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Outer Continental Shelf

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Cal Dive to Present at Lehman Brothers CEO Energy Conference  -  28 Aug 2007
CNNMoney.com...pipelay and pipe burial services to the offshore oil and gas industry on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and

EPL’s Gobe will retire as president  -  Aug 27, 2007
New Orleans CityBusiness,During hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the shut-in valves prevented oil spills and gas releases on the Outer Continental Shelf. Bayou Bend Petroleum Ltd. has

Bayou Bend Reports Successful Bid at Western Gulf Lease Sale  -  Aug 27, 2007
Market Wire (press release)...to announce that it was the apparent high bidder for 2 blocks on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Western Gulf lease sale held on August 22, 2007.

Oil industry tax would sap investment in US energy development  -  Aug 27, 2007
MaineToday.com,Although the Outer Continental Shelf is a vital source of oil and natural gas for America, 85 percent of the shelf is still closed to drilling.

Get Ready for the Bounce  -  Aug 27, 2007
Motley Fool...oil and natural gas exploration and production and gathering and transmission industries operating on the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico.

Cal Dive Re-files Hart-Scott-Rodino Merger Notification  -  Aug 27, 2007
CNNMoney.com...pipelay and pipe burial services to the offshore oil and gas industry on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and

Louisiana clearing the way to receive offshore funds  -  Aug 1, 2007
Shreveport Times,Because Louisiana handles so much of the Outer Continental Shelf traffic of oil and gas, goods and services, the state and coastal parish governments will

State leads in offshore-funds quest  -  Aug 4, 2007
The Daily Advertiser,Louisiana is leading the way in the quest for Outer Continental Shelf oil production revenue that can be used to restore our coastline and marshes.

MMS begins planning for next Arctic sales  -  Aug 27, 2007
Oil Online,...studies program that evaluates the impacts of offshore oil and gas development in the arctic, as well as in other Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) areas.

Stop Congress before it makes another big mess  -  Aug 27, 2007
Fort Worth Star Telegram,...expand -- not reduce -- domestic oil and gas production, including opening up new areas for exploration and production on the outer continental shelf.

Obama, Bush, Clinton, Edwards, Huckabee, Hunter Doing a New ...  -  Aug 26, 2007
Bayou Buzz,...on Katrina anniversary, while in New Orleans , he announced that he favored revenue sharing for Louisiana associated with the Outer Continental Shelf.

Oil drilling off Alaska: Cheney's ill-advised crusade  -  Aug 9, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,...of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy policy: furthering our addiction to oil through the 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.

Statoil success in US Gulf of Mexico  -  Aug 23, 2007
Norway Post,The outer continental shelf (OCS) Lease Sale 204 covered leases in the western GoM. The blocks Statoils becomes operator of has a water depth of up to 2500

EDUCATOR NOTES  -  Aug 26, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),Committee of the House of Representatives and as chief counsel to the Special House Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf (offshore drilling).

Statoil awarded 36 licenses in latest US Gulf of Mexico lease sale  -  Aug 22, 2007
Forbes,The awards were made under the Minerals Management Service (MMS) in New Orleans, and covered the outer continental shelf in the western GoM.

Shell Game  -  Aug 22, 2007
Wall Street JournalSince 2003, the Administration and Congress have lifted the federal moratoria on a few select areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.

GOM operators prepare for Tropical Storm Erin  -  Aug 16, 2007
Oil Online,...functioned 100 percent of the time, efficiently closing in production from wells and resulting in no major spills from the Outer Continental Shelf.

MMS names new deputy director  -  Aug 21, 2007
EnergyCurrent,...located on the nation's Outer Continental Shelf, including exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas, and alternative energy uses.

Good for planet, bad for oil industry How members of Congress ...  -  Aug 23, 2007
Times Record News,...oil and natural gas from federal offshore lands in the Gulf of Mexico's Outer Continental Shelf, the Independent Petroleum Association of America said.

Statoil takes Gulf of Mexico leases  -  Aug 23, 2007
EnergyCurrent,The outer continental shelf Lease Sale 204 covered leases in the western US Gulf. Lease Sale 204 is part of the current schedule of Minerals Management

Superior Offshore International Announces Second Quarter 2007 ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
CNNMoney.com...serving operators in the outer continental shelf and deep waters of the US Gulf of Mexico was well as offshore Mexico, Latin America, Africa and the

INCREASING AMERICA'S DOMESTIC FUEL SUPPLY  -  Aug 22, 2007
National Center for Policy Analysis,There are also vast untapped conventional oil reserves under the Outer Continental Shelf and the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)

Is this a false alarm?  -  Aug 1, 2007
Energy BulletinHow about drilling on the outer continental shelf around the United States? I understand that there is supposed to be quite a lot of oil there.

What's Happening in Congress with Ocean Renewables?  -  Aug 21, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,...the Minerals Management Service (MMS) to develop regulations for siting marine renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

RUSSELL MESLER: CONSIDER THE HIGH COST OF MANDATING ETHANOL  -  Aug 9, 2007
The Wichita Eagle,Outer Continental Shelf reserves are potentially enormous. But more than 85 percent of the OCS is still closed to oil and natural-gas production.

Washington’s 800-pound gorilla  -  Aug 20, 2007
Oilweek Magazine,Restricted drilling access—whether it be the Rocky Mountain Front region, the Outer Continental Shelf, or the much discussed environmental Alamo,

Minerals Management Service Sponsors 2007 International Energy ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
RenewableEnergyAccess.com,In addition to co-sponsoring the four-day conference, the MMS will present an update on the development of the Nation's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Chukchi oil-gas leases available in February  -  Aug 3, 2007
KTUU,...waters offshore of the coastline between Barrow and Point Hope. It would be the first lease sale in this portion of the outer continental shelf since 1991.

Cal Dive Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results  -  Aug 1, 2007
CNNMoney.com...pipelay and pipe burial services to the offshore oil and gas industry on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and

Why Is Sound Energy Policy So Elusive?  -  Aug 15, 2007
Investor's Business Daily (subscription)Although Republicans have tried to pass legislation to drill in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and the Outer Continental Shelf, they have not called

Wrong on Roan  -  Aug 14, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,...many of the same people oppose virtually all opportunities for major production of "old energy," such as on the Roan and the Outer Continental Shelf.

Readers Opinion  -  Aug 8, 2007
Spooner Advocate,You would ask them to help develop America’s resources by drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the outer continental shelf, and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

NOIA Expresses Disappointment at Passage of HR 3221 and HR 2776  -  Aug 6, 2007
Earthtimes.org...with an interest in the exploration and production of resources on the nation's Outer Continental Shelf in an environmentally responsible manner.

It's in our best interests  -  Aug 5, 2007
Trenton Times,...in remote areas that are difficult to produce -- offshore deposits in ultra-deep-water areas on the Outer Continental Shelf and, perhaps more important,

Farm bill’s effects ripple through region  -  Aug 4, 2007
Rome News-Tribune,...country-of-origin labeling of meat products and a conservation fee on oil produced from deepwater leases on the Outer Continental Shelf and Alaska,

Energy Ills Threaten US Manufacturers  -  Aug 3, 2007
Investor's Business Daily (subscription)Policymakers should develop a plan to utilize more of them, including development of the Outer Continental Shelf, where enough natural gas exists to heat

A (Non)Energy Bill  -  Aug 3, 2007
Investor's Business Daily (subscription)...barrels of oil locked up in ANWR or the 85 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in our Outer Continental Shelf.

Anti-Energy Bill  -  Aug 3, 2007
National Review Online Blogs,...be a genuinely new direction, is to allow exploration of new domestic energy sources in Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and the Outer Continental Shelf.

Increasing America's Domestic Fuel Supply Brief Analysis  -  Aug 2, 2007
National Center for Policy Analysis,There are also vast untapped conventional oil reserves under the crust of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and the coastal plain of the Arctic National

JUST DRILL BABY  -  Jul 31, 2007
National Center for Policy Analysis,Some 85 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas exist on the Outer Continental Shelf, but the House has voted down

Pete DuPont: An Energy Strategy That Makes Sense  -  Jul 30, 2007
Manufacturers' Blog,Some 85 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas exist on the Outer Continental Shelf, but a month ago the House again,




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