The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service has cancelled its news conference scheduled for Monday, November 8, 2004 at 10 a.m. CST in Houston, Texas.

The agency will announce its 10-year (2004-2013) Gulf of Mexico oil production projections at a later date. MMS will issue a media advisory when a new date for the press conference has been determined.

The Minerals Management Service is the federal agency in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation’s oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in Federal offshore waters.  The agency also collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from Federal and American Indian lands.  MMS disbursed more than $8 billion in FY 2003 and more than $135 billion since the agency was created in 1982.  Nearly $1 billion from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund annually for the acquisition and development of state and Federal park and recreation lands.

Relevant Web Sites:
   MMS Main Website
   Gulf of Mexico Website