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The
NewsRoom
Release #: 3108
Date: July 12, 2004
Correction to a News Release sent out on Thursday, June 3, 2004, “MMS
Announces Eight Deepwater Discoveries in 2004 - Gulf of Mexico Helps
Meet America’s Oil Needs.”
The chart incorrectly
reported the operator and owner of (Mississippi Canyon 771) Goldfinger.
Goldfinger is operated by Dominion Exploration and owned by Dominion
Exploration and Pioneer Natural Resources. See corrected chart
below:
Deepwater Discoveries Announced in 2004
Gulf of Mexico OCS
(Through June 1, 2004)
|
Prospect
Name |
Operator |
Area/Block |
Water Depth
(ft.)
|
Year Lease
Issued |
Ownership |
|
Tobago |
Unocal |
AC 859 |
9627 |
12-1-98 |
Unocal 40.01%
Shell Offshore, Inc. 30.00%
Nexen Petroleum Offshore 13.34%
BP Exploration & Production 16.65% |
|
San Jacinto |
Dominion E&P |
DC 618 |
7850 |
2-1-02 |
Dominion E&P 66.6%
Spinnaker Exploration 33.3% |
|
Dawson Deep |
Kerr-McGee |
GB 625 |
2900 |
1-1-96 |
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 100% |
|
Ticonderoga |
Kerr-McGee |
GC 768 |
5250 |
6-1-00 |
Noble Energy, Inc. 100% |
|
Puma |
BP E&P Inc. |
GC 823 |
4130 |
8-1-96 |
Unocal 15.0%
BHP Billiton 33.3%
BP Exploration & Production 51.6% |
|
Atlas N W |
Anadarko
Petroleum |
LL 005 |
8810 |
3-1-02 |
Anadarko Petroleum 100% |
|
Thunder Hawk |
Dominion E&P |
MC 734 |
5724 |
6-1-00 |
Dominion E&P 37.50%
Spinnaker Exploration 25.00%
Murphy E & P 37.50% |
|
Goldfinger |
Dominion E &
P |
MC 771 |
5423 |
6-1-02 |
Dominion E & P 75%
Pioneer Natural Resources 25% |
The Minerals Management
Service is the federal agency in the U.S. Department of the Interior
that manages the nation’s oil, natural gas, and other mineral
resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in Federal offshore waters.
The agency also collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues
from Federal and American Indian lands. MMS disbursed more than $8
billion in FY 2003 and more than $135 billion since the agency was
created in 1982. Nearly $1 billion from those revenues go into the
Land and Water Conservation Fund annually for the acquisition and
development of state and Federal park and recreation lands.
Relevant Web
Sites
MMS Main Website
Gulf of Mexico Website
Media Contacts
Debra Winbush
(504) 736-2597
Caryl Fagot
(504) 736-2590
MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for
America
U.S. Department of the Interior |