A user's guide for the MMS Florida Panhandle Model.

The purpose of this report is to describe the operational aspects of removal processes in the GOM and to develop a production-based model to forecast the removal of offshore structures.

Summary describing the work completed at Tetra Tech, Inc. for Evaluation of Potential Environmental Impacts from Subsea Processing. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

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.

A paper about affordable health care in the united states. It pertains to changes taking place for small businesses, seniors, the privately insured, and the uninsured.

This survey report discusses deepwater projects centered in the Gulf Coast. Their study is interested in vendors or contractors supplying the equipment used on the deck and process in extracting oil. The authors are also interested in the socioeconomic effects of the oil extracting on local communities.

This report summarizes NOAA's budget request for the 2010 fiscal year.

This report is about the exploration of the possibility that the deep flow around the edges of the Gulf circulates in a cyclonic, or counter-clockwise direction. The existence of this flow was purely theoretical but this study shows that such is observed reliably.

The purpose of the workshop was to 1) review the current status of industry activity in deepwater; 2) discuss any new environmental and/or social issues that have come to light since the first workshop; and 3) to examine information syntheses and data gaps identified during objectives one and two.

Report summary describing the work completed at Texas A & M University for 'Deepwater Program: Understanding the Processes that Maintain the Oxygen Levels in the Deep Gulf of Mexico'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

A report detailing the effects of underwater operations on the deepwater environment.

The goals of this project were to identify potential areas on the Atlantic OCS where submerged prehistoric sites might be located, and to provide historic context for historic shipwrecks within the Atlantic OCS region.

Summary describing the work completed at Northeast Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service for 'Sperm Whale Acoustic Monitoring Program (SWAMP).' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Major oil and gas companies are shifting to foreign exploration and production, which is leading to smaller companies ("independents") playing a larger role in domestic exploration and production. This report addresses concerns about independent companies producing oil and gas less aggressively and less efficiently to assess their productivity.

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.

Report on a predictor model that determines the degradation rate of Synthetic-based fluids (SBF) from deep-sea drilling and assesses the impact of SBFs on the sediment microbial ecology in the Gulf of Mexico.

This report is to formalize the REA/MMS forecast models used in the Gulf Coast. With these models they forecast GOM infrastructure like number of exploratory wells and number of development wells.

This document summarizes an economic projection model is third in a series of investigations concerning the social and economic impacts of the Coastal Alabama offshore gas industry. In addition to Alabama, this forecast concerns the economies of Texas and Louisiana as well. The results are based off the results from the study "Economic Effects of Coastal Alabama and Destin Dome Offshore Natural Gas Exploration, Development and Production."

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'A Socioeconomic Analysis of the Port Expansion at Port Fourchon'. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

A report on the deepwater currents in the Eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico.

Report describing a study of the genotypes two plants (Spartina Patens and Spartina Alterniflora) that are tolerant to oil spills that have occurred in the coastal marshes of Louisiana. The research was to determine if these two plants could utilized for restoration and bioremediation of areas effected by oil spills. A plants tolerance to oil is determined by three factors: growth response and plant production, superior vegetative regrowth in soil effected by oil, and superior oil degradation potential.

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.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for 'Do Joint Exposures to Heavy Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon Elicit Nonadditive Responses in Benthic Invertebrates?' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

This document is a FAQ for the 2016 paid leave analysis grant program.