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Competition and Performance in Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999 (open access)

Competition and Performance in Oil and Gas Lease Sales and Development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1983-1999

This report details the petroleum lease sales and development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) through estimated physical and economic measures. Physical performance is measured in ways such as the prospectivity index, expeditious index, and development productivity. Economic performance is measured in ways such as a profitability index and internal rate of return.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Iledare, Omowumi O. & Kaiser, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cooperative Research to Study Dive Patterns of Sperm Whales in the Atlantic Ocean (open access)

Cooperative Research to Study Dive Patterns of Sperm Whales in the Atlantic Ocean

This report is based on the needs of the National Marine Fisheries Service and Minerals Management Service to gain data about the Sperm Whale population, comparing the population in the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Twelve whales were tagged and observed to gather various types of data about their population and environment.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Palka, Debra & Johnson, Mark
System: The UNT Digital Library
Idle Iron in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Idle Iron in the Gulf of Mexico

Offshore structures are required to be removed within a year after production ceases and recently the Minerals Management Service has asked for removal of structures no longer "economically viable." This paper seeks to identify the amount of idle iron that exists in the Gulf of Mexico as well as describe the geographic distribution and ownership patterns.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Kaiser, Mark J. & Pulsipher, Allan G.
System: The UNT Digital Library