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News Items
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Secretary Salazar Details Strategy for Comprehensive Energy Plan on U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
Saying he needed to restore order to a broken process, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced his strategy for developing an offshore energy plan that includes both… more
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MMS Awards $10.6 Million to Louisiana for Coastal Restoration
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $10.6 million grant to the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for the Grand Lake Shoreline Protection project… more
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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