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12/16/2002 MMS
Announces New Information to the Internet Online Ordering System
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11/22/2002 Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Locations and Dates of Public
Hearings on Proposed Eastern Planning Area Lease Sales 189 and 197
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11/20/2002 MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 185
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11/18/2002
MMS Announces New World Records Set in Deepwater
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11/15/2002 MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 185
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11/14/2002 MMS
Releases Study on the Chemical Oceanography and Hydrography of the Northeastern
Gulf of Mexico
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11/14/2002 Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 184 Nets
$148,558,145 in High Bids
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11/07/2002 MMS Announces First Approval of Use of Synthetic Moorings as New Technology
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11/01/2002 Proposed
Central Planning Area Lease Sales 185, 190, 194, 198, and 201, and Proposed
Western Planning Area Lease Sales 187, 192, 196, and 200
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10/30/2002 MMS Launches
New Oil and Gas Information Online System
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10/21/2002
Clarification on the Disposition of Associated Gas Related to Oil Production
from a Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) in the Gulf of Mexico
Region
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10/18/2002 Final Summary of Shut-in Production from Hurricane Lili and Tropical Storm Isidore
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10/16/2002 MMS Preliminary Report Finds Most Facilities Withstood
Hurricane Lili; 6 Platforms Out of 800 with Severe Damage; MMS Buoy Provides Important Data
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Tropical Storm/Hurricane Evacuation and Production
Statistics as of:
- October 10, 2002
- October 9, 2002
- October 8, 2002
- October 7, 2002
- October 4, 2002
- October 3, 2002
- October 2, 2002
- October 1, 2002
- September 30, 2002
- September 27, 2002 at 2 p.m. CDT
09/19/2002 MMS Completes Environmental Assessment on Application to
Inject E&P Waste at Main Pass 299
09/18/2002 Minerals Management Service Begins New Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS)
08/26/2002 MMS Online
Ordering System a Success as E-Government Initiative
08/21/2002 Western Gulf
of Mexico Sale 184 Attracts $151,265,255 in High Bids
08/20/2002
Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 184 Receives 391 Bids on 323 Tracts
08/19/2002 Notice of Opportunity to Comment on a Draft Programmatic
Environmental Assessment on Geological and Geophysical Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico
08/16/2002 MMS Director
to Hold Press Conference Following Lease Sale
08/14/2002 MMS
Clarifies Seismic Survey Requirements for Lease Sale 184
08/01/2002 MMS Releases Important Study on Effects of Offshore Oil and
Gas Activity on the Communities and Families of New Iberia and Morgan City, Louisiana
07/30/2002 MMS Identifies Areas for Proposed 2003 and 2005 Lease Sales in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
07/29/2002 Thirty-two States Receive $318 Million in First Half of 2002
as Share of Federal Mineral Revenues
07/18/2002 MMS
Names New Leasing Program Manager
07/18/2002 MMS Issues
Final Notice of Western Gulf Lease Sale 184 Including Initiatives to Increase
Domestic Energy Production
07/03/2002 Incentive
Granted on Offshore Subsalt Exploration
07/01/2002 New 5-Year
Program for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing for 2002-2007 is
Approved
06/27/2002 MMS Launches
Online Ordering System
06/18/2002 Central Gulf
of Mexico Sale 182, Nets $355,792,253 in High Bids
06/10/2002 MMS Updates Oil & Gas Production Rate Projections to 2006; Steep Rise in Oil
06/03/2002 MMS Report
Projects Offshore Oil and Gas Activity on Five Florida Panhandle Counties
05/29/2002 Interior
Reaches Agreement to Acquire Mineral Rights in Everglades, Settles Litigation on
Offshore Oil and Gas Leases in Destin Dome
05/20/2002 Two New Rules Published in Federal Register
05/20/2002 Louisiana Beach to Get Sand for Restoration Project
05/13/2002 MMS
Recognized for ‘Rigs to Reefs’ Program
05/06/2002 Expanding
Frontier In Deepwater Is Focus Of New Report
05/02/2002 MMS Regional
Director Chris Oynes to Participate on FPSO Press Conference Panel at Offshore
Technology Conference
05/01/2002 Independent Advisory Group Formed to Look at Mercury in the Gulf of Mexico
04/30/2002 Texas
Royalty in Kind Gas Nets Market Price
04/16/2002 Minerals
Management Service Has Prepared an Environmental Assessment for Proposed Federal
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 184 in the Western Gulf of Mexico
04/16/2002 MMS Issues
Proposed Notice of Western Gulf Lease Sale 184 Including Initiatives to Increase
Domestic Energy Production
04/11/2002
MMS Honors Best In Industry
04/09/2002
Cruickshank Named Deputy Director
04/08/2002
New Director to Address MMS 4th Annual Industry Awards Ceremony
04/08/2002
MMS Releases Landmark Study of Historical Physical
Oceanography Data of the Gulf of Mexico
04/04/2002 Beach
Replenishment Project Begins in Brevard County, Florida
04/04/2002 MMS and U.S. Coast Guard to Hold Joint Workshop on Transferring Responsibility for Fixed OCS Facilities
04/02/2002 Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement and Locations and Dates of Public Hearings on Proposed Central Planning Area Sales 185, 190, 194, 198, and
201, and Proposed Western Planning Area Sales 187, 192, 196, and 200
03/27/2002 MMS Restores
Email and Web Access
03/26/2002
MMS And Texas A&M University To Extend Deepsea Scientific
Investigation Into Mexican Waters
03/22/2002 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Oil Production Accelerated in 2001
03/20/2002 Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 182 Attracts $363 Million in High Bids
03/19/2002 Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 182 Receives 697 Bids on
506 Tracts
03/18/2002 Secretary Norton Announces Proposed Five-Year Plan for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
03/18/2002
MMS Honors Best in Industry
03/14/2002 MMS Releases
Study on Juvenile Fish Collected at Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms and a Rock
Jetty in the Gulf of Mexico
03/07/2002 MMS Recognizes Companies for Safety Excellence in the Gulf of Mexico
02/26/2002 MMS to Hold Workshop on Archaeological Resource Surveys and Reports (NTL 2002-G01)
02/25/2002 Minerals Management Service Notice of Dates and Locations of Scoping Meetings on the Eastern Gulf
Lease Sales Environmental Impact Statement
02/18/2002 MMS Announces 2001 Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) Finalists
02/15/2002 MMS Issues Final Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 182
02/11/2002 Carolita U. Kallaur Retires from Federal Service
02/11/2002 Thomas A. Readinger
is Appointed Associate Director of the Minerals Management Service's Offshore
Program
02/08/2002 MMS Issues Call for Interest and Information and
Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Two Proposed Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sales in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Announces Scoping Meetings
02/08/2002 MMS to
Prepare Environmental Assessment and to Hold Public Scoping Meeting on
Applications for Commercial Waste Disposal
02/07/2002 Rejane
“Johnnie” Burton of Wyoming Tapped to Head Interior Department’s Minerals
Management Service
02/07/2002 MMS Awards
First Contracts to Deliver Royalty in Kind Oil for Fill of the Nation's
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
02/04/2002 33 States
Receive Record $1 Billion in 2001 as Share of Mineral Revenues Located on
Federal Lands
02/04/2002 President
Requests $281 Million for FY 2003 MMS Budget
01/31/2002 Minerals
Management Service Publishes Proposed Rule to Incorporate into Its Regulations
Nine Industry Standards Related to Floating Production Systems; Extends Comment
Period
01/31/2002 MMS
Identifies Ares for Proposed Lease Sales in the Central and Western Gulf of
Mexico 2002-2007
01/29/2002 Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sale 181 Nets $340 Million in High Bids
01/23/2002 MMS To Help
Fill Nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve
01/15/2002 Interior
Department to Issue Final Rule on Applying for Deepwater Royalty Relief
01/10/2002 MMS
Publishes Proposed Rule on Exploration Under Salt Sheets
01/02/2002 MMS Reaches
Decision about FPSO's in Gulf of Mexico