NAPCA Summer Workshop Exceeds 135 Attendees

摘要

A near record enrollment exceeding 135 was announced at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel on Aug. 19 at the summer workshop conducted by the National Association of Pipe Coating Applicators (NAPCA). The association, established in 1965, addresses the mutual concerns of the plant-applied line pipe coating industry and those firms that do business with the pipe coaters. The keynote speaker was Don Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association, whose topic was, "The Projected Effects of the BP Issue on the Gulf Coast and Gulf Drilling." He put grim numbers behind the multitude of anecdotes concerning what an extreme effect the administration's deepwater drilling moratorium has had on the Louisiana and Gulf Coast economies with the long-term potential for further damage to the industry.