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Blue Bullet. New!MMS Approves Texas Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan (01/12/2009)

Blue Bullet. New!MMS Extends the Comment Period for Virginia Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220 Call for Information and Notice of Intent (12/19/2008)

Blue Bullet. New!MMS Earns Highest Opinion from Independent Review Peer Review Examines Quality of Federal Audits (12/16/2008)

Blue Bullet. New!Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –December 16, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (12/16/2008)

Blue Bullet. New!Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –December 03, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (12/03/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Completes Assessment of Destroyed and Damaged Facilities  from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike (11/26/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Sponsors Scientific Workshop to Identify Research Needs Offshore Virginia (11/26/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Underway with $3.7 Million Deepwater Coral Study (11/24/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Director Announces Personnel Actions: Against Employees Involved in RIK Investigation (11/21/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Responds to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (11/20/2008)

Blue Bullet. DOI News: Interior’s MMS Disburses Record $23.4 Billion in FY 2008: State Share From Energy Production Hits New High of $2.59 Billion (11/20/2008)

Blue Bullet. Media Advisory: Secretary Kempthorne to Announce Record Payments to States, American Indian Communities for FY08 Energy Product (11/19/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –November 19, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (11/19/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Initiates Oil and Gas Leasing Process for Offshore Virginia:  Initial Information-Gathering Steps Begin for Proposed Sale 220 (11/12/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –November 12, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (11/12/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –November 5, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (11/05/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –October 21, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/30/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Report Details Excavation of Historic Shipwreck: Artifacts Yield Clues to Colonial Commerce in the Gulf of Mexico (10/29/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Announces Five Year Study of Environmental Mitigation Aimed at Reducing the Impacts of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Federal Oil and Gas Platforms Offshore Southern California Focus of Study (10/29/2008)

Blue Bullet. Minerals Management Service Begins Comprehensive Study to Gather Information on Marine Environment along the West Coast of the United States: Study to Assist in Analyses of Future Activities in Federal Offshore Waters (10/29/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Deputy Director Named Recipient of Prestigious Presidential Rank Award (10/29/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –October 28, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/28/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Nets Estimated $537 Million in Gulf of Mexico RIK Gas Sale (10/27/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –October 21, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/23/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update –October 21, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/21/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Approves Alaska’s CIAP Plan - Paves Way For Up To $80 Million In Funding (10/16/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 14, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/16/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 14, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/14/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Inspection and Enforcement Actions Result in Sentencing of California Offshore Oil and Gas Operator (10/10/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 10, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/10/2008)

Blue Bullet. Onshore RIK Gas Sale Nets Four New Contracts: Gross Revenues Expected to Exceed $384 Million (10/9/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 9, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/09/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Awards Study Contract for Offshore Alternative Energy: Study Looks at Energy Markets and Infrastructure Needs of Future Alternative Energy Development (10/8/2008)

Blue Bullet. Minerals Management Service to Study: Subsistence Activities in the North Aleutian Basin (10/8/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Awards $5.5 Million to Study Gulf’s Loop Current (10/8/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 8, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/08/2008)

Blue Bullet. Final Rules: Royalty Relief for Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases—Conforming Regulations to Court Decision PDF (244 KB; 10/07/2008)

Blue Bullet. Minerals Management Service Updates Number of Offshore Facilities Impacted by Hurricane Ike: Confirmation of Destruction and Damage Reports from Offshore Operators Continues (10/07/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Regional Office to Stay in New Orleans: Sustaining Commitment to Offshore Energy Development (10/07/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Inspection and Enforcement Actions Result in Sentencing of California Offshore Oil and Gas Operator (10/07/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 7, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/07/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 6, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/06/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 3, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/03/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 2, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/02/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 1, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (10/01/2008)

Blue Bullet. Minerals Management Service Releases Details of Drilling Rigs Destroyed from Hurricane Ike: Confirmation of Destruction and Damage Reports from Offshore Operators Continues (09/30/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update  September 30, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/30/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update  September 29, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/29/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update  September 26, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/26/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Approves $8.5 Million Grant for Louisiana Shoreline Project: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to receive Federal grant for Rockefeller Refuge Demonstration Project (09/25/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Enters into an Interagency Agreement to Compile Avian Data for the Atlantic Coast (09/25/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update  September 25, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/25/2008)

Blue Bullet. Minerals Management Service Releases Updated Damage Assessments from Hurricane Ike: Offshore Damage From Hurricane Ike Is Assessed Through Oil and Gas Industry Reports  (09/24/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update  September 24, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/24/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update  September 23, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/23/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 22, 2008 Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/22/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 19, 2008 Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/19/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Updates Ike Damage Assessments: Offshore Damage from Hurricane Ike is Surveyed through MMS, Oil and Gas Industry and U.S. Coast Guard Over Flights (9/18/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 18, 2008 Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/18/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 17, 2008 Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/17/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 16, 2008 Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (9/16/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Reports on Ike Damage Assessments (Offshore Damage from Hurricane Ike is Surveyed Through MMS, Oil and Gas Industry and U.S. Coast Guard Over Flights (9/16/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update—September 15, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (09/15/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update—September 14, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (09/14/2008)

Blue Bullet. Minerals Management Service Monitors Two Drilling Rigs Adrift in Gulf of Mexico: Confirmed Reports of Two Offshore Drilling Units, MMS, Industry, and US Coast Guard are Monitoring their Paths  (09/13/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update—September 13, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (09/13/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Extends the Comment Period For Proposed: New 5-Year Leasing Program (09/12/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update—September 12, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (09/12/2008)

Blue Bullet. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Initiates Action Following Receipt of Inspector General Reports (09/11/2008)

Blue Bullet. MMS Releases Preliminary Offshore Damage Reports from Hurricane Gustav: Collection of Preliminary Damage Reports Slows As Gulf Operators Prepare for Hurricane Ike (09/11/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 11, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (09/11/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update: September 10, 2008MMS Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations P(09/10/2008)
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Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update: September 9, 2008—MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (09/09/2008)

Blue Bullet. RIK Report Details $63 Million Gain: MMS Delivers FY 2007 Results to Congress  (09/08/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update: September 8, 2008MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (09/08/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update: September 7, 2008—MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities(09/07/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update: September 6, 2008—MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (09/06/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update: September 5, 2008—MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (09/05/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update: September 4, 2008—MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (09/04/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update: September 3, 2008—Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan (09/03/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update: September 2, 2008—MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (09/02/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update: September 1, 2008MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (09/01/2008)

Blue Bullet. Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update: August 31, 2008—MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (08/31/2008)

Blue Bullet. Tropical Storm Gustav Activity Statistics Update--August 30, 2008: MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (08/30/2008)

Blue Bullet. Tropical Storm Gustav Activity Statistics Update--August 29, 2008: MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (08/29/2008)

Blue Bullet. Tropical Storm Gustav Activity Statistics Update: Minerals Management Service Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities (08/28/2008)

Blue Bullet. Sperm Whales Reside in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (08/21/2008)

Blue Bullet. Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 207 Attracts $487,297,676 in High Bids 08/20/2008)

Blue Bullet. Bids Received for Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale (8/19/2008)


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