News Release Archive 2009
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December 7 |
Salazar Conditionally Approves Shell's Exploration Plan for Certain Chukchi Sea Leases |
October 19 |
MMS Conditionally Approves Shell's Exploration Plan for Beaufort Sea |
September 22 |
MMS Awards Grant to North Slope Borough |
August 14 |
MMS Awards Grant to Monitor Sea Lions |
August 14 |
MMS Awards Grant to Alaska to Assess Mining Risks |
August 10 |
MMS Determines Shell Exploration Plan for Beaufort Sea Complete |
July 29 |
MMS Awards $700,000 Grant to Alaska |
June 17 |
MMS Awards over $100,000 in Grants to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Borough |
May 14 |
MMS Awards Grant to Alaska to Study Natural Hazard Impacts |
January 30 |
MMS Schedules Public Hearings on Arctic Multi-Sale Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
News Release Archive 2008 |
November 20 |
MMS Responds to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision |
October 16 |
Minerals Management Service Approves Alaska's CIAP Program |
October 8 |
Minerals Management Service to Study Subsistence Activities in the North Aleutian Basin |
July 30 |
Minerals Management Service Holds Scoping Meetings in Bristol Bay for Proposed Lease Sale in North Aleutian Basin |
June 3 |
Agreement Sets Path for Aleutians East Borough Partnership with the Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service |
April 8 |
MMS to Evaluate North Aleutian Basin for OCS Lease Sale |
February 6 |
MMS Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 Breaks Energy Records With $2.6 Billion in High Bids |
February 1 |
MMS to Hold Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 |
January 15 |
MMS to Prepare EIS for Proposed Arctic Sales |
January 2 |
MMS Finalizes Chukchi Sea Lease Sale |
News Release Archive 2007 |
November 27 |
Minerals Management Service to Model Ocean Circulation in Bering Sea: Two-Year Study to Document Ocean Currents |
August 23 |
MMS Begins Planning for Next Arctic Sales |
August 3 |
MMS Proposes First Chukchi Sea Sale in 17 Years |
June 26 |
Interagency Study of Endangered Right Whales Planned |
March 19 |
MMS Schedules Beaufort Sea Sale 202 |
News Release Archive 2006 |
October 26 |
MMS
Issues Proposal for Next Federal Beaufort Sea Lease Sale |
October 18 |
MMS to hold
Public Hearings on Proposed Chukchi Sea Draft EIS |
June 22 |
MMS Issues Seismic Permits for Chukchi Sea |
March 7 |
Village of
Kaktovic and MMS Sign Agreement on Natural Resources |
February 8 |
MMS
Issues Draft Proposed 5-Year Plan for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Leasing Program |
News Release Archive 2005 |
December 6 |
MMS Reevaluates
Proposed Cook Inlet Sale |
October 27 |
MMS Seeks to Update
Information for its next Beaufort Sea Sale |
September 13 |
MMS
Moves Forward on Lease Sale in Chukchi Sea |
August 22 |
Interior Department Seeks Public Comment on Outer Continental Shelf
Energy Development |
August 2 |
MMS Issues
Leases for Sale 195 Beaufort Sea |
July 5 |
MMS Delays Cook Inlet Sale 199 |
Mar 30 |
Oil and
Gas Interest Continues in Alaska's Beaufort Sea Mitigation Efforts to
Protect Subsistence Culture |
March 29 |
Protection
of Subsistence Lifestyle Focus of MMS Beaufort Sea Lease Sale 195 |
February 24 |
MMS Announces March
30 Date for Beaufort Sea Sale 195 |
February 9 |
MMS
Seeks Companies to Explore in Alaska's Frontier Areas |
News Release Archive 2004 |
November 23 |
New Ocean Radar Study to Increase Offshore
Alaska Safety |
October 20 |
Alaska
Earns $17.5 Million in FY '04 Mineral Revenues |
October 19 |
States Earn $1.24 Billion in FY '04 Mineral Revenues |
Octpber 18 |
MMS Outlines Proposed Terms for Beaufort Sea Sale 195 |
July 26 |
No New Effects Identified for Next Federal Beaufort Sea Sale |
July 26 |
Mystery Barge in
Alaska's Cook Inlet |
May 18 |
Companies Bypass
Federal Cook Inlet Sale 191 |
News Release Archive 2003 |
Nov 19 |
MMS Proposes Oil & Gas Sale in Cook Inlet |
Sep 24 |
Oil & Gas Interest Continues in Alaska's Beaufort Sea |
Aug 21 |
Beaufort Sea Sale
186 Set for September |
Jun 24 |
Frontier Areas Generate No Interest in Oil & Gas Exploration |
Apr 29 |
EnCana
and Lynx Enterprises Receive Department of the Interior Oil & Gas
Industry Awards |
Mar 25 |
MMS
Seeks Interest in Exploring Frontier Areas of Norton Basin and Chukchi
Sea - Hope Basin for Oil & Gas |
Feb 20 |
MMS Issues the
Proposed Notice of Sale for Beaufort Sea Sale 186 |
News Release Archive 2002 |
Jan 23 |
MMS Identifies Area
for Beaufort Sea Sale 186 - Multi-Sale EIS To Be Prepared |
Jan 29 |
MMS Gauges Interest in Proposed Norton Basin Sale |
Mar 4 |
MMS Approves
McCovey Exploration Plan |
May 3 |
MMS
Finds No Current Interest in Proposed Norton Basin Sale |
May 21 |
MMS Issues
Liberty Project Final EIS |
June 19 |
Draft
EIS for Proposed Beaufort Sea Multiple Sale Available for Comment |
Oct 1 |
MMS &
UAF Extend Coastal Marine Institute Agreement for Five Years |
Dec 11 |
MMS to
Evaluate Oil & Gas Sales in Alaska's Cook Inlet |
News Release Archive 2001 |
Jan 23 |
Alaska Annual Minerals Revenues |
Feb 5 |
Liberty DEIS Hearings In Anchorage |
Feb 27 |
Liberty DEIS
Hearings on North Slope |
April 5 |
2001 Campbell School Science Fair Winners |
April 16 |
NEED
Conference for Teachers to be Held in Girdwood |
May 9 |
$65 Million Goes to
Six Coastal States in Final 8(g) Settlement |
July 23 |
MMS Issues Draft
Proposed 5-Year OCS Leasing Program for 2002-2007 |
Aug 6 |
Dr.
Richard Prentki Receives Interior Department's Superior Service Award |
Aug 15 |
News Release - Cook Inlet Sediment Study Issued |
Sept 9 |
MMS Announces Multiple Sale Process for Alaska's Beaufort Sea |
Sept 21 |
MMS Issues 8th ITM Proceedings |
Sept 21 |
Sockeye Salmon Diet Revealed in New MMS Study |
Oct 1 |
MMS Holds
Open House to Discuss First Steps for Beaufort Sea Multi-Sale EIS |
Nov 1 |
First Alaska Offshore
Energy Flows Today |
Dec 31 |
MMS to
Evaluate Oil & Gas Sales in Alaska's Cook Inlet |
News Release Archive 2000 |
Sep 25 |
News Release - Exploration Plan Submitted for
McCovey Unit - September 25, 2000 |
Sep 7 |
News
Release - McCovey Prospect Unit Agreement Approved - September 7, 2000 |
Jun 30 |
Supreme Court Decision Allows Release of Funds -
06/30/00 |
May 13 |
Interior Agencies and University of Alaska
Anchorage Develop Training Program for Alaska Native Students -
05/13/00 |
Apr 27 |
Alaska Receives $13.5 Million from Interior
Department - 04/27/00 |
Apr 13 |
North Slope Borough Mayor George Ahmaogak, Sr.
Named to OCS Policy Committee - 04/13/00 |
News Release Archive 1999 |
Sep 7 |
Sale 176 Call for Information - 9/7/99 |
Sep 3 |
MMS Approves Northstar Development and Production
Plan 9/3/99 |
News Release Archive 1998 |
Aug 5 |
MMS Beaufort Sea Sale
170 Garners $6.2 Million For U.S. Treasury |
Jul 1 |
MMS Announces Oil and Gas Sale in the Beaufort Sea |
Apr 14 |
Alaska Nets $13.4M
in 1998 8(g) Payment From Federal Offshore Oil and Gas Leases |
Mar 27 |
MMS Schedules
Additional Scoping Meeting for Liberty Development and Production EIS |
Mar 17 |
MMS Schedules Fairbanks
Scoping Meeting for Liberty Development and Production EIS |
Mar 13 |
MMS Changes Scoping
Meeting Dates for Liberty Development and Production EIS |
Mar 11 |
MMS Announces Plans for
Proposed Baufort Sea Sale 170 and Modification of the Sale Area |
Feb 23 |
BP Submits Development
and Production Plan for Liberty |
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May 20 |
Draft EIS for Proposed
OCS Beaufort Sea Sales 170 Available for Comment |
Nov 4 |
MMS Approves
Application for Permit to Drill for ARCO's Warthog Exploratory Well |
Oct 1 |
MMS to Assist BLM With
Environmental Plan for National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Cook Inlet
Leases Sale 173 Delayed |
Aug 15 |
MMS Approves ARCO
Exploration Plan for Warthog Exploratory Well |
Aug 15 |
MMS Requests
Modifications to Exploration Plan for Warthog Exploratory Well |
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Sep 30 |
MMS Issues Call for
Information and Nominations for Beaufort Sea/Sale 170 |
Sep
17 |
First Alaskan OCS Lease
Sale in Five Years Held in Anchorage |
Aug 16 |
MMS Issues Final Notice
of Sale for Beaufort Sea Sale 144 |
Aug 15 |
Final Notice of Sale
for Beaufort Sea Sale 144 |
Aug 15 |
MMS Requests
Modifications to Exploration Plan for Warthog Exploratory Well |
May 30 |
MMS Defers Proposed
Sale 158 in Gulf of Alaska |
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December |
MMS Defers OCS Sales in
Cook Inlet, Chukchi Sea, and Gulf of Alaska |
Oct 17 |
MMS Schedules Public
Hearings on Proposed OCS Lease Sale 144 Beaufort Sea |
August 8 |
MMS to Hold Workshops on
Draft EIS for Proposed Beaufort Sea Sale 144 |
March |
MMS
Schedules Public Hearings on Proposed Cook Inlet Sale 149 |
Feb 9 |
Simultaneous Lease Sale
Offshore Alaska Cancelled |
Jan 30 |
MMS
Issues Proposed Notice of Sale for Cook Inlet Sale 149 |
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Sept 6 |
MMS Issues Request for
interest on Russian Proposal for Simultaneous Oil and Gas Lease Sale
in Chukchi Sea and Hope Basin |
March 18 |
Sale 144 Beaufort Sea and
Sale 148 Chukchi Sea Scoping Meeting |
March 18 |
MMS to Hold Scoping
Meetings on Arctic Sales |
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August 27 |
Sale 158, Gulf of
Alaska/Yakutat Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of
Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement |
August 27 |
MMS Announces Call for
Information for Gulf of Alaska/Yakutat Sale 158 |
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June 17 |
Sale 144, Beaufort Sea,
Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of Intent to Prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement |
June 17 |
MMS Announces Call for
Information for Beaufort Sale 144 |