Following is a list of partners and contributors to the JIP program. Please note that nowhere is British Petroleum (BP) listed as a participant in the legal research and drilling expedition within the reservoir-quality, highly saturated hydrate-bearing sands of the Gulf of Mexico. [link to www.netl.doe.gov]

Performers / Contributors / JIP Members:

Chevron Energy Technology Company – project management

Schlumberger Oilfield Services – JIP member

Halliburton Energy Services – JIP member

ConocoPhillips Inc. – JIP member

Total – JIP member

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation – JIP member

Reliance Industries Ltd. – JIP member

StatoilHydro - JIP Member

Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) - JIP Member

Minerals Management Service – non-cost-share JIP member

Naval Research Lab – pre-cruise site geochemical

US Geological Survey – contributions to science program

Rice University - Geologic Modeling

Aumann & Associates Inc. -pressure coring evaluation/design

Scripps Institute of Oceanography – Science lead

Georgia Institute of Technology – Pre-cruise laboratory
studies; development of new ship-based sampling equipment

AOA Geophysics - contribution to seismic evaluation and field site selection and characterization

GeoTek Ltd – pressure core analysis and transfer device development