Interior

A Government Accounting Office (GAO) report has recommended the Interior Department seek legislation authorizing closer controls for its Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over oil and gas drilling in national wildlife refuges.

A Government Accounting Office (GAO) report has recommended the Interior Department seek legislation authorizing closer controls for its Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over oil and gas drilling in national wildlife refuges.

As of midday Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region had received 407 bids on 335 tracts from 52 companies in its highly anticipated Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187. The lease sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. CST at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans. The sale will be webcast through GoGulfTV at www.gogulf.net and through the Offshore Oil Scouts Association at www.oosa.com.

The U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) said Thursday there has been more than $548 million distributed to 35 states in the first six months of 2003 as part of the federal revenues collected by the agency.

The U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service said Thursday there has been more than $548 million distributed to 35 states in the first six months of 2003 as part of the federal revenues collected by the agency.

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has released its Proposed Notice of Sale 187, the Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) lease sale, which is scheduled for August 2003. MMS estimates the sale could result in the production of 136-to-262 million bbl of oil and 0.81-to-1.44 Tcf of natural gas.

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has released its Proposed Notice of Sale 187, the Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) lease sale, which is scheduled for August 2003. MMS estimates the sale could result in the production of 136-to-262 million bbl and 0.81-to-1.44 Tcf.

The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service and the state of Louisiana signed a memorandum of understanding Friday to jointly implement a royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot program for federal oil and gas leases located in the 8(g) zone offshore Louisiana. The pilot program also may potentially include state oil and gas leases if the state so decides.

The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service and the state of Louisiana signed a memorandum of understanding Friday to jointly implement a royalty-in-kind (RIK) pilot program for federal oil and gas leases located in the 8(g) zone offshore Louisiana. The pilot program also may potentially include state oil and gas leases if the state so decides.