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Benefit Analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule (open access)

Benefit Analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule

A report which provides information on the types and levels of social benefits anticipated from reducing mercury and nickel emissions. Health and welfare effects are a main focus.
Date: January 2004
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mentoring Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth (open access)

Mentoring Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth

Report discussing the mentoring approaches for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth.
Date: 2004
Creator: Barajas, Juan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2004 and 2005 (open access)

Our Changing Planet: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Annual Report, 2004 and 2005

Annual report of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program documenting activities and research, goals for the upcoming year, proposed budget considerations, and other information about the organization for fiscal year 2004 and 2005.
Date: 2004
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archaeological Damage from Offshore Dredging: Recommendations for Pre-Operational Surveys and Mitigation During Dredging to Avoid Adverse Impacts: Technical Summary (open access)

Archaeological Damage from Offshore Dredging: Recommendations for Pre-Operational Surveys and Mitigation During Dredging to Avoid Adverse Impacts: Technical Summary

An investigation of the dredging practices of various countries, the impact of dredging on cultural artifacts/resources, and recommendations for mitigation of adverse impacts on cultural resources when dredging in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Michel, Jacqueline; Watts, Gordon P.; Bairn, Rob & Kenny, Tim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2004 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2004

Annual report of the U.S. Good Neighbor Environmental Board describing the organization's activities, goals, and recommendations for further development along the U.S.-Mexico border region. This report focuses on border-region children and their local environmental conditions.
Date: February 2004
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling and Data Analyses of Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Modeling and Data Analyses of Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about modeling and data analysis in the gulf of mexico.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Oey, L. Y.; Hamilton, P. & Lee, H. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography (open access)

Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography

A 4-year numerical modeling study of the physical mechanisms that control the deep water circulation of the Gulf of Mexico
Date: March 2004
Creator: Rothstein, L. M.; Ginis, I.; Frolov, S. A & Rowe, G. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and the Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography (open access)

Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and the Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography

This report is about the study of interactions of the Gulf of Mexico eddies with topography and the dynamical of submarine canyons in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2004
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service
System: The UNT Digital Library
Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures: Information Synthesis Report (open access)

Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures: Information Synthesis Report

This report is about the explosive removal of offshore structures in aquatic environments. The scope is worldwide. The sensitive marine resources considered in this analysis include marine fishes, marine turtles, and marine mammals.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal System Analysis: Concessionary and Contractual Systems Used in Offshore Petroleum Arrangements (open access)

Fiscal System Analysis: Concessionary and Contractual Systems Used in Offshore Petroleum Arrangements

The purpose of this report is to quantify the influence of private and market uncertainty on concessionary and contractual fiscal systems.
Date: March 2004
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intermediate Depth Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: PALACE Float Results for the Gulf of Mexico Between April 1998 and March 2002 (open access)

Intermediate Depth Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: PALACE Float Results for the Gulf of Mexico Between April 1998 and March 2002

This is a report of the first ever study of the intermediate depth circulation in the Gulf of Mexico made using free-drifting floats. This study also reports the first ever study of the intermediate depth thermal structure of the Gulf made by profiling floats.
Date: March 2004
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refining and Revising the GOM OCS Region High Probability Model for Historic Shipwrecks (open access)

Refining and Revising the GOM OCS Region High Probability Model for Historic Shipwrecks

Summary describing the work completed at Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region for refining and revising data on historic shipwrecks. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: March 2004
Creator: James, Stephen R., Jr. & Pearson, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects (open access)

Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects

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.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Stiff, John J. & Singelmann, Joachim
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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
OCS-Related Infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico Fact Book (open access)

OCS-Related Infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico Fact Book

Fact book describing Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas-related infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Date: June 2004
Creator: United States. Department of Interior
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supply Network for Deepwater Oil and Gas Development in the Gulf of Mexico: An Empirical Analysis of Demand for Port Services: Final Report (open access)

Supply Network for Deepwater Oil and Gas Development in the Gulf of Mexico: An Empirical Analysis of Demand for Port Services: Final Report

This report analyzes the increased demand for port services in the Gulf of Mexico by the oil and gas industry. It will provide valuable information for infrastructure investment and port planning.
Date: June 2004
Creator: Jayawardana, Jay & Hochstein, Anatoly
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry

An historical evaluation and documentation of the offshore oil and gas industry and its impact on the economy of Southern Louisiana from its inception in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane; Carriker, Bob; McGuire, Tom; Pratt, Joseph; Priest, Tyler & Pulsipher, Allan G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana: Interim Report, Volume 2. Bayou Lafourche-An Oral History of the Development of the Oil and Gas Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana: Interim Report, Volume 2. Bayou Lafourche-An Oral History of the Development of the Oil and Gas Industry

This report contains several interviews of individuals who were employed by the oil and gas industry since its conception.
Date: July 2004
Creator: McGuire, Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces

This study is about the history and evolution of the offshore oil and gas industry in southern Louisiana in an objective and comprehensive way.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane & McGuire, Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry (open access)

Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry

This report is about how local residents respond to the presence of immigrants, in the ways in which migrants supply their labor and employers demand it, and in how migrants socially and economically incorporate into their receiving communities.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Donato, Katherine M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

This report is about the study of subsurface high-speed current jets in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Dimarco, Steven F.; Howard, Matthew K.; Nowlin, Worth D., Jr. & Reid, Robert O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Changes in Oil and Gas Prices and State Offshore Petroleum Production on the Louisiana Economy, 1969-1999 (open access)

Effects of Changes in Oil and Gas Prices and State Offshore Petroleum Production on the Louisiana Economy, 1969-1999

This report examines the interactions between changes in crude oil and natural gas prices, oil and gas production in the state offshore waters and measures of economic activities in Louisiana.
Date: August 2004
Creator: IIedare, Omowumi O. & Olatubi, Williams O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf Of Mexico; Annual Report: Year 2 (open access)

Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf Of Mexico; Annual Report: Year 2

This report is about the cooperative research on sperm whales and their response to seismic exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: September 2004
Creator: Jochens, Ann E. & Biggs, Douglas C.
System: The UNT Digital Library