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12/18/03 MMS Asks for Public Input on Beaufort Sea Oil and Gas Sale |
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12/12/03 New Federal Rule Provides
Rights-of-Use and Easement in Offshore Waters Companies to Pay Fees by Acreage |
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12/10/03 Modest Interest in Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sale 189, Sale Attracts $
8,376,765 in High Bids |
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12/09/03
Eastern Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 189 Receives 16 Bids on 14 Tracts |
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11/26/03 Lillian Dennis attempting a ‘first’ for Hopi Tribe |
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11/19/03 Deep Shelf Gas May Be More Abundant in Gulf than Earlier Forecast
Probabilistic Estimate Increases by 175% |
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11/19/03
MMS Proposes Oil and Gas Sale in Cook Inlet |
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11/18/2003
New World Water-Depth Drilling Record Set in over 10,000 Feet of Water |
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11/05/03
MMS audit uncovers underpayments to American Indians: Companies ordered to
pay $2 million more in royalties |
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11/04/03 Winter royalty gas sale draws top bids |
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11/03/03
States gain $1 billion + in FY ’03 mineral revenues |
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10/15/03 MMS
Issues Final Notice of Eastern Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 189 |
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10/02/03 Taking the
‘mystery’ out of RIK |
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09/29/03
Federal Indian Minerals Office gets Acting Director and New Auditor |
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09/26/03 Federal Oil Valuation Comment Period Reopened |
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09/24/03 Oil and Gas Interest Continues
in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea |
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09/15/03 Americans Stung by High Fuel Prices: Government Expert Cites Offshore Natural
Gas as Potential Solution |
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08/22/03 MMS Welcomes New Chief of Public Affairs |
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08/21/03 Beaufort Sea Sale 186 Set for September
|
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08/21/03 MMS, Wyoming Award Joint RIK Oil Contracts |
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08/20/03 Secretary Norton Celebrates 50th
Anniversary of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease
Sale 187 |
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08/20/03 Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 187 Attracts $148,715,127 in
High Bids |
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08/20/03 MMS Proposes Changes to Regulations for Valuing Federal Oil |
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08/19/03
Interior Secretary Norton to Speak at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale in New
Orleans, Aug. 20 |
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08/14/03
MMS and Louisiana launch ‘Royalty-in-Kind’ Pilot |
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08/14/03
Contracts Aim to Help Fill Strategic Petroleum Reserve |
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08/05/03 Shell to Pay $49 Million in Settlement Agreement with Minerals Management Service |
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08/04/03 Federal Mineral Revenues Net $548 Million to 35 States in First Half of Year |
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07/21/03
Access to MMS Online Information Returns |
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07/08/03
Improved Incident Reporting Requirements Proposed For A Safer Offshore Working
Environment |
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07/01/03 Internet and Email
Interrupted at Minerals Management Service |
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05/27/03
MMS Announces Research Projects To Assess Effects Of Hurricane Lili On Offshore
Facilities |
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05/27/03
MMS Launches OCS Connect, An E-Government Transformation Program |
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05/01/03 Secretary Norton Announces $94 Million For State
Recreation Grants From Land and Water Conservation Fund |
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04/29/03 Interior Department Honors Best in the Oil and Gas
Industry |
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04/24/03 Proposed
Rule Published in Federal Register |
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04/17/03 Workshop on
Incentives to Increase Deep Gas Production from Shallow Gulf of Mexico
Waters to Be Held in Houston |
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04/21/03 Minerals
Management Service to Adopt the Latest Edition of Industry Standard on Fixed
Offshore Production Platforms |
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04/10/03 MMS to Hold Workshops on Regulations for Valuing
Gas Produced from Federal Leases |
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04/03/03 MMS is Sponsor and Key Participant in
International Oil Spill Conference Vancouver, B.C., Canada, April 6 – 10, 2002 |
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04/03/03 POSVEM
and Pocket Guide: Two New Tools for Calculating a Discharge from a Pipeline
Spill |
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04/03/03 From The Arctic to the Caribbean, Oil Spill Film Fest Features Entries From
Around the World |
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03/31/03 MMS Proposes Accounting and Auditing Relief for Marginal Properties |
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03/28/03 MMS Director
Johnnie Burton Wins Top Women in Energy Leadership Awards |
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03/28/03 MMS TAR
Program Announces Research Projects For Operational Safety And Engineering
Initiatives |
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03/26/03 Secretary Norton Announces Major New Incentive For
Deep Gas Production in the Gulf of Mexico |
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03/20/03 Minerals Management Service, Louisiana Agree to
Take Certain Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Royalties in Kind |
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03/19/03
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 185 Attracts $315,531,229 Million in High Bids |
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03/17/03 MMS Announces
Winners of International Leadership Awards |
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03/05/03 Royalty
Policy Committee to Meet in March |
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03/03/03 33 States Receive $753 Million in
2002 as Share of Mineral Revenues Located on Federal Lands |
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02/24/03
MMS Announces 2002 Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) Finalists |
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02/13/03 MMS
Announces Winners of Corporate Leadership Award |
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02/12/03 MMS to
Hold Workshops on Regulations for Valuing Crude Oil Produced From Federal Leases |
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02/05/03 MMS Honors STRAC Members
With James B. Griffith Award |
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02/03/03
President Requests $271.5 Million For FY 2004 MMS Budget |
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01/30/03
MMS Announces First Approval For Use of Cell Spar as New Technology |
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01/24/03 Minerals Management Service and American Bureau
of Shipping Sign Memorandum of Agreement for Scientific and Technical
Cooperation |
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01/23/03 OP-ED
Oil In The Sea |
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01/13/03 Minerals
Management Service Deputy Director Wins Presidential Award |