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Title: Federal offshore statistics: leasing, exploration, production, revenue

Abstract

This publication is a numerical record of what has happened since Congress gave authority to the Secretary of the Interior in 1953 to lease the federal portion of the Continental Shelf for oil and gas. The publication updates and augments the first Federal Offshore Statistics, published in December 1983. It also extends a statistical series published annually from 1969 until 1981 by the US Geological Survey (USGS) under the title Outer Continental Shelf Statistics. The USGS collected royalties and supervised operation and production of minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) until the Minerals Management Service (MMS) took over these functions in 1982. Some of the highlights are: of the 329.5 million acres offered for leasing, 37.1 million acres were actually leased; total revenues for the 1954 to 1983 period were $68,173,112,563 and for 1983 $9,161,435,540; a total of 22,095 wells were drilled in federal waters and 10,145 wells were drilled in state waters; from 1954 through 1983, federal offshore areas produced 6.4 billion barrels of oil and condensate, and 62.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; in 1983 alone production was 340.7 million barrels of oil and condensate, and 3.9 trillion cubic feet of gas; and for the secondmore » straight year, no oil was lost in 1983 as a result of blowouts in federal waters. 8 figures, 66 tables.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Minerals Management Service, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6194584
Report Number(s):
OCS/MMS-84-0071
ON: TI85901062
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 03 NATURAL GAS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; GAS CONDENSATE WELLS; PRODUCTION; LEASING; NATURAL GAS WELLS; WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; OFFSHORE OPERATIONS; OIL SPILLS; STATISTICAL DATA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA; DRILLING; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; INFORMATION; MINERAL RESOURCES; NUMERICAL DATA; RESOURCES; WELLS; 020700* - Petroleum- Economics, Industrial, & Business Aspects; 294002 - Energy Planning & Policy- Petroleum; 030600 - Natural Gas- Economic, Industrial, & Business Aspects; 294003 - Energy Planning & Policy- Natural Gas

Citation Formats

Essertier, E P. Federal offshore statistics: leasing, exploration, production, revenue. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Essertier, E P. Federal offshore statistics: leasing, exploration, production, revenue. United States.
Essertier, E P. 1984. "Federal offshore statistics: leasing, exploration, production, revenue". United States.
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abstractNote = {This publication is a numerical record of what has happened since Congress gave authority to the Secretary of the Interior in 1953 to lease the federal portion of the Continental Shelf for oil and gas. The publication updates and augments the first Federal Offshore Statistics, published in December 1983. It also extends a statistical series published annually from 1969 until 1981 by the US Geological Survey (USGS) under the title Outer Continental Shelf Statistics. The USGS collected royalties and supervised operation and production of minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) until the Minerals Management Service (MMS) took over these functions in 1982. Some of the highlights are: of the 329.5 million acres offered for leasing, 37.1 million acres were actually leased; total revenues for the 1954 to 1983 period were $68,173,112,563 and for 1983 $9,161,435,540; a total of 22,095 wells were drilled in federal waters and 10,145 wells were drilled in state waters; from 1954 through 1983, federal offshore areas produced 6.4 billion barrels of oil and condensate, and 62.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; in 1983 alone production was 340.7 million barrels of oil and condensate, and 3.9 trillion cubic feet of gas; and for the second straight year, no oil was lost in 1983 as a result of blowouts in federal waters. 8 figures, 66 tables.},
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