Workshop on Socioeconomic Research Issues for the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region OCS Study MMS 2005-016

OCS Study MMS 2005-016

The Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, announces the availability of a new study report, Workshop on Socioeconomic Research Issues for the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

This proceedings volume summarizes a workshop on the social and economic topics related to the oil and gas industry. The workshop was hosted by the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR) on February 3-5, 2004, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The objective was to provide guidance for studies planning for the next five years. The workshop began with the premise that much has been accomplished during the last decade of MMS socioeconomic research and that it is time to assess future directions of the program. The workshop sought advice, rather than consensus, on key questions, useful analytical approaches, and critical information needs. The two-and-a half day workshop was divided into three parts: a plenary session, breakout groups, and a summary session. The breakout groups focused on three topics: industry trends and dynamics, community-level impacts of oil and gas, and cultural impacts of oil and gas activity.

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 2005-016. 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.

Minerals Management Service
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
Public Information Office (MS 5034)
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394
Telephone requests may be placed at
(504) 736-2519, 1-800-200-GULF, or
FAX: (504) 736-2620

U.S. Department of Commerce
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, Virginia 22161
(703) 487-4650 or FAX: (703) 321-8547
Rush Orders: 1-800-336-4700

MMS, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, oversees 1.76 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf, managing offshore energy and minerals while protecting the human, marine, and coastal environments through advanced science and technology research. The OCS provides 30 percent of oil and 23 percent of natural gas produced domestically, and sand used for coastal restoration. MMS collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands, with Fiscal Year 2004 disbursements of approximately $8 billion and more than $143 billion since 1982. The Land and Water Conservation Fund, which pays for cooperative conservation, grants to states, and Federal land acquisition, gets nearly $1 billion a year.

MMS Main Website: www.mms.gov
Gulf of Mexico Website: www.gomr.mms.gov

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