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Minerals Management Service Updates Number
of Offshore Facilities Impacted by Hurricane Ike:
5
Confirmation of
Destruction and Damage Reports from Offshore Operators Continues
NEW ORLEANS Offshore operators continue to
report damage from Hurricane Ike to the Minerals Management Service
(MMS) Gulf of Mexico Regional Office. This information is compiled
and used by MMS staff in reviewing and approving repair plans
submitted by the oil and gas operators in order to resume oil and
gas production from the Gulf of Mexico.
MMS estimates that from September 13, 2008 through
September 14, 2008, approximately 1,450 oil and gas production
platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were exposed to hurricane
conditions, winds greater than 74 miles per hour. As of August 2008,
there were more than 3,800 production platforms in the Gulf of
Mexico; these structures range in size from single well caissons in
water depths of ten feet to a large complex facility in water depth
greater than 7,000 feet.
Offshore Infrastructure Destroyed – As of
October 6, 2008, 54 of the 3,800 offshore oil and gas production
platforms have been confirmed as destroyed. Initial estimates are
that the 54 destroyed production platforms produced a total of
13,300 barrels of oil per day and 90 million cubic feet of gas per
day. (10/07/2008)  |
MMS
Issues 3rd Quarter Edition of Ocean Science Journal
The MMS
Environmental Studies Program has Funded More than 600
Million Dollars of Marine Environmental Research Offshore
 NEW ORLEANS
– This quarter’s
edition of
Ocean Science (1.06 MB PDF
File) covers the gamut of
environmental activities in which MMS is involved. Alternative
Energy and Alternative Uses is an increasingly important topic in
today’s volatile energy markets—and MMS is leading the way toward
finding and developing alternative energy. Find out where we are
with those projects. We also are facing new challenges with our
Technology Assessment and Research Program—the challenges of
potential energy production in new environments, the need for
innovations, technologies, and equipment.
Learn about the North
Pacific right whale—listed as endangered under the
Endangered Species Act and as depleted by the Marine Mammal
Protection Act. Find out what steps
the MMS Environmental Studies Program is taking to learn
more about these mammals.
These are just a few of
the stories contained in Ocean Science. You can sign
up online for a free subscription, or simply obtain a PDF of
the journal online here.
Previous copies of Ocean Science are also
available online.
(10/22/2008)
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NEW
ORLEANS Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico
are reboarding platforms and restoring production following both
Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike. The Minerals Management Service
is monitoring activities for both hurricanes through its Continuity
of Operations Plan team. This team will be activated until
operations return to normal.
The
Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $692,581 contract to
Mangi Environmental Group, Inc. to study the marine environment
along the West Coast.
