MMS Press Release Catalog
2002

bullet 10/31/02 Studies Initiated On Benefits Of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
bullet 10/30/02 MMS Launches New Oil and Gas Information Online System
bullet 10/16/02 MMS Preliminary Report Finds Most Facilities Withstood Hurricane Lili; 6 Platforms Out of 800 with Severe Damage; MMS Buoy Provides Important Data
bullet 10/03/02 Gulf Storms Shut Down U.S. Offshore Oil And Natural Gas Production
bullet 09/26/02 Tropical Storm Isidore takes a bite out of U.S. Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Production
bullet 09/16/02 Assateague Island Gets New Lease on Life
bullet 08/21/02 Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 184 Attracts $151,265,255 in High Bids
bullet 08/09/02 MMS Awards Second Phase of Contracts to Deliver Royalty in Kind Oil To Fill the Nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve
bullet 07/24/02 32 States Receive $318 Million in First Half of 2002 as Share of Federal Mineral Revenues
bullet 07/02/02 Incentive Granted on Offshore  Subsalt  Exploration
bullet 07/01/02 New 5-Year Program for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing for 2002-2007 is Approved
bullet 05/29/02 Interior Reaches Agreement to Acquire Mineral Rights in Everglades, Settles Litigation on Offshore Oil and Gas Leases in Destin Dome
bullet 06/01/02 MMS Updates Oil & Gas Production Rate Projections to 2006; Steep Rise in Oil
bullet 05/20/02 Two New Rules Published in Federal Register
bullet 05/20/02 Louisiana Beach To Get Sand For Restoration Project
bullet 05/13/02 MMS Recognized for ‘Rigs to Reefs’ Program
bullet 05/01/02 Texas Royalty in Kind Gas Nets Market Price
bullet 04/11/02 MMS Honors Best in Industry
bullet 04/09/02 Cruickshank Named Deputy Director
bullet 4/03/02 Navajo Perry Shirley Reelected Chairman of DOI’s Royalty Policy Committee
bullet 04/02/02 Yes, There Are Sperm Whales in the Gulf of Mexico
bullet 03/27/02 MMS Restores Email and Web Access
bullet 3/25/02 Minerals Management Service’s Royalty Reporting System Is Up And Running -- Email and Web Access to Follow
bullet 3/22/02 Ship of Wood in the Deep Blue Gulf: First Ever Scientific Investigation of Shipwreck in Deep Waters of Gulf of Mexico
bullet 3/22/02 MMS Approved to Restore Systems, Connect to Internet
bullet 3/20/02 Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 182 Attracts $ 363 Million in High Bids
bullet 3/18/02 MMS Honors Best in Industry
bullet 3/18/02 Secretary Norton Announces Proposed Five-Year Plan for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
bullet 3/8/02 Royalty Policy Committee Meeting Set for Las Vegas
bullet 3/7/02 MMS Recognizes Companies for Safety Excellence in the Gulf Of Mexico
bullet 2/15/02 MMS Issues Final Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 182
bullet 2/11/02 Thomas A. Readinger Is Appointed Associate Director of  the Minerals Management Service's Offshore Program
bullet 2/11/02 Carolita U. Kallaur Retires from Federal Service
bullet 2/8/02 MMS Awards First Contracts to Deliver Royalty in Kind Oil for Fill of the Nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve
bullet 2/7/02 New Technologies to Overcome Arctic Challenges
bullet 2/7/02  Rejane "Johnnie" Burton of Wyoming Tapped to Head Interior Department's Minerals Management Service
bullet 2/04/02 33 States Receive Record $1 Billion in 2001 As Share of Mineral Revenues Located on Federal Lands
bullet 2/04/02 President Requests $281 Million for FY 2003 MMS Budget
bullet 1/22/02 MMS to Help Fill Nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve
bullet 1/17/02 Secretary Norton Joins Minerals Management Service to Celebrate 20th Birthday
bullet 1/15/02 Interior Department to Issue Final Rule on Applying for Deepwater Royalty Relief
bullet 1/10/02 MMS Publishes Proposed Rule on Exploration Under Salt Sheets
bullet 1/2/02 MMS Reaches Decision about FPSO's in Gulf of Mexico