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Press Release Catalog 2008
12/19/08
MMS Extends the Comment Period for Virginia Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220 Call for Information and Notice of Intent
12/16/08
MMS Earns Highest Opinion from Independent Review Peer Review Examines Quality of Federal Audits
12/16/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – December 16, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
12/03/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – December 03, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
11/26/08
MMS Completes Assessment of Destroyed and Damaged Facilities from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike
11/26/08
MMS Sponsors Scientific Workshop to Identify Research Needs Offshore Virginia
11/24/08
MMS Underway with $3.7 Million Deepwater Coral Study
11/21/08
MMS Director Announces Personnel Actions: Against Employees Involved in RIK Investigation
11/20/08
MMS Responds to 9
th
Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
11/20/08
DOI News: 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
11/19/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – November 19, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
11/12/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – November 12, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
11/12/08
MMS Initiates Oil and Gas Leasing Process for Offshore Virginia: Initial Information-Gathering Steps Begin for Proposed Sale 220
11/05/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – November 5, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/30/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 30, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/29/08
MMS Report Details Excavation of Historic shipwreck:Artifacts Yield Clues to Colonial Commerce in the Gulf of Mexico
10/29/08
MMS Announces Five Year Study of Environmental Mitigation Aimed at Reducing the Impacts of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations:
Federal Oil and Gas Platforms Offshore Southern California Focus of Study
10/29/08
Minerals Management Service Begins Comprehensive Study to Gather Information on Marine Environment along the West Coast of the United States: Study to Assist in Analyses of Future Activities in Federal Offshore Waters
10/29/08
MMS Deputy Director Named Recipient of Prestigious
Presidential Rank Award
10/28/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 28, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/27/08
MMS Nets Estimated $537 Million in Gulf of Mexico RIK Gas Sale
10/23/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 23, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/21/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 21, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/16/08
Minerals Management Service Approves Alaska's CIAP Plan: Paves Way For Up to $80 Million in Funding
10/16/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 16, 2008:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/14/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 14, 2008:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/10/08
MMS Inspection and Enforcement Actions Result in Sentencing of California Offshore Oil and Gas Operator
10/10/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 10, 2008:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/09/08
Onshore RIK Gas Sale Nets Four New Contracts: Gross Revenues Expected to Exceed $384 Million
10/09/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 9, 2008:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/08/08
MMS Awards Study Contract for Offshore Alternative Energy: Study Looks at Energy Markets and Infrastructure Needs of Future Alternative Energy Development
10/08/08
Minerals Management Service to Study: Subsistence Activities in the North Aleutian Basin
10/08/08
MMS Awards $5.5 Million to Study Gulf's Loop Current
10/08/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 8, 2008:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/07/08
Minerals Management Service Updates Number of Offshore Facilities Impacted by Hurricane Ike:
Confirmation of Destruction and Damage Reports from Offshore Operators Continues
10/07/08
MMS Regional Office to Stay in New Orleans:
Sustaining Commitment to Offshore Energy Development
10/07/08
MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale
10/07/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 7, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/06/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 6, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/03/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 3, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/02/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 2, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
10/01/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – October 1, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/30/08
Minerals Management Service Releases Details of Drilling Rigs Destroyed from Hurricane Ike: Confirmation of Destruction and Damage Reports from Offshore Operators Continues
09/30/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
September 30, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/29/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
September 29, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/26/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
September 26, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/25/08
Minerals Management Service Approves $8.5 Million Grant for Louisiana Shoreline Project: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to receive Federal grant for Rockefeller Refuge Demonstration Project
09/25/08
MMS Enters into an Interagency Agreement to Compile Avian Data for the Atlantic Coast
09/25/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
September 25, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/24/08
Minerals Management Service Releases Updated Damage Assessments from Hurricane Ike: Offshore Damage From Hurricane Ike Is Assessed Through Oil and Gas Industry Reports
09/24/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
September 24, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/23/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
September 23, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/22/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 22, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/19/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 19, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/18/08
Minerals Management Service Updates Ike Damage Assessments: Offshore Damage from Hurricane Ike is Surveyed through MMS, Oil and Gas Industry and U.S. Coast Guard Over Flights
09/18/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 18, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/17/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 17, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/16/08
Minerals Management Service Reports on Ike Damage Assessments Offshore Damage from Hurricane Ike is Surveyed Through MMS, Oil and Gas Industry and U.S. Coast Guard Over Flights
09/16/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 16, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/15/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 15, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/14/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 14, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/13/08
Minerals Management Service Monitors Two Drilling Rigs Adrift in Gulf of Mexico: Confirmed Reports of Two Offshore Drilling Units, MMS, Industry, and US Coast Guard are Monitoring their Paths
09/13/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 13, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/12/08
MMS Extends the Comment Period for Proposed New 5-Year Leasing Program
(09/12/2008)
09/12/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update – September 12, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities for both storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/11/08
DOI News:
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Initiates Action Following Receipt of Inspector General Reports
09/11/08
MMS Releases Preliminary Offshore Damage Reports from Hurricane Gustav: Collection of Preliminary Damage Reports Slows As Gulf Operators Prepare for Hurricane Ike
09/11/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update–September 11, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/10/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
–
September 10, 2008
:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/09/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
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September 9, 2008
:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/08/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update
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September 8, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/08/08
RIK Report Details $63 Million Gain:
MMS Delivers FY 2007 Results to Congress
09/07/08
Hurricane Gustav/Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update–September 7, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities for Both Storms through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/06/08
Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update–September 6, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/05/08
Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update–September 5, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/04/08
Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update–September 4, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/03/08
Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update–September 3, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/02/08
Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update–September 2, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
09/01/08
Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update–September 1, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
08/31/08
Hurricane Gustav Activity Statistics Update–August 31, 2008: Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities Through its Continuity of Operations Plan
08/30/08
Tropical Storm Gustav Activity Statistics Update–August 30, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities through its Continuity of Operations Plan
08/29/08
Tropical Storm Gustav Activity Statistics Update–August 29, 2008: Minerals Management Service monitors activities through its Continuity of Operations Plan
08/28/08
Tropical Storm Gustav Activity Statistics Update:
Minerals Management Service Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities
08/21/08
Sperm Whales Reside in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
08/20/08
Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 207 Attracts $487,297,676 in High Bids
08/19/08
Bids Received for Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
08/18/08
Secretary Kempthorne to Open Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale This Wednesday
08/15/08
MMS Creates Email Account for Public Commenting
08/07/08
Tropical Storm Edouard Activity Statistics Update: Minerals Management Service Concludes Continuity of Operations Plan Activities
08/06/08
Tropical Storm Edouard Activity Statistics Update
: Minerals Management Service Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities
08/05/08
Tropical Storm Edouard Activity Statistics Update
: Minerals Management Service Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities
08/04/08
Tropical Storm Edouard Activity Statistics Update
: Minerals Management Service Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities
08/04/08
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 206 Nets $ 3.67 Billion in High Bids
08/01/08
Public Representatives Sought for Royalty Committee
07/30/08
MMS Small Refiner Program to Continue:
Determination Concludes Need Still Exists
07/30/08
DOI News:
Interior Department Initiates New Five Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program for Outer Continental Shelf;
Seeks Public Comment to Address Changed Energy Situation
07/28/08
MMS Holds Scoping Meetings in Bristol Bay for Proposed Lease Sale in North Aleutian Basin
07/28/08
MMS Extending Public Comment Period on Proposed Rule for the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006
07/28/08
Minerals Management Service Awards $1.3 Million Grant to Louisiana for Coastal Restoration:
Louisiana Receives Grant for Orleans Land Bridge Shoreline Protection and Marsh Creation Project
07/24/08
Hurricane Dolly Activity Statistics Update
07/23/08
Hurricane Dolly Activity Statistics Update:
Minerals Management Service Monitors Activities through its Continuity of Operations Plan
07/23/08
MMS Moving Forward With Alternative Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf
07/22/08
Tropical Storm Dolly Activity Statistics Update:
MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities
07/21/08
Tropical Storm Dolly Activity Statistics Update:
MMS Activates its Continuity of Operations Plan to Monitor Activities
07/17/08
MMS Issues Final Notice of Western Gulf Lease Sale 207
07/10/08
MMS Elevates Alternative Energy Office, Expands Authority:
In Related Move, Offshore Program Renamed to Reflect New Energy Role
07/09/08
MMS Gauges Interest in Exploring:
Alaska's Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait
07/08/08
MMS Proposes Offshore Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Regulations
:
Public Review and Comments Accepted Through September 8, 2008
06/30/08
DOI News:Interior Department Deputy Secretary Scarlett Announces Biotech Study:
Research Analyzes Marine Organisms on Southern California Offshore Platforms
06/18/08
Minerals Management Service Publishes Open Access Rule
:
Provides Procedures for Offshore Pipeline Shippers Who Are Denied Access
06/09/08
Minerals Management Service Awards $18 Million Grant to Louisiana for Coastal Restoration
06/02/08
MMS Names New Associate Director for Minerals Revenue
Management Program
05/28/08
MMS Extends Evaluation Period for Central Gulf of Mexico Sale
05/27/08
MMS Incorporates Revenue Sharing Rules:
Establishes Rules for Providing Funds to Coastal States
05/16/08
RIK Sale Gross Expected to Top $1.89 Billion:
Four Companies Win Contracts for RIK Oil
05/15/08
MMS Prepares for 2008 Hurricane Season
:
Focus on Security of Energy Production, Environmental Protection, and Personnel Safety
05/05/08
Advances in Oil and Gas Leasing, Drilling and Production Continue in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico:
Latest Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Report Presents 2007 Industry Highlights
04/30/08
MMS Makes Technical Correction to Alternative Energy
Federal Register
Notice:
Revises Table and Extends Comment Period
04/29/08
Minerals Management Service Approves Development Plans for First Use of Floating Production Storage Offloading Facility in Gulf of Mexico:
Cascade-Chinook Project Will Use FPSO in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
04/28/08
MMS Announces Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Panel to Recommend Revisions to Indian Oil Valuation Rule
04/21/08
DOI News:
Secretary of the Interior Kempthorne Presents Cooperative Conservation Award for Earth Day to the University of Alaska Coastal Marine Institute and the Minerals Management Service
04/21/08
MMS Issues Lease Form for Alternative Energy Resource Data Collection and Technology Testing Activities
04/17/08
MMS Takes Major Step Forward on Offshore Alternative Energy:
Issues Notice to Determine Competitive Interest in Nominated Areas
04/15/08
MMS Rule Enhances Hurricane Safety of Offshore Platforms:
Design and Assessment Criteria Strengthened
04/10/08
MMS Honors Best in Industry!
04/08/08
MMS
Evaluates North Aleutian Basin for OCS Lease Sale
04/01/08
MMS Reports Annual Civil Penalties Collections
03/27/08
MMS Honors Finalists in Annual Competition
(03/27/2008)
03/26/08
Amended Regulations Guide Production and Royalty Reporting:
MMS Publishes Final Rule in Federal Register
03/26/08
Four Companies Recognized for Prompt, Accurate Royalty Payments:
MMS Names 2007 Stewardship Award Winners
03/25/08
MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Western Gulf Lease Sale 207
03/24/08
RIK Gas Sales Expected to Gross $1 Billion:
Ten Companies Awarded Contracts for Natural Gas
03/19/08
Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Gulf of Mexico Attract $3.7 Billion
03/18/08
Large Number of Bids Received for Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales
(03/18/2008)
03/17/08
Secretary Kempthorne to Open Historic Oil and Gas Lease Sale and Revenue Sharing Program with Gulf States
03/13/08
MMS Honors Corporate Leadership:
Awards to be Presented in Houston in April 2008
03/11/08
MMS to Move Public Hearing on Cape Wind Energy Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement:
Boston Hearing Relocated to Clark Athletic Center
03/05/08
MMS Extends Comment Period on Cape Wind Energy Project:
Comments Due by April 21, 2008
03/04/08
MMS to Hold Public Hearings on Cape Wind Energy Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement:
Yarmouth, Nantucket, Oaks Bluff and Boston Hearings Set
02/29/08
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 205 Nets $ 2,829,926,881 in High Bids:
Summary of Results
02/13/08
Director's Message:
Minerals Management Service:
People for the Promotion of Energy, the Environment, and the Economy
02/13/08
MMS Issues Final Notices of Central and Eastern Gulf Lease Sales
02/12/08
RIK Sale's Gross Expected to Top $362 Million:
More Than 4.2 Million Barrels of Royalty Oil Sold
02/06/08
MMS Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 Breaks Energy Records With $2.6 Billion in High Bids:
Record Number of Bids on Record Number of Tracts
02/05/08
MMS Proposes Bonus or Royalty Credits for Relinquishing Eligible Leases:
Certain Leases Offshore Florida Eligible for Credit Exchange for Use in Gulf of Mexico
02/04/08
President Requests $307.1 Million for FY 2009 MMS Budget
Fact Sheet
:
Providing Energy for the Road Ahead
Fact Sheet
: MRM--A Continuous Process of System Improvements
Fact Sheet
: OCS 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Fact Sheet
: Alternative Energy/Alternate Use Backgrounder 2008
Fact Sheet
: Chukchi Sale 193
02/01/08
Op Ed by MMS Director Randall Luthi:
"The Bear Necessities"
01/22/08
MMS Announces Preliminary Nominations for Limited Alternative Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf
01/16/08
MMS Seeking Comment on Small Refiner Program:
Federal Register Notice Part of Program Analysis
01/04/08
Jim Steward Named to MRM RIK Post
01/14/08
MMS Publishes Cape Wind Energy Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement:
Public Hearings Scheduled
01/10/08
MMS Issues Record of Decision on Offshore Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Program
01/02/08
MMS Finalizes Chukchi Sea Lease Sale:
Sale Scheduled for February 6, 2008
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