[Project Summary: Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico: A Decision-and Resource-Based Approach] (open access)

[Project Summary: Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico: A Decision-and Resource-Based Approach]

Report summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies for Long-Term Oil and Gas Structure Installation and Removal Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico: A Decision-and Resource-Based Approach. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico

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.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Sturges, Wilton; Chassignet, Eric & Ezer, Tal
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommendations for Independent Science Review (open access)

Recommendations for Independent Science Review

A document pertaining to water resource development projects in the United States. These projects are complex and the Corps of Engineers must balance local and national goals with a limited budget used to manage river and coastal systems.
Date: May 13, 2004
Creator: Environmental Advisory Board
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM) Version 3.02 User's Guide (open access)

Landfill Gas Emissions Model (LandGEM) Version 3.02 User's Guide

This guide provides step-by-step guidance for using the LandGEM software application, as well as an appendix containing background information on the technical basis of the software.
Date: May 2005
Creator: Alexander, Amy; Burklin, Clint & Singleton, Amanda
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling Structure Removal Processes in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Modeling Structure Removal Processes in the Gulf of Mexico

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.
Date: May 2005
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Understanding the Processes that Maintain the Oxygen Levels in the Deep Gulf of Mexico] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Understanding the Processes that Maintain the Oxygen Levels in the Deep Gulf of Mexico]

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.
Date: May 2005
Creator: Texas A & M University
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Americans With Disabilities: 2002 (open access)

Americans With Disabilities: 2002

This report presents information on the number and characteristics of individuals with disabilities and is based on data collected in wave 5 of the 2001 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Date: May 2006
Creator: Steinmetz, Erika
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Degradation of Synthetic-Based Drilling Mud Base Fluids by Gulf of Mexico Sediments: Final Report (open access)

Degradation of Synthetic-Based Drilling Mud Base Fluids by Gulf of Mexico Sediments: Final Report

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.
Date: May 2006
Creator: Roberts, Deborah J. & Nguyen, Alan H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (open access)

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

This report summarizes the reauthorization act to provide for the conservation and management of the fisheries, and for other purposes.
Date: May 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mixtures of Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons May Elicit Complex, Nonadditive Toxicological Interactions (open access)

Mixtures of Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons May Elicit Complex, Nonadditive Toxicological Interactions

This is a study on the possible effects of metals and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons elevated due to possible proximity to oil and gas production platforms.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Fleeger, John W.; Marlborough, Sidney J.; Carman, Kevin R. & Silva, Soroya
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Do Joint Exposures to Heavy Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon Elicit Nonadditive Responses in Benthic Invertebrates?] (open access)

[Project Summary: Do Joint Exposures to Heavy Metals and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon Elicit Nonadditive Responses in Benthic Invertebrates?]

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.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Louisiana State Universiy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Sperm Whale Acoustic Monitoring Program (SWAMP)] (open access)

[Project Summary: Sperm Whale Acoustic Monitoring Program (SWAMP)]

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.
Date: May 2007
Creator: National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2008 Environmental Policy (open access)

2008 Environmental Policy

This is the Tennessee Valley Authority's environmental policy.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Tennessee Valley Authority
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Currents in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Observations at 25.5°N and 87°W (open access)

Deepwater Currents in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Observations at 25.5°N and 87°W

A report on the deepwater currents in the Eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Inoue, Masamichi; Welsh, Susan E.; Rouse, Lawrence J., Jr. & Weeks, Eddie
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States (open access)

The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water resources, and Biodiversity in the United States

A report which provides an assessment of the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Subsea Processing on Deepwater Environments in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Effects of Subsea Processing on Deepwater Environments in the Gulf of Mexico

A report detailing the effects of underwater operations on the deepwater environment.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Grieb, Thomas M.; Donn, Theodore E.; Collins, Jim; Radde, John; Perez, Colleena; Smith, Jeffrey B. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications (open access)

Global Climate Change: National Security Implications

A report about climate change becoming a national security threat.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Pumphrey, Carolyn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral] (open access)

[Project Summary: Deepwater Program: Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral]

Summary describing the work completed at Florida Integrated Science Center US Geological Survey for 'Deepwater Program: Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Hard Bottom Communities with Emphasis on Lophelia Coral.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Florida Integrated Science Center, US Geological Survey
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Evaluation of Potential Environmental Impacts from Subsea Processing] (open access)

[Project Summary: Evaluation of Potential Environmental Impacts from Subsea Processing]

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.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Tetra Tech, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Observation of Deep Water Manifestation of Loop Current Rings] (open access)

[Project Summary: Observation of Deep Water Manifestation of Loop Current Rings]

Summary describing the work completed at the Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute for Observation of Deep Water Manifestation of Loop Current Rings. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Coastal Studies Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS)] (open access)

[Project Summary: Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS)]

Summary describing the work completed at Texas A&M University for 'Sperm Whale Seismic Study (SWSS).' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Texas A & M University
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library