Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort;
Final Report

OCS Study MMS 2004-072
 

The Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, announces the availability of a new study report, Gulfwide Emission Inventory for the Regional Haze and Ozone Modeling Effort, Final Report.

This study report describes the year 2000 emission inventory of oil and gas activities on the Outer Continental Shelf.  These emissions influence the ambient concentrations of ozone and haze material and include carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon compounds.  The MMS collected activity data from active offshore oil production platforms and non-platform sources in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico.  Operators were provided with the Gulfwide Offshore Activities Data System (GOADS) collection software for compiling monthly data for calendar year 2000.  Nearly 2,900 oil and gas production platforms submitted monthly equipment activity data files.  Non-platform sources included pipelaying vessels, drilling vessels, and support helicopters and vessels.  Rigorous quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) activities were performed on the activity data collected from platform operators.  The report describes the methodologies used in collecting and compiling the inventory into a database.  The database is available upon request for use in air quality modeling efforts.

This report is available only in compact disc format.  The disc is available from the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, at a charge of $15.00 by referencing OCS Study MMS 2004-072.  The report may be ordered through the Minerals Management Service’s on-line ordering system at http://www.gomr.mms.gov/WebStore/front.asp.  You will be able to obtain this report also from the National Technical Information Service in the near future.  Here are the addresses.  You may also inspect copies at selected Federal Depository Libraries.