MMS Issues
Final Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 208
New area to be offered will provide revenue to
Gulf producing states.
NEW ORLEANS – The Department of the Interior’s
Minerals Management Service (MMS) today issued the final notice for a Federal
oil and gas lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico (CGOM).
(01/15/2009)
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – January 14, 2009
Minerals Management Service Monitors
Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
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.
(01/14/2009)
MMS
Approves Texas Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan
Federal grants will help Texas restore and
protect its shoreline environments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Minerals Management Service
Director Randall Luthi today signed the Texas Coastal Impact Assistance Program
(CIAP) Plan, making available more than $48 million through Federal grants to
the State and 18 counties to restore and protect their shoreline environments.
(01/12/2009)
MMS Director Randall Luthi to Announce Significant
Milestone in the Coastal Impact
Assistance Program Involving the State of Texas
NEW ORLEANS — The Minerals Management Service
(MMS) Director Randall Luthi will announce a significant milestone in the
Coastal Impact Assistance Program involving the State of Texas at a news
conference on Monday, January 12, 2009 at the Ortiz Conference Center, The Port
of Corpus Christi, 402 Harbor Drive, Corpus Christi ,Tx.
(01/08/2009)
MMS Extends the Comment Period for Virginia Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220 Call for Information and Notice of Intent
WASHINGTON – Minerals Management Service (MMS) is extending the public comment period for the Call for Information and Interest/Nominations and Notice of Intent (Call/NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for initial information gathering for a proposed OCS Lease Sale 220 offshore Virginia.
(12/19/2008)
New MMS New
Orleans District Manager is Selected
New District Manager for Field Operations brings
25 years experience
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans District Drilling
Engineer David Trocquet has been selected as the new District Manager for the
MMS New Orleans District Office, Field Operations.
(12/10/2008)
MMS
Completes Assessment of Destroyed and Damaged Facilities from Hurricanes Gustav
and Ike
Number of destroyed platforms exceeds number from
Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS – Minerals Management Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico
Regional Office staff have completed the assessment of destroyed and damaged
facilities from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The assessment was conducted in
coordination with the oil and gas operators who report the status of their
production platforms to MMS following a storm.
(11/26/2008)
MMS Underway with $3.7 Million Deepwater Coral Study
NEW ORLEANS - The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has begun a $3.7 million, four-year study of deepwater corals in the Gulf of Mexico. The study contract, which focuses on deepwater coral communities that have formed both naturally and on oil and gas platforms and shipwrecks, was awarded to TDI International Inc.
(11/24/2008)
Interior’s Minerals
Management Service Disburses Record $23.4 Billion in FY 2008
State share from energy production hits new high of $2.59
billion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
today announced that Interior’s Minerals Management Service had distributed a
record $23.4 billion to state, American Indian and federal accounts from onshore
and offshore energy production during Fiscal Year 2008.
(11/20/2008)
Minerals
Management Service Approves $21 Million Grant for Louisiana Barrier Island
Restoration
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to
receive Federal grant for East Grand Terre Island Restoration Project
NEW ORLEANS – The Minerals Management Service
(MMS) has awarded a $21 million grant to the Louisiana Department of Natural
Resources through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) to create beach,
dune, and marsh habitats on the East Grand Terre Island using dredged material.
(11/19/2008)
MMS Initiates
Oil and Gas Leasing Process for Offshore Virginia
Initial information-gathering steps begin for
proposed Sale 220
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has taken the first
step in the multi-year leasing process to hold a sale for acreage offshore
Virginia.
(11/12/2008)
MMS Director Announces First of Multi-Step Process
for Oil and Gas Leasing Offshore Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, Minerals Management
Service (MMS) Director Randall Luthi will announce a significant first step in the multistep
leasing process for offshore Virginia. A step that will involve full public
involvement and begin the work for an environmental analysis.
(11/07/2008)
MMS Report
Details Excavation of Historic Shipwreck
Artifacts yield clues to colonial commerce in the
Gulf of Mexico.
NEW ORLEANS — The archaeological excavation of a
historic shipwreck, the deepest scientific recovery of artifacts ever attempted
in the Gulf of Mexico, is the subject of a report published by the U.S.
Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS), the federal
agency that regulates the development of the nation’s offshore energy resources.
(10/29/2008)
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