Society of Petroleum Engineers

Founded in 1964, Oceaneering International provides engineered services and products for the offshore oil and gas, defense and aerospace industries. It specializes in deepwater applications. The company offers remote-operated vehicles, mobile offshore production systems and built-to-order specialty subsea hardware. It provides nondestructive testing and inspection, engineering and project management, subsea intervention and installation and manned diving services. The company offers training programs on remotely operated vehicles for pilots, technicians and supervisors. It has a more than 7,500-square-foot training facility that includes a classroom, laboratory and administrative office. With annual revenues of more than $436 million, Oceaneering International maintains a presence in Texas.

Gulf Interstate Engineering, based in Houston, TX, is a multi-disciplined service provider specializing in the energy industry's project lifecycle. With expertise spanning field services, engineering, project management, and more, the company has successfully completed numerous projects across six countries. Committed to safety and quality, Gulf Interstate Engineering understands the unique challenges of the energy sector and offers innovative solutions to help clients achieve their project goals. Their comprehensive services extend to carbon management, renewable services, and underground storage, showcasing their versatility in meeting diverse industry needs. Generated from the website

Houston Council of Engineering Companies originated in 1980 as The Association of Consulting Municipal Engineers of Metropolitan Houston as a non-profit business organization. In June 1999, ACME became the local chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies. In July 2002, we became the Houston Council of Engineering Companies ( Houston-CEC ) to reflect our goals and our national affiliation. Originally created to address problems that private consulting engineers were having in getting timely plan reviews by local agencies and to discuss other problems faced by engineers involved in municipal/civil type work, we have expanded the scope of our purpose. Representing all sizes of consulting engineering firms, Houston-CEC represents a voice for the private consulting engineer. We are a forum for the interchange of ideas, a source of technical information and expertise and a political voice for engineering interests in the Houston metropolitan region involved with public works agencies to resolve problems and issues common to the industry. We work to advance the interests of the private practicing engineer as a whole in a way that no single firm can do on their own. The recently approved NPDES Guidelines for the City of Houston and Harris County had substantial input from our Drainage Committee, including the designs for Best Management Practices ( BMP ). Houston-CEC members have developed a reputation of high technical expertise and thus are routinely requested to review and make recommendations to our public agencies on a wide range of design criteria, guidelines, policies and regulations affecting many types of civil engineering projects. Preliminary engineering was provided by Houston-CEC member firms for the first 14 Neighborhoods to Standard for the City of Houston. Our Plan Review Committee was responsible for the "Express Plan Review Sheet" now being used by the County and City. Our Contracts Committee worked with both the City and County to revise the engineering fee curves in 1995 and is working this year ( 2001 ) to update them again.