Offshore Energy and Minerals Management (OEMM): Leasing
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   Leasing
 

The OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program is a pivotal element of Offshore Energy and Minerals Management. Many different disciplines contribute to and support the overall leasing program--from the initial assessment of resources to environmental considerations to the final determination of what is actually offered for lease.

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Leasing Offshore Lands – the leasing process, 5-year program, schedules, and mapping.

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Alaska leasing activities
 
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Gulf of Mexico lease information
 
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Pacific lease information
 
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Headquarters
 
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Fair Market Value – economic analyses, fair market value procedures, economic databases & modeling, post-sale activities and rejected bid appeals.
 
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Forms – for all phases of leasing, development and production.
 
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Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) – definition.
 
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Resource Evaluation – geological and geophysical evaluations; engineering assessments of mineral resource potential.
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Alaska
 
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Gulf of Mexico
 
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Pacific
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Royalty Relief – design of policies, reviews requests for royalty rate reductions, generates economic assumptions.
 
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Sand and Gravel – collects and provides geologic and environmental information, developed through partnerships with coastal States, to identify and make available sand deposits in Federal waters suitable for beach nourishment and wetlands protection projects.

Last Updated: 11/12/2009, 04:29 PM Central Time