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NEWS RELEASE

November 30, 2007

Acorn International’s Principal, Dean Slocum, has been selected by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to serve as editor and committee chair for the development of an SPE Reprint Volume publication on Health, Safety and Environmental best practices in the international oil and gas industry.   The publication will be a collection of technical papers that are considered to be the most valuable contributions to the body of knowledge developed over the last ten years in HSE management for the industry.  Mr. Slocum formed and chairs a committee of leaders in this field from Statoil, Petrobras, China National Offshore Oil Company, Chevron and Halliburton. 

Acorn’s Heather Boyd is also participating in the paper review and selection process as an adjunct member of the Committee.

The HSE Reprint Volume is scheduled for publication in late 2008.  More information on SPE’s Reprint Volume series can be found at www.spe.org.

SPE is the premier industry organization of over 70,000 members supporting the technical interests of global oil and gas exploration and production activities.  Acorn is proud to be an active participant in SPE, including serving as a member of the Environmental Subcommittee for six SPE International HSE conferences over the last 10 years.

Acorn International, LLC is a professional consulting services company dedicated to delivering world-class, affordable EHSS assurance and straight-forward results for overseas development projects.  The company operates not through a traditional consulting services model but by providing structured tools and guidance to qualified host-country teams, maintaining a link with international clients and building capacity in the host-country team. Acorn delivers:

1.       Established teams of local country experts partnered with and directed by an expert in assuring world-class EHSS assessment and management performance standards are met

2.       Advice to international industry needing to build world-class EHSS programs

3.       Recruitment and oversight/management of partners and service providers (EHSS and other) overseas

Working with Acorn allows international industries to better manage the increasingly delicate balance between meeting corporate requirements for reliable, simplified service while satisfying host-country demands for maximum local content.