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News Items
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MMS Director Liz Birnbaum to Open Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 213
The Director of Minerals Management Service, Liz Birnbaum, will participate in the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 213 in New Orleans on March 17. She will open the Federal oil and gas lease sale… more
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MMS Notifying Offshore Lease Owners of Inspection Fees
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) is notifying offshore lease owners and operators that new fees will be collected to recover the costs of offshore inspections… more
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MMS Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority
Today the Minerals Management Service (MMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA). The MOU facilitates the exchange of technical and… more
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Western Gulf of Mexico Sale 210 Nets $111 Million in High Bids
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has accepted high bids valued at $111,385,124 and awarded 155 leases to the successful high bidders who participated in Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas… more -
MMS Managers Meet with Tribal Representatives
Senior management from the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) Minerals Revenue Management (MRM) Program recently completed a visit with American Indian Tribal representatives in Colorado and… more
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Salazar Announces MMS Plan to Establish Atlantic Renewable Energy Office
Today, as he toured the Middelgrunden wind farm near Copenhagen Denmark, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) will establish a new regional… more
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MMS and Virginia Hold Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) today held its first task force meeting with officials from Virginia to discuss renewable energy development on the Outer… more
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Salazar Conditionally Approves Shell’s Exploration Plan For Certain Chukchi Sea Leases
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has approved, with conditions, Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s Exploration Plan to drill… more
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MMS and New Jersey Hold Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting
Today the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) held its first meeting with officials from New Jersey to discuss renewable energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (… more
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MMS and Massachusetts Hold Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting
Today the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) held its first task force meeting with state and local officials from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to discuss renewable… more