WASHINGTON — Rebecca Watson, assistant secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management will release and discuss the department’s first-ever 10-year oil and gas production projection at a news conference in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2004. The Gulf of Mexico provides 30 percent of U.S. domestic oil production and 23 percent of natural gas production.  The forecast is particularly important in light of recent oil and gas price spikes.

Who:    Rebecca W. Watson, assistant secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management

Chris Oynes, regional director for the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region                                                                               

What:   Press conference to announce the 10-year Gulf of Mexico production projection report

When:  Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, at 2 p.m.

Where: The National Press Club
             Murrow Room
             529 14^th Street, N.W.
             Washington, DC                  

Call-In Information: 1-888-294-1704

Event Title: “Gulf Oil and Gas Projection”

Note to Editors:  Reporters calling in to the news conference are reminded NOT to put their telephone on hold while on the conference call.

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