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FEDERAL REGISTER73 FR 6073PROPOSED RULEFeb. 1, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Minerals Management Service 30 CFR Part 256 [Docket ID: MMS-2007-OMM-0064] RIN 1010-AD44 Bonus or Royalty Credits for Relinquishing Certain Leases Offshore Florida AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The MMS […]

    2012 NOIA Annual Meeting March 14 - 16 The Mandarin Oriental Washington, DC   Final Meeting Program  (PDF)   Presentations: Legal Panel Direct Regulation of  Contractors - What Does It Mean? - Perkins Coie Brazil Challenges - Hornbeck Brazil: Paradise or Bureaucratic Jungle? - Claudio […]

MMS Finalizes Chukchi Sea Lease Sale SaleScheduled for February 6, 2008   ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - The Minerals Management Service will hold its first Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas lease sale in the Chukchi Sea since 1991 on February 6, 2008.  The agency […]

Royalty Relief for Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leases—Conforming Regulations to Court Decision  Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN) 1010-AD29Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 245, FR 72652 (12/21/2007) Summary: This proposed rule would amend 30 CFR parts 260 and 203 to conform the regulations to […]

Electronic Payment of Fees for Outer Continental Shelf Activities Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN) 1010-AD43Federal Register/Vol. 72, No. 245, FR 72648 (12/21/2007) Summary: The MMS proposes that all lessees, operators, permittees, and rights-of-way holders pay all fees for processing plans, applications, and permits electronically. The MMS […]

The United States Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), has prepared a final programmatic EIS in support of the establishment of a program for authorizing alternative energy and alternate use (AEAU) activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), as authorized by Section 388 […]

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Watch the History Channel on Thursday, September 27 at 9:00 PM (EDT) Boneyards: Oil Rigs Offshore oil and gas platforms are some of the largest manmade objects, built to survive drilling disasters, hurricanes and icebergs. When they are no longer useful, dismantling them is an […]

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