MMS Press Release Catalog
2000

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12/19/00 MMS Provides OCS Sand to Air Force Base in Florida
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12/15/00 MMS Announces Partnership for Technology Development
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12/15/00 Proposed Notice of Sale 178 Amended to Add Western Gap Blocks
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12/12/00 MMS Starts Preparation of New 5-Year OCS Leasing Program
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12/08/00 MMS ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE SAFETY STANDARDS
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12/07/00 MMS Awards Deep Water Royalty Relief to Fifth Field in the Gulf of Mexico
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11/29/00 MMS Issues Proposed Notice of Central Gulf Lease Sale 178 Announcing Initiatives to Increase Domestic Energy Production
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11/29/00 MMS Sets Date for Public Workshops for Lease Sale 178 and the Proposed Rule Regarding Discretionary Royalty Relief
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11/16/00 Oil Spill Testing Program Recognized For Excellence
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11/16/00 MMS Proposed Rule Extends Discretionary Royalty Relief to New Deepwater Lease on the OCS
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11/14/00 MMS Starts Preparing Next 5-Year OCS Leasing Program
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11/06/00 States No Longer Pay Administrative Costs Associated With Minerals Produced on Federal Lands
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11/01/00 MMS Participates in Deep-Sea Exploration
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10/30/00 MMS Implements Better Business Processes
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10/27/00 Media Advisory:  New Chief of Public Affairs
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10/26/00 34 States Receive More Than $575 Million in First Nine Months of 2000 as Share of Federal Mineral Revenues
bullet 10/12/00 MMS Announces New Royalty-In-Kind Agreements
bullet MMS Royalty Management Program Reorganizes and Changes Name to
Minerals Revenue Management
bullet 9/27/00 Exploring America’s Oceans for Our Health MMS Announces Biotechnology Research Projects
bullet 9/13/00 MMS Proposes Framework for Future Deepwater Royalty Relief
bullet 8/22/00 MMS to Hold Pilot Royalty in Kind Oil Sale in the Gulf of Mexico
bullet 08/14/00 MMS PUBLISHES FINAL RULE FOR TRAINING OFFSHORE WORKERS
bullet 08/10/00  MMS Announces the Availability of the Draft EIS on Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading Systems and Public Hearings Schedule
bullet 07/27/00 MMS PUBLISHES RULE CONCERNING PRODUCER-OPERATED PIPELINES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
bullet 07/20/00 Rigs Drilling in Deepwater Gulf Reaches Record High
bullet 07/20/00 MMS Issues Final Notice Of Sale For Western Gulf Of Mexico Sale 177
bullet 07/20/00 MMS and Wyoming Continue Oil Royalty In Kind Sales
bullet 07/07/00 Additional Volumes of  MMS Royalty in Kind Gas Available
bullet 07/07/00 MMS Publishes Proposed Rule On Decommissioning of Facilities
bullet 07/03/00 34 States Receive $362 Million in First Half of 2000 as Share of Federal Mineral Revenues
bullet 06/29/00 MMS to Hold Workshop on Small Business Participation in MMS Pilot Sales of Royalty In Kind Oil and Gas
bullet 06/28/00 Department of the Interior Will Not Conduct Sand and Gravel Lease Sale Offshore New Jersey
bullet 06/13/00 MMS Lauds U. S. and Mexico Continental Shelf Boundary Treaty Agreement
bullet 06/12/00 Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 175 Nets $292,771,205 in High Bids
bullet 05/18/00 DEEPWATER: A NEW FRONTIER FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
bullet 04/27/00 MMS Issues Revised Guidelines on Preparing Exploration and Development Plans
bullet 04/27/00 $65 Million Goes To Six Coastal States
bullet 04/26/00 MMS Schedule Training Sessions For New Federal Oil Valuation Rule
bullet 04/25/00 MMS Releases Report on Natural Gas Supply and Demand
bullet 04/14/00 MMS Announces Industry Awards
bullet 04/11/00 Department of Justice release--  BP Amoco agrees to pay $32 million to resolve claims of underpayment of oil royalties
bullet 04/07/00 Proposed Notice of Sale Issued for Western Gulf of Mexico OCS Sale 177
bullet 03/17/00 $749,000 PAID IN OCS CIVIL PENALTIES LAST YEAR
bullet 03/15/00 Lease Sale in Gulf of Mexico Attracts $ 301 Million in High Bids
bullet 03/14/00 MMS Publishes Final Rule for Valuing Oil From Federal Lands
bullet 03/10/00 Prequalification For Purchase of MMS Royalty-In-Kind Gas Sales
bullet 03/09/00 A Briefing on the Federal Oil Valuation Rule
bullet 03/02/00 MMS ANNOUNCES NEW ROYALTY-IN-KIND AGREEMENTS
bullet 02/29/00 MMS ANNOUNCES 1999 SAFE FINALISTS
bullet 02/28/00 MMS EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR INDIAN OIL VALUATION RULE
bullet 02/22/00 MMS To Hold Public Meetings To Discuss Whether or Not To Proceed With An Environmental Impact Study Related to Proposed Commercial Sand and Gravel Sale Offshore Northern New Jersey
bullet 02/14/00 MMS ISSUES FINAL NOTICE OF SALE FOR CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO SALE 175
bullet 02/11/00 MMS Completes RIK Sale of Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil to Small Refiners
bullet 02/07/00 MMS REQUESTS $247.7 MILLION FOR FY 2001 BUDGET
bullet 02/03/00 MMS Announces Winners of Corporate Leadership Award
bullet 02/03/00 Interior Department FY 2001 Budget Briefing Scheduled
bullet 02/01/00 MMS releases annual report on the oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico
bullet 01/27/00 36 States Receive $541 Million As Share of Federal Mineral Revenues in 1999
bullet 01/24/00 Royalty Policy Committee Meeting Set For February 4 - Houston, Texas
bullet 01/21/00 MMS and Wyoming Continue Oil Royalty in Kind Sales
bullet 01/19/00 NOTICE REGARDING WORKSHOP ON FEDERAL OIL VALUATION RULE WASHINGTON, DC
bullet 01/18/00 MMS ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEXT GULF OF MEXICO ROYALTY-IN-KIND SALE
bullet 01/18/00 MMS Announces Workshop for Indian Oil Valuation Rule
bullet 01-07-00 MMS To Issue Request for Interest and Information and Hold Public Meetings For Proposed Federal Sand and Gravel Sale Offshore Northern New Jersey
bullet 01-06-00 Schedule Changes for Federal Oil Valuation Rule Workshop