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News Items
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MMS Announces Milestones in Energy Development
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced today three significant milestones that will potentially lead to expanded domestic production of both traditional and… more
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Hurricane Gustav_Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update - January 14, 2009
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are reboarding platforms and restoring production following both Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike. The Minerals Management Service is monitoring… more
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MMS Approves Texas Coastal Impact Assistance Program Plan
Minerals Management Service Director Randall Luthi today signed the Texas Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Plan, making available more than $48 million through Federal grants to the State and… more
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Hurricane Gustav Hurricane Ike Activity Statistics Update December 03 2008
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are reboarding platforms and restoring production following both Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike. The Minerals Management Service… more
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MMS Sponsors Scientific Workshop to Identify Research Needs Offshore Virginia
The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) is sponsoring a workshop to consider and identify environmental research needs in support of potential offshore oil and gas… more
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MMS Underway with $3.7 Million Deepwater Coral Study
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has begun a $3.7 million, four-year study of deepwater corals in the Gulf of Mexico. The study contract, which focuses on deepwater coral communities that have… more
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MMS Responds to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision
We were just made aware of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision and of course are disappointed by the ruling. We intend to review the court’s ruling closely. MMS completed an extensive… more
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MMS Initiates Oil and Gas Leasing Process for Offshore Virginia
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has taken the first step in the multi-year leasing process to hold a sale for acreage offshore Virginia. The Call for Information and Interest/… more
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MMS Report Details Excavation of Historic Shipwreck
The archaeological excavation of a historic shipwreck, the deepest scientific recovery of artifacts ever attempted in the Gulf of Mexico, is the subject of a report published by the U.S. Department… more
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MMS Nets Estimated $537 Million in Gulf of Mexico RIK Gas Sale
More than 76 billion cubic feet of natural gas was sold to six companies as part of a Royalty in Kind (RIK) Gulf of Mexico gas sale conducted this month by the Department of the Interior’s Minerals… more