

We have also enclosed generic model letters without address information. You can find these model letters in the orange table (below the blue/green drop-down boxes). If your Representative and Senator is not shown in the table below, please use the appropriate spreadsheet in the purple table to identify him or her.

The website also includes additional information relevant to the spill.

Offshore drilling, when conducted properly, as it has been for decades in the Gulf of Mexico, is a safe, environmentally benign activity that benefits all Americans and provides a substantial number of good jobs for hardworking families. Don’t let the Government scrub this fine industry. Please act today! Thank you in advance from IADC!


Congressional Contacts

Choose your Representative and/or Senator from the dropdowns below and click "Open Letter" to get started.

Write to your US Representative!    

Write to your Senator!    

Generic Model Letter to US Representative

Generic Model Letter to Senator

Congressional Contact List (AL-AR-LA-MS-OK-NM-TX) (Excel) - Lists Washington DC Offices Only (1 June 2010)
Cross reference of Texas congressional districts by place and county (Excel)
Cross reference of Louisiana congressional districts by place and parish (Excel)
List of all US Congressmen by state and congressional district (Excel)
List of all US Senators by state (Excel)

 

IADC Documents
Click here for older documents
Description Date
Shallow-water drilling workshop examines BOEM requirements 12 August 2010
Industry white paper highlights potential impacts of proposed legislation limiting use of foreign flagged vessels and facilities in OCS

30 July 2010

News Release: IADC applauds Senators’ leadership in opposing federal drilling moratorium (PDF) 19 July 2010
News Release: IADC opposes job, industry-killing moratorium (PDF) 14 July 2010
IADC's Written Statement to the Department of Energy National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, 12-13 July, Hilton New Orleans Riverside (PDF - 8MB) 13 July 2010
News Release: IADC testimony to National Commission urges speedy return to drilling 13 July 2010
IADC study: Offshore workers don’t just live along Gulf Coast 12 July 2010
Maps of GOM Offshore Workers by Congressional District

9 July 2010

IADC President Lee Hunt makes the case in USA Today for ending drilling ban 8 July 2010
Summary of 7 July IADC Town Hall Meeting 7 July 2010
News Release: IADC files amicus brief supporting resumption of deepwater drilling (PDF) 6 July 2010

 

Other News
Click here for past news
Description Date
New York Post editorial: “Drill, Obama, drill: How to really create jobs” 22 January 2011
Spill probe focuses on rig equipment upgrade: Officials see need for more warning gadgets 26 December 2010
Vitter Astonished at Administration’s Disregard for Economic Effects of Moratorium 19 September 2010
Video: IADC President, Dr. Lee Hunt, talks on CNBC's "Power Lunch" about offshore drilling in Cuba.

KHOU-TV Houston news video: Offshore drillers worry about jobs 2 August 2010
Time magazine: Has oil spill damage been exaggerated? Predictions of ecological catastrophe seem overblown 29 July 2010
Video: Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, decries nationwide threat to jobs posed by drilling moratorium.

PBS Nightly Business Report goes One on one with IADC Chairman Louis Raspino, President/CEO of Pride International 14 July 2010

 

Government Documents
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Issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI), US Coast Guard (USCG) and other federal agencies.
Evergreen Documents
Running list providing status of proposed US Federal legislation related to Macondo, with links to relevant bills and reports (PDF) - usually updated on Friday morning
Link to BOEM website tracking permits for offshore wells in water depths less than 500 ft
FAQs from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM). BOEM is the successor organization to the US Minerals Management Service.
Description Date
National Academy of Engineering report Interim Report on Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Blowout and Ways to Prevent Such Events (11/16/10) (PDF) 16 November 2010
BOEM Drilling Safety Interim Final Rule. IADC will provide comments to the rule. Please provide any contributions to alan.spackman@iadc.org by 15 November. (PDF) 11 October 2010
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has introduced legislation entitled the “Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010,” whose language and proposals would have a very negative impact on offshore drilling and production, including removal of the existing $725 million liability limit for offshore facilities. Click here for notes on the bill from the American Petroleum Institute. 29 July 2010
Details and summary of proposed CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534), passed by the House and awaiting action in the Senate 5 August 2010
Vitter, Cornyn, Wicker Introduce Legislation to Lift Drilling Moratorium 19 July 2010
Director Bromwich to Host Public Meetings Nationwide to Discuss Deepwater Drilling Safety, Containment and Spill Response 19 July 2010
National Notice to Lessees outlining new MMS requirements to submit blowout scenarios, provide assumptions and calculations for worst-case discharges, and describe measures to prevent a blowout and minimize its likelihood, as well as intervention plans. NTL No. 2010-N06. (PDF)
Click here for FAQs
18 June 2010
MMS: National Notice to Lessees and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas Leases, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) – Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the OCS NTL No. 2010-N05 (PDF)
Click here for FAQs
8 June 2010
DOI Report to President Obama on "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf ("Buffalo Report") (PDF) 27 May 2010

 

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