November/December 2005  (1,415kb PDF) 

• Meeting the Challenge in the Face of Nature’s Wrath

• A Hurricane on the OCS – Planning for the Worst

• Tahiti Field Development – Adding to Domestic Production

• Taking Another Look – Ivan the Terrible

• Effects on Arctic Cisco – Workshop Convenes to Discuss Factors

• Down But Not Out – MMS Soldiers on in Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita

• Powerful New Lessons – Hurricanes on the OCS

• New Waves – Late-breaking News & Information

September/October 2005  (1,258kb PDF) 

• Hidden Treasures of the Deep

• Chemosynthetic Communities - Searching for Cities of Cold

• The Mystery of Deepwater Coral Communities Deepens - Cold Coral

• Home to New Communities - Building Skyscrapers in the Deep

• Have You Heard? - tracking sperm Whales in the Gulf of Mexico

• In the Eye of the Storm - Exploring Mega-furrows

• An Unlikely Oasis - The Boulder Patch

• New Waves - Late-breaking News & Information

July/August 2005  (1,027kb PDF) 

• Knowledge - The Key to Our Energy Future

• The Right Staff - Working for the Nation

• Pride in a Job Well Done - An Ocean of Opportunity

• Deepwater Nautilus Breaks World Record

• Using the Data to Make Better Decisions

• Drilling Where No One Has Drilled Before

• Evaluating Shallow Hazards - Surveys for Historic Shipwrecks

• Going Deeper and Colder - Exploring New Environments

• Environmental Studies Program - Collecting the Data

• Native Collaboration and OCS Development in Alaska - A Mutual Understanding

• New Waves - Late-breaking News & Information

May/June 2005  (1,194kb PDF) 

• New & Old Energy Frontiers

• Potential Energy Resource - Assessing Gas Hydrate Reserves

• The Heart of Science - National Science Teachers Association

• Natural Seeps Sampled - Fingerprinting Seeps in the Santa Maria Basin

• LNG - The Cool Natural Gas

• Beaufort Sea Lease Sale Brings Unexpected Success

• The Icy Road to Exploration - North to Alaska

• Promoting Rapid Response - Project Deep Spill

• Our Nation's Energy Future - Deep Gas Could Ease Natural Gas Price Spikes

• MMS Checks It Out - Petronius Weathers the Storm

• New Waves - Late-breaking News & Information

March/April 2005  (1,274kb PDF) 

• From Start to Finish - MMS Follows the Mission

• Deepwater Operations - Planning Prevents Problems

• Review and Verify - Thunder Horse Preproduction Inspection

• Exploration and Development - The Role of MMS

• District Offices Ensure Production Safety

• Titans of the Deep - Thunder Horse Races to Production Atlantis - City on the Rise

• Ensuring the Safety - People, Environment, and Property

• Thunder Horse Dedication - Secretary Norton Participates

• Growing Support Industry - Creating New Opportunities and Challenges

• New Waves - Late-breaking News & Information

January/February 2005  (1,330kb PDF)

• Geology - Discovering Our Energy Past and Future
• Compiling Data to Evaluate Resources - Fair Market Value and Our Nation's Energy Resources
• The Gulf of Mexico's Past - History of Offshore Oil and Gas Development
• Hunting for Oil with Microfossils
• Searching for Oil and Gas - Prospecting with New Tools
• Thunder Horse Semi-Submersible Production Unit - Gulf of Mexico's New Arrival
• Taking "Pictures" - Below the Earth's Surface
• The Outer Continental Shelf - Geologic Mysteries
• New Waves - Late-breaking News & Information

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