Subject: NBS research of impact of oil platforms on marine ecology

From: [email-masked] (Mark R. Haas)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 18:22:40 UNDEFINED

Hello potential coinvestigators:

The National Biological Service has released a Request for Proposals
(14-45-ORFP-95-0008)  to conduct a literature synthesis and develop 
a spatial and temporal predictive model of the impacts of offshore 
oil and gas structures (placement, removal and abandonment) on biological 
productivity in the Gulf of Mexico.  

The project would take 30 months and require understanding the cumulative 
effects of what amounts to one of the few hard bottom environments in the Gulf 
as well as the changing operations and technology of the offshore petroleum 
industry.  The resulting model will have to be integrated into Minreals 
Management Service GIS and data systems.

I'd like to assemble the appropriate expertise to bid on this project.  At a 
minimum, the team requires familiarity with some or all of the following:

  invertebrate and fish ecology
  MMS Environmental Studies Program
  fisheries stock data/analysis
  habitat evaluation techniques
  petroleum industry activities to place, operate, and remove/abandon 
	structures	
  development of GIS or other georeferenced databases
  ecology/habitat predictive models
  working relatinships with marine/oceanograpphic research institutions
	(e.g., coastal state university or research consortia)
  ecological literature search/syntheses
  scientific research project management

The team would optimally have a significant presence in Louisiana or 
thereabouts, since most data gathering and literature work during phase 1 
(the first 12 months) will occur there.  The location of the Phase 2 (model 
development - the next 18 months) team is less strict.

Research and Organization Management, Inc., is a small technical and 
management consulting firm that improves management decisionmaking through 
integration of ecological, engineering, economic and management disciplines.

My interest in this project is the opportunity to integrate my expertise in 
ecology, engineering and economics with the support of experts in various  
critical disciplines suggested above.

My degrees are in ecology and energy and environmental policy, 
supplemented with experience ranging from conducting aquatic ecology field 
research to developing state programs to evaluate coastal resources to 
developing large scale systems models of offshore oil and gas development.  

If you are interested in forming a team to bid on this research, please 
contact me at [email-masked] or call (301) 320-5889.  The clock is 
running, since the proposal preparation requirements are substantial and the 
proposal due date is October 2, 1995, with an anticipated award date of 
November 30.

Mark R. Haas, President
Research and Organization Management, Inc.
5907 Welborn Drive
Bethesda, MD 20816-3423
phone/fax (301) 320-5889