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Media Advisory
Date:  January 22, 2004               

Secretary Norton to Announce Incentives to Increase Domestic Natural Gas Production, Create Thousands of Jobs, and Save Consumers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars 

Interior Secretary Gale Norton will announce new incentives to increase domestic natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, reduce energy bills for American consumers, and create thousands of news jobs at a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on January 23, 2004. 

Who: Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior and
Johnnie Burton,
Director of the Minerals Management Service

What: Press Teleconference to announce new incentives for domestic natural gas production.

When: 1 p.m. EST, Friday, Jan. 23, 2004

Call-in: Reporters may call in to 1-800-565-8107. The conference ID number is 375382. Media only.

Media Contacts

Hugh Vickery, DOI
(202) 501-4633

Nicolette Humphries, MMS
(202) 208-3985

MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for America
U.S. Department of the Interior