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NEWS RELEASE

Feb

ruary 6, 2 007

Ac orn Int ern ation al’s Dean Slo c u m led two sessions of a susta in ab le dev elop me nt

performan c e measureme nt and rep ort in g co urse f or sc ie ntists fro m th e Mex ic an Petroleu m

Inst it ute held in Bosto n th is w eek. Mr. Sloc u m spoke on tw o areas of e

xperien c e:

1. Six Key Sustaina ble Dev elop men t Tre nds th at Will In flue nc e T ec h no lo gy

Develop me nt and Inn ovat io n in th e Oil a nd Gas In dustry

2. Ov erv iew of IPIEC A

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API Stu dy of O il an d G as Industry Sustainab le Dev elop men t

Pra ct ic es a nd O utlook

A c opy of

t he f irst presentat ion (in Sp anish) is availa ble us ing the Span ish v ers ion link o n

the news pa ge at

www.ac ornint l.ne t

Mr. Sloc u m le d t he I PI ECA

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API study , w hic h c an be fou nd a t

www.ipiec a .org

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Th e we ek

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long c ourse was sponsored by Batte lle Memor ia l Instit ute (www.b atte lle.org),

whic h has an a llian c e w it h th e IM P.

A c o r n I n te rn a ti o n a l , L L C

is a profession al c o nsu lt in g servic es co mpa ny d ed ic ate d

to deliv er in g w or ld

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c lass, a

f fordab le EH SS assuranc e a nd straigh t

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forward results for

overseas deve lo pm ent projec ts.

The company operates not through a traditional

consulting servi ces model but by providing structured tools and guidance to qualified

host

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country tea ms, ma intaining a

link with international clients and building capac ity in

the host

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country tea m.

Aco rn deli vers:

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Esta blishe d teams of loca l c ountry expe rts

partnere d with and directed b y an e xpert in

assu ring world

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cla ss EH SS a ssessmen t and manage men t performan ce st

andard s a re met

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Advice to inter na tiona l ind ustry

needing to build world

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class EHSS progra ms

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R ecru itment a nd ove rsig ht/ma na gement

of p artn ers an d service providers (EH SS an d

oth er) overseas.

Working w it h Ac orn will a llow in ternat io na l industries to

bett er mana ge the inc reas ing ly

de lic at e b alan c e b etwe en meet ing c orporate requ ireme nts for reliab le, simplif ie d servic e

while satisfying host

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c oun try d eman ds for max imu m lo c a l c on ten t.

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