This report investigates five older and two newer exploration oil wells to determine the environmental impact in a tropical climate. The five older sites were created prior to the OCS and MMS regulations for drilling, and the newer two were created with the OCS and MMS regulations. This investigation was set to determine if these sites had a positive, negative, or no impact on the environment.

Summary describing the work completed at University of Southwestern Louisiana for a socioeconimic OCS issue analysis of stakeholders in the Central Gulf of Mexico. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

This report is a continuation of a similar study conducted from 1989-1991 when permanent stations were established to monitor the coral in the area to assess how environmental factors were affecting the reefs. Growth rates and declines were observed, as well as the rates of coral bleaching in the East and West Garden Banks to determine the state of the coral reefs. There are four appendices that present the data gathered.

Phase 1, final report on the use of information searches and ecological modeling to assess the impact of petroleum platforms on the habitat and biota of the Gulf of Mexico in order to determine the potential changes that might occur with the removal of spent platforms.

Summary describing the work completed at Foster Associates, Inc. for the Social and Economic Consequences of Onshore OCS Related Activities in Coastal Alabama. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for the study on the effects of simultaneous exposure to petroleum hydrocarbons, hypoxia, and prior exposure on the tolerance and sublethal responses of marine animals. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

A workshop in which issues concerning deepwater expansion and its impact on the environment were discussed.

The Minerals Management Service's open-ocean, oil-weathering model has been updated extensively for use on personal computers to determine what oil-weathering processes are wind and/or temperature dependent. Provides detailed user's instructions on how to use the model, examples demonstrating the model, and program listings.

A report on the issues associated with Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas activities in the Central Gulf of Mexico.

Summary describing the work completed at Padre Island National Seahorse National Park Service for 'Marine Debris Point Source Investigation: Padre Island National Seashore March 1994-September 1995.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

This work focuses on the examination of the chemistry of N-, O-, and S- heterocycles (NOSHs) from fossil fuels and pyrogenic sources in estuarine sediment-water. In addition to the experiments conducted is a characterization of NOSH transformation products using various methods.

A report on the biological data of the Kemp's ridley turtle, including taxonomy, life cycle, population distribution, and behavior.

A summary of the long-term observation of the delicate Flower Garden Banks coral reef ecosystem

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) for 'Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'Development and Application of a Sublethal Toxicity Test to PAH Using Marine Harpacticoid Copepods.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

A model of the cumulative ecological significance of offshore oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico.

Summary describing the work completed at Chemical & Process Engineering Associates for "Adaptation of the Minerals Management Service's Oil Weathering Model". It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

This study looks at the effects of offshore petroleum development in the form of a produced water discharge could be identified on the Louisiana continental shelf and placed in the context of natural, temporal variability as caused by hypoxic bottom waters (page v).

The Mississippi River is a major contributor of sediments, pollutants, and nutrients into the northern Gulf of Mexico, which creates a plume into the ocean. This report utilized lots of data to determine what environmental factors effected the dispersal of the plume from the river.

A user manual for ArcView, a computer program that brings geographic information to the desktop.

Cumulative bibliography of documents published between 1995 and 1997 regarding oil and gas research in five major topic areas: biology, chemistry/geochemistry/geology, engineering/physics, environment/ecosystem management/spills, and socioeconomic/regulation/general.

Appendices containing data that was collected as apart of a study on pollutants in Southeastern Louisiana. The four appendices include: [A] Gosier Island Hourly Data, [B] Breton Island (Chandeleur Islander) Hourly Data, [C] Pass-A-Loutre Hourly Data, and [D] Radiosonde Data.

A report characterizing the velocity structure of the Mississippi River coastal plume as well as its hydrographic, pollutant chemistry, and biological properties.

"This research project was designed to improve our understanding of the acute and sublethal effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to benthic invertebrates."