Price Thresholds and Annual Market Prices for MMS Deepwater
and Deep Depth Oil and Gas Royalty Relief Programs

The Federal Register Notice of the Annual Price Threshold Determination provides the official MMS documentation of which Gulf of Mexico price thresholds have been exceeded by annual market prices for oil or gas, by lease vintage, for calendar year 2006. This notice also explains in detail how MMS calculates the annual oil and gas prices and applicable price thresholds used to determine whether royalty relief applies in calendar year 2006 for our various deepwater and deep depth royalty relief programs. (6/19/2007)