Partnerships
The
Offshore Energy and Minerals Management (OEMM) actively
seeks partnerships with stakeholders who are involved with, or
affected by, oil and gas resource management activities. Not
only do partnerships result in important consensus building, but
within the current environment of ever-constrained budgets, they
also afford an opportunity for leveraging dollars and
accomplishing research objectives that might not be attainable
otherwise.
The
Bureau has established a number of key partnerships. Information about
our partnership initiatives is available through the information listed
below.
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International –
sharing information with international counterparts
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Sand & Gravel
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integrates geologic and environmental information developed through partnerships with coastal States and contracted
out or with cooperative study efforts, to identify suitable OCS sand deposits and to provide needed environmental information in regards to environmental management of these resources.
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Ohmsett
– an integral part of the Bureau oil spill response research program. Ohmsett provides simulation and clean-up of oil spills in a large, above-ground test tank.
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Offshore Technology Resource Center (OTRC)
– joint project with the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M
University that conducts applied research to improve the recovery of
deepwater oil and gas.
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