With a draft set of performance measures in hand, the Work Group ran a pilot survey using real data from the 17 companies represented in the group. Each company was asked to submit available data for calendar years 1995 and 1996 to the MMS. The MMS, in turn, compiled all data and reported back on the results of the pilot survey to the Work Group. After making some minor improvements to definitions and the measures themselves, the Work Group recommended that several workshops be held to communicate its consensus set of performance measures to the wider audience of OCS operators. The MMS, API, IPAA, OOC, National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), and the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) sent notices to all segments of the OCS industry to help advertise the workshops. Identical workshops were conducted in New Orleans and Houston in September 1997, and Camarillo, California, in November 1977. Over 400 representatives from OCS operating companies and their contractors attended these workshops. The products of the Work Group were posted on the MMS Safety Page on the Internet shortly after the workshops. These products included the final report of the Work Group, complete with detailed definitions for each performance measure, and the draft form MMS and industry had agreed to use to survey all OCS operators. Much of this material had already been given to workshop attendees.
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