MMS Press Release Catalog
2002

• 10/31/02 Studies Initiated On Benefits Of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

• 10/30/02 MMS Launches New Oil and Gas Information Online System

• 10/16/02 MMS Preliminary Report Finds Most Facilities Withstood Hurricane Lili; 6 Platforms Out of 800 with Severe Damage; MMS Buoy Provides Important Data

• 10/03/02 Gulf Storms Shut Down U.S. Offshore Oil And Natural Gas Production

• 09/26/02 Tropical Storm Isidore takes a bite out of U.S. Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Production

• 09/16/02 Assateague Island Gets New Lease on Life

• 08/21/02 Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 184 Attracts $151,265,255 in High Bids

• 08/09/02 MMS Awards Second Phase of Contracts to Deliver Royalty in Kind Oil To Fill the Nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve

• 07/24/02   32 States Receive $318 Million in First Half of 2002 as Share of Federal Mineral Revenues

• 07/02/02 Incentive Granted on Offshore  Subsalt  Exploration

• 05/29/02 Interior Reaches Agreement to Acquire Mineral Rights in Everglades, Settles Litigation on Offshore Oil and Gas Leases in Destin Dome

• 05/20/02 Two New Rules Published in Federal Register

• 05/20/02 Louisiana Beach To Get Sand For Restoration Project

• 05/13/02 MMS Recognized for ‘Rigs to Reefs’ Program

• 05/01/02 Texas Royalty in Kind Gas Nets Market Price

• 04/11/02 MMS Honors Best in Industry

• 04/09/02 Cruickshank Named Deputy Director

• 4/03/02 Navajo Perry Shirley Reelected Chairman of DOI’s Royalty Policy Committee

• 3/25/02 Minerals Management Service’s Royalty Reporting System Is Up And Running -- Email and Web Access to Follow

• 3/22/02 Ship of Wood in the Deep Blue Gulf: First Ever Scientific Investigation of Shipwreck in Deep Waters of Gulf of Mexico

• 3/22/02 MMS Approved to Restore Systems, Connect to Internet

• 3/20/02 Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 182 Attracts $ 363 Million in High Bids

• 3/18/02 MMS Honors Best in Industry

• 3/18/02 Secretary Norton Announces Proposed Five-Year Plan for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing

• 3/8/02 Royalty Policy Committee Meeting Set for Las Vegas

• 3/7/02 MMS Recognizes Companies for Safety Excellence in the Gulf Of Mexico

• 2/15/02 MMS Issues Final Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 182

• 2/11/02 Thomas A. Readinger Is Appointed Associate Director of  the Minerals Management Service's Offshore Program

• 2/11/02 Carolita U. Kallaur Retires from Federal Service

• 2/7/02 New Technologies to Overcome Arctic Challenges

• 2/7/02  Rejane "Johnnie" Burton of Wyoming Tapped to Head Interior Department's Minerals Management Service

• 2/04/02 33 States Receive Record $1 Billion in 2001 As Share of Mineral Revenues Located on Federal Lands

• 2/04/02 President Requests $281 Million for FY 2003 MMS Budget

• 1/22/02 MMS to Help Fill Nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve

• 1/15/02 Interior Department to Issue Final Rule on Applying for Deepwater Royalty Relief

• 1/10/02 MMS Publishes Proposed Rule on Exploration Under Salt Sheets