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1988 Oil and Gas Valuation Regulations----------------February 04,1988 1989 Coal Valuation Regulations-----------------------March 23,1989 1992 MMS Reorganization-------------------------------January 11,1993 3160 Reporters--Monthly Report of Operations-----March 23, 1998 Adjustment Reason Codes AFS/PAAS Comparison-----November 27,1989 AFS Edit Changes--------------------------------------October 30,1991 Allowance Forms-Filing Bills-------------------------September 01,1993 Allowance Forms-Filing Requirements-------------------March 11,1996 Allowance Interest Bills-----------------------------September 01,1993 Allowance Limit Exception Processing------------------July 06,1994 Alternative Dispute Resolution-----------------------February 09,1995 Amended Coal Product Valuation Regulations------------September 18,1990 Appeals Delegation of Authority-----------------------March 30,1994 Appeals Process Improvements--------------------------August 03,1993 Assessing for Incorrect Royalty Rates on MMS-2014-----June 12,1991 Assessing for Quality Measurement Errors--------------July 12,1993 Assessment Moratorium---------------------------------October 04,1995 Billing Threshold Changes-----------------------------January 20,1994 Calculation of Oil and Gas-----October 7, 1996 Cancellation of Oil & Gas Reporter Training Seminar for Bakersfield, CA--September 24-25, 2001 Cancellation of Oil and Gas Reporter Training--September 1-4, 1998-----July 1, 1998 Changes in AFS Bill Types----------------------------February 06,1992 Changes to the HX Pro Client-----October 9, 2002 Clarification of Indian Coal Valuation Regulations----April 21,1989 Coal and Non-Coal Mineral Production & Royalty Reporting Requirements-----March 13, 2001 Combining 2014 Data from Magnetic Tape & Paper----December 10,1991 Contract Settlements Deadline Extension 1-------------August 25,1993 Contract Settlements Deadline Extension 2-------------November 15,1993 Contract Settlements Gross Proceeds Policy------------May03,1993 Courtesy Notices for Nonterminable Leases-------------March 26,1992 Deductions from Federal Coal Royalties----------------April 25,1989 Designated Payors and Lease Owners--------------------January 09,1997 Devolving MMS-----------------------------------------March 27,1995 Drilling wells need not be reported & Confirmation Reports are discontinued--September 26, 1997 Drip Reporting Guidance-----June 02, 2000 Dual Accounting on Indian Leases----------------------February 02,1993 Dual Accounting Order to Perform----------------------September 29,1995 EDI Handbook for Payors and Reporters-----------------January 17,1997 El Paso Natural Gas Reporting Conversion-------------March 16,1988 El Paso Natural Gas Reporting Conversion--------------January 19,1989 Electronic Filing of Form MMS-2014 Template-----November 24, 1998 Electronic Reporting-----September 21, 2001 Electronic Reporting Survey---------------------------September 19,1994 Elimination of MMS-4014 for Solid Minerals------------December 23,1992 Elimination of Nonrespondent EP on Solids/Offshore----June 23,1988 Elimination of Nonrespondent EP Onshore--------------November 14,1988 Elimination of the Payor Information Form-----May 29, 2001 Energy Policy Act Transaction Codes-----August 20, 2008 Enforcing Correct MMS-2014 Reporting------------------April 14,1993 Establishing and Reporting Selling Arrangements-------September 24,1991 Facility Measurement Point-----October 12, 1995 Facility Measurement Point numbers - GOMR-----May 13, 1993 Facility Measurement Point (FMP) numbers - GOM OCS Region-----July 23, 1991 Facility Measurement Point (FMP) numbers - GOMR-----September 03, 1991 Fee Levied by Oklahoma Commission---------------------September 17,1993 Fees to Recover Reporter Handbook Costs---------------September 17,1992 FERC 94 Payments--------------------------------------June 18,1992 Financial Management System via the Internet-----October 22, 2001 Financial System Improvements Effective October 1, 2001-----March 15, 2001 Flash Gas Volumes - Reporting Change-----December 01, 2003 Gas Plant Numbers Required on MMS-3160s--------------October 15,1992 Gas Plant Numbers Required on OGORs------------------October 15,1992 Gas Valuation Procedures------------------------------March 11,1988 GOM-List of New Rik Oil Properties-----August 10, 2001 GOM-List of Oil Properties Reverting to In Value Status-----August 14, 2001 Guidance for Payors When Submitting a Request-----November 22, 2000 Guidance on Payor Assigned Document Numbers and Addresses-----February 20, 2004 Guidance Regarding Royalty Payments and the Kerr-McGee Decision of October 30, 2007---March 11, 2008 Gulf Oil Sale 1 (GOS1) crude oil in kind continuation-----April 27, 2001 Harbinger Corporation--Electronic Commerce Contractor-----August 13, 1999 Image Processing-------------------------------------------August 12, 1997 Imperative information to be included on Form MMS-2014 ---- May 12, 1997 Implementation of a New Financial and Compliance System-----August 15, 2001 Improper Tax Withholding on Indian Leases-------------October 03,1988 Indian Allotted Oil & Gas Lease Payments-----April 5, 2000 Indian Gas Valuation Regulations-----December 01, 1999 Indian Recoupment Limits------------------------------January 06,1992 Initial Contract Settlements Order to Perform---------June 18,1993 Initial Dual Accounting Inquiry-----------------------February 10,1995 Initial PAAS Onshore Oil & Gas Reporter Handbook-March 16,1988 Initial PAAS Reporting Assessments--------------------April 20,1990 Instructions for electronic reporting on the Inovis web site-----January 17, 2003 Interest on Insufficient Estimate Balances------------July 08,1991 Interest on Retroactive Agreement Adjustments---------January 11,1988 Issue of Geothermal Payor Handbook--Product Val.------February 20,1997 Issue of Solid Minerals Payor Handbook----------------March 12,1997 Jicarilla RIK Reporting Procedures--------------------November 04,1994 Jicarilla Tribal Lockbox Payments---------------------September 25,1995 Jicarilla Tribal RIK Reporting Procedures-------------July 19,1995 Lease Level Estimates on MMS-2014---------------------March 14,1991 Lease Term (TBIL) Bills-------------------------------May14,1992 Memo information resulting from April 22, 1997 meeting ---- April 30, 1997 Minimum Royalty Due Dates-----------------------------December 18,1991 MMS-2014 Diskette Users Guide Release 1.1------------February 09,1995 MMS-2014 Late Reporting Assessments------------------February 06,1992 MMS-2014 Lease Level Estimates------------------------December 16,1991 MMS To Pay Interest on Federal Oil & Gas Royalty Overpayments --- October 1, 1997 Navajo Tribal Leases in RIK Units---------------------August 24,1995 Navajo Tribal Lockbox Payments------------------------April 30,1993 New Electronic Reporting Format Effective June 1, 2001-----October 06, 2000 New ACH Payment Instructions New Federal Oil Valuation Regulations-----April 20, 2000 New Reporting Options-----October 24, 1995 New Web-Based Reporting Enhancements ---------------April 20, 2007 NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act of 1987-------------------------February 29,1988 OCS Inflation Adjustment Index------------------------June 28,1993 Offshore Oil and Gas Operator Training Seminar ---- July 14, 1997 Offshore Reporter Letter------------------------------May 28, 1997 OGOR Reporters--Facility Measurement Point-----March 23, 1998 Oil and Gas Operations Report (OGOR)--Frequent and recurring reporting errors-----February 19, 2003 Oil & Gas Payor Handbook, Vol. III--Amendments-----March 12, 1998 Oil and Gas Reporter Training Sessions - February, March, April 2009 -------January 9, 2009 Oil and Gas Reporter Training Sessions - February, March, April 2008 -------January 28, 2008 Oil & Gas Reporter Training Sessions-----March 4, 2005 Oil & Gas Reporter Training Seminars Schedule July 2001 through September 2001-----April 09, 2001 Oil & Gas Reporter Training Seminars-----October 29, 1999 Oil & Gas Reporter Training Seminars Schedule through June 1999-----October 29, 1998 Oil & Gas Reporter Training Seminars 1998 -------------------- October 22,1997 Oklahoma Withholding 6.75 Percent Tax Information-----December 07, 2000 Operating Rights Information--------------------------------August 14, 1997 Operators of SPR Project Phase IIb-----September 28, 2000 Operators of Winning Bid Properties for Gulf Oil Sales No. 1 (GOS1)-----September 28, 2000 PAAS Automated Data Transmission Inquiry--------------June 15,1990 PAAS MMS-3160 Reporting Problems----------------------June 30,1988 PAAS Onshore Problem Reporting Situations-------------March 30,1992 PAAS Reporter Handbook Available on the Internet --- November 26, 1997 PAAS Reporting Assessments----------------------------May12,1993 Pacific DOL and Listing of RIK Oil Properties-----November 15, 2001 Payor Code and Payor-Assigned Document (PAD) Number-----April 16, 2003 Payor Information Form MMS-4025 Revised-----August 12, 1999 Percentage of Proceeds (POP) Contracts-----September 22, 2004 PIF Erroneous Assessments-----------------------------April 23,1992 Pilot Program--Royalties In-Kind--State of Wyoming-----July 7, 1998 POP Contract Gas Valuation----------------------------April 16,1992 POP Contract Reporting Requirements-------------------June 25,1992 Primacy of Indian Lease Terms-------------------------September 30,1988 Production Reporting Changes-----August 03, 2000 Quality Measurement Information on Form MMS-2014---September 16,1997 Quality Measurement Reporting Requirements------------January 12,1994 Reconnection of DOI Internet Services-----March 29, 2004 Record Retention Requirements for Potash Leases-------October 22,1990 Recoupments and Refunds-----July 10, 1985 Refunds and Recoupements after RSFA 08,1996-----------November 25,1996 Reminder of the 20 Percent Set-Aside Provisions for Small or Independent Refiners-----October 28, 2008 Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance, for Southern Ute Tribal and allotted leases--------April 21, 2008 Reporter Training Seminars-----2006 Calendar Year Reporter Training Seminars-----April 9, 2003 Reporter Training-----November 26, 1997 Reporter Training-----March 24, 1997 Reporter Training-----January 2, 1997 Reporter Training-----December 27, 1996 Reporter Training-----December 5, 1996 Reporter Training-----October 3, 1996 Reporter Training-----October 2, 1996 Reporter Training-----August 16, 1996 Reporter Training-----July 10, 1996 Reporter Training-----April 12, 1996 Reporter Training-----January 11, 1996 Reporter Training-----December 8, 1995 Reporter Training-----October 02, 1995 Reporter Training-----August 10, 1995 Reporter Training-----April 6, 1995 Reporter Training-----December 7, 1994 Reporter Training and Product Valuation Seminars-----May 6, 1996 Reporter Training Seminar, Bakersfield, CA----------March 10, 1998 Reporter Training Seminar, Dallas, Tx - May 15-19, 2000-----March 10, 2000 Reporter Training Seminar, Dallas, TX--March 2-5, 1999-----January 12, 1999 Reporter Training Seminar, Dallas, TX - March 3-6,1998-----January 26, 1998 Reporter Training Seminar, Denver, CO - June 12-15, 2000-----April 10, 2000 Reporter Training Seminar, Denver, CO--June 9-11, 1998----------May 12, 1998 Reporter Training Seminar, Houston, TX--March 14-17, 2000-----January 07, 2000 Reporter Training Seminar, Houston, TX--February 2-4, 1999-----December 10, 1998 Reporter Training Seminar, Lakewood, CO--June 8-10, 1999-----April 20, 1999 Reporter Training Seminar, Las Vegas, NV - February 3-5, 1998-----December 15, 1997 Reporter Training Seminar, Oil and Gas-----January 30, 2004 Reporter Training Seminar, Oil and Gas-----March 14, 2002 Reporter Training Seminar, Reno, NV--January 13-15, 1999-----November 5, 1998 Reporter Training Seminar, Tulsa, OK--February 15-18, 2000-----December 01, 1999 Reporter Training Seminar, Tulsa, OK--May 5-7, 1999-----March 15, 1999 Reporter Training Seminar, Tulsa, OK--May5-7, 1998-----April 02, 1998 Reporter Training Seminar - Production and Royalty-----January 26, 1995 Reporter Training Seminar, Solid Minerals-----January 5, 1995 Reporting Changes Due to Revisions--30 CFR Part 202------June 02, 1998 Reporting Coalbed Methane-----------------------------April 22,1996 Reporting Drip Condensate----------------------------January 30,1997 Reporting Offshore Drip Condensate-----February 03,1995 Reporting Requirements for Wells in New Mexico-----October 22, 1996 Reporting TIN Numbers to MMS--------------------------September 13,1990 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number-----November 16, 2004 Required 3a Number on Payments & Reports---------November 14,1988 Requirements for Submitting Gas Analysis Report-------November 04,1996 Revised MMS-2014 Form---------------------------------July 17,1995 Revised OGOR Reporter Handbook Section 12.6----------February 09,1995 Revised PAAS Reporter Handbook------------------------August 18,1993 Revised Payor Handbook Volume I-----------------------September 27,1993 Revised Solid Minerals Handbook on Coal Value---------December 15,1992 Revised Solid Minerals PIF----------------------------October 17,1994 Revision of the Accounting for Comparison (Dual Accounting) Form MMS-4410-----July 8, 2002 RIK-Awarded Offshore Federal Leases in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)-----March 13, 2003 RIK Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Pilot-----August 28, 2000 RIK Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Pilot Beginning August 1, 2000-----June 26, 2000 RIK Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Pilot, Second Phase-----February 29, 2000 RIK Gulf of Mexico Natural Gas Pilot-----February 29, 2000 RIK - Pacific Small Refiner Property Listing, Effective January 1, 2003-----January 1, 2003 RIK Program Operations-----November 10, 1994 RIK Public Meeting, September 14, 1998-----September 3, 1998 RIK to Replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)-----June 28, 1999 RIK Wyoming Crude Oil-----February 28, 2000 RIK Wyoming Onshore Federal Leases-----April 11, 2000 RIK - Wyoming List of Properties-----February 14, 2002 RIK - Wyoming List of Winning Bidders and Properties RIK - Wyoming Properties That Remain In-Kind-----February 23, 2001 RIK - Wyoming Properties That Go Back In-Value-----February 23, 2001 Royalties on Take-or-Pay Payments---------------------November 08,1988 Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Project--State of Texas-----February 1, 1999 Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Project--State of Texas-----October 14, 1998 Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Project--State of Wyoming--Phase 3 Properties-----August 30, 2000 Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Project--State of Wyoming--Successful Bidders-----August 26, 1999 Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Project--State of Wyoming-----February 12, 1999 Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Project--State of Wyoming-----September 22, 1998 Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Program - Wyoming-----November 13, 2000 Royalty Estimate Balance Report ----- July 07, 1997 Royalty Rate Reporting Errors-------------------------March 14,1988 Royalty Reporting Changes Effective October 1, 2001-----September 19, 2000 RSFA Appeal Time Limits and Extensions----------------February 10,1997 RSFA Interest Issues----------------------------------March 31,1997 RSFA Takes vs. Entitlements Requirements--------------January 30,1997 Schedule for Oil and Gas Training Second Contract Settlements Order to Perform----------April 05,1994 Section 10 Refund Criteria----------------------------January 15,1993 Section 10 Refund on Dual Accounting Adjustments------December 08,1993 Small Refiner RIK Leases Extended-----February 06, 2001 Small Refiner RIK Program - Crude oil in kind continuation-----April 27, 2001 Small Refiners-List of Oil Properties Reverting to In Value Status-----August 14, 2001 Small Refiners Winning Bidders-----February 18, 2000 Solid Minerals Production Reports----------------August 6, 1997 Solid Minerals Staff Consolidation in RVD-------------January 28,1997 SPR/DOE Project - Gulf of Mexico Properties-----December 16, 1999 SPR/DOE Project - Gulf of Mexico Properties-----December 14, 1999 SPR/DOE Project - Gulf of Mexico Properties-----December 2, 1999 SPR/DOE Project - Gulf of Mexico Properties-----July 27, 1999 Streamlined Production Reporting Requirements---------December 23,1996 Stripper Oil Property-----April 05, 2001 Stripper Royalty Rates Onshore------------------------September 02,1992 Stripper Royalty Rates Onshore------------------------August 20,1992 Successful Bids--Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Project--State of Wyoming-----August 19, 1998 System Functionality Restored-----March 20, 2002 Takes vs Entitlements---------------------------------January 22,1992 Terms and Conditions for Leases Selected to Begin November 1, 2000-----September 28, 2000 The MMS published new geothermal royalty valuation regulations in the Federal Register on May 2, 2007-----------------December 13, 2007 Theoretical Method of Dual Accounting-----------------July 27,1992 Training Seminar-----June 23, 1995 Training Seminar-----March 23, 1993 Training Seminar on the Revised Indian Gas Valuation Regulations-----February 25, 2000 Training Sessions for Solid Minerals - MMS-4430-----May 16, 2001 Training Session for Oil, Gas and Geothermal Reporters-----June 27, 2001 Transportation Allowances for Offshore Oil Production-----December 18, 1998 Transportation Allowances for Offshore Oil Production-----November 24, 1998 Unauthorized Section 10 Refunds-----------------------December 20,1991 Unique POP Contract Selling Arrangements--------------January 03,1994 The Ute Tribe has implemented a lockbox agreement with Wells Fargo Bank --------------- May 11, 2007 Clarification of Ute Indian Tribe's Lockbox Agreement -----September 11, 2007 Replacement for May 11 Ute Indian Tribe's Lockbox Agreement ------------ July 23, 2007 Valuation Guidance Papers Issued by VSD---------------December 19,1996 Wyoming-Winning Bidders and Properties-----August 24, 2001 Year 2000 Compliance--"Rule of 41"----------May 12, 1998 Dear Reporter Letter-------------August 2, 2007