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About the
Petroleum Extension-The University of Texas at Austin

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fter graduating from Texas Tech
AUniversity, Mike Marcom started
his oilfield career by roughnecking
in West Texas. Later, he joined the North Sea Operations Group of
Rowan Companies, Inc. At Rowan, he served in the Drilling Division
in various capacities including those of Driller, Rig Superintendent,
and Rig Manager; he then served as Managing Director of Rowan’s
European Operations and as Vice President of Rowan International,
Ltd. When he retired as Operations Vice President in 2011, he had
held responsibilities throughout the company for over thirty-five years.
He currently provides industry-related consulting services.
Mike has been active in many organizations that advance the
oil and gas industry. Those organizations include the International
Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), Society of Petroleum
Engineers (SPE), American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE),
American Petroleum Institute (API), and Society of Naval Architects
and Engineers (SNAME). In addition, he has served on the Executive
Committee of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operators Committee
(OOC), the Gulf of Mexico Area Maritime Security Committee
(GOM AMSC), the Executive Committee of the API Committee
on Standardization of Equipment and Materials (CSOEM), the Na-
tional Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, and the API Drilling
and Production Operating Standards Committee (DPOS). While
active at Rowan, he represented the National Ocean Industries As-
sociation (NOIA) on the Oil and Natural Gas Sector Coordinating
Council (ONG SCC), contributed to the oil and gas workgroup of
the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN), and chaired
the IADC Jack Up Committee.

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