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Release:
#3548
Date: August 15, 2006
NOTE: Update as of
7:59 PM EDT, 8-15-2006:
Bid receipt for Western Gulf of Mexico Lease
Sale 200 will continue from 8:00 am until 12 noon on
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at the Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal
Street, New Orleans, in Mardi Gras Ballroom D.
The time for Western Gulf
Lease Sale 200 has been changed. Bid reading will begin at
2:30 pm in the Acadia Ballroom.
MMS Will Work with State to Ensure Successful Lease
Sale 200
NEW ORLEANS -- On the eve of Western Gulf of Mexico
Lease Sale 200, officials with the U.S. Department of the
Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency in
charge of conducting lease sales in the Outer Continental
Shelf, are optimistic that they will be able to address any
issues expressed by the State of Louisiana involving the
sale. Lease Sale 200 is the next step in MMS’s goal to
ensure a stable source of domestic energy for the nation
through the continued sale of leases in the Gulf. A decision
by a federal judge has allowed MMS to hold the sale.
MMS is committed to working with the State of Louisiana to
resolve the issues raised in Governor Blanco’s suit. “MMS
will continue to make a sustained effort to address the
state’s concerns so that a fair and comprehensive treatment
of the issues raised can result,” Johnnie Burton, Minerals
Management Service Director said. “We value our long-term
constructive relationship with the State of Louisiana and we
will make every effort to consult and meet with the state to
work on these issues in an informed and considerate manner."
MMS is committed to fostering continued oil and gas
operations in Federal waters that are conducted in an
environmentally sensitive manner.
Relevant Web Site:
MMS Main Website
Media
Contact:
Debra Winbush
504/736-2597
Caryl Fagot
504/736-2590
MMS:
Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for
America
U.S. Department
of the Interior
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