Minerals

A joint report by the Interior Department Minerals Management Service (MMS) and University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has identified three marine organisms collected from oil and gas platforms in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that contain compounds that have been shown to block the growth of cancer cells.

New Orleans-based McMoRan Exploration Co. plans to seek permission from the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service to drill deeper on the Blackbeard West prospect, located on the Treasure Island play in the Outer Continental Shelf.

With just two weeks to go before hurricane season begins, some of the top brass for the U.S. Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) shared a podium last week in Houston with representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard and the American Petroleum Institute (API) to offer their take on preparations under way to ensure minimal disruptions if a major storm enters the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) this year.

With less than three weeks to go before hurricane season begins, some of the top brass for the U.S. Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) shared a podium Thursday in Houston with representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard and the American Petroleum Institute (API) to offer their take on preparations under way to ensure minimal disruptions if a major storm enters the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) this year.

Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras) was given a thumb’s up by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) last week to develop the first floating production storage offloading (FPSO) facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The FPSO, to be located in the Cascade-Chinook area in the Walker Ridge area of the Lower Tertiary trend, would be built about 165 miles offshore Louisiana in 8,200 feet of water.

Petroleo Brasilerio (Petrobras) Tuesday was given a thumb’s up by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) to develop the first floating production storage offloading (FPSO) facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The FPSO, to be located in the Cascade-Chinook area in the Walker Ridge area of the Lower Tertiary trend, would be built about 165 miles offshore Louisiana in 8,200 feet of water.

Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) last Tuesday published a list of producers that will be restricted from jointly bidding with other major companies on the list in offshore oil and natural gas lease sales to be held between May 1 and Oct. 31 of this year.

Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) Tuesday published a list of producers that will be restricted from jointly bidding with other major companies on the list in offshore oil and natural gas lease sales to be held between May 1 and Oct. 31 of this year.

Sparked by widespread damage to Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas infrastructure during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) last week issued a final rule in the Federal Register to “improve the survivability” of offshore platforms and increase environmental safety during hurricane events.