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Endeavor Management and University of Houston Announce Strategic Partnership

The MOU will leverage the strengths of both organizations to promote innovation, research and implementation of sustainable energy.

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Endeavor Management and University of Houston (UH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen their commitment to support energy transition. This partnership aims to leverage the strengths of both organizations to accelerate advancements in sustainable energy technologies and strategies.

The MOU, signed on June 20, 2024, marks the continuation of a collaborative effort to address the pressing challenges of repurposing offshore infrastructure for clean energy (ROICE). It formalizes ongoing efforts that produced influential research focused on how to successfully implement ROICE projects. For more information, please visit: ROICE Project - University of Houston (uh.edu).

Endeavor Management will work closely with UH Energy, the university’s interdisciplinary energy initiative, and ROICE Project Collaborative (RPC) members to promote innovation, research and implementation of sustainable energy solutions through the next phase of the ROICE project.

“Our collaboration for this ROICE phase and with the RPC will blend our offshore operations expertise, our years of experience addressing evolving regulatory requirements with our decades of creating innovative commercial enterprises to meet the demands of energy transition,” said John McKeever, chief growth officer, Endeavor Management. “Together, we will create the blueprint that drives real business impact with the application of clean energy principles.”

"Since ROICE's inception, Endeavor has worked alongside those of the RPC, to provide critical expertise to help shape the ROICE program,” said Dr. Ram Seetharam, UH Energy Center officer and ROICE program lead. “Brian Gibbs, Bruce Crager and Glenn Legge imparted their decades of experience to our team as we developed our published best practices and techno-economic results. This MOU formalizes our mutual commitment to advance the industry's implementation of energy transition strategies. Together, we aim to create impactful solutions that will benefit both the energy sector and society as a whole.”

Moving forward, the organizations intend to generate additional industry interest with initiatives that could include Joint Industry Programs, preparations for a joint demonstration project, educational programs and workshops, as well as industry outreach and the publication and distribution of an Impact Report.