Oil and gas leasing/production program. Annual report, FY 1985

Technical Report · Mon Mar 31 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5648814

This report summarizes the management, supervision, and enforcement activities of the Department of the Interior (DOI) on the outer continental shelf (OCS). It also details receipts from and expenditures for those activities and also includes information on OCS safety violations as reported by the US Coast Guard. Within the DOI, that OCS program is administered by the Minerals Management Service (MMS). The DOI provides access to potential new sources of oil and gas offshore through the lease sales conducted by the MMS. Three such OCS sales were held during FY 1985, offering to industry more than 10,000 tracts covering 54.4 million acres in the pacific area offshore the State of California and in the Gulf of Mexico. Of the 10,067 tracts (54,352,583 acres) offered in the three OCS sales, leases were issued for 627 tracts (3,523,539 acres). Production of oil and gas on the OCS in FY 1985 amounted to 414 million barrels of crude oil and condensate and 4.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Federal offshore oil production amounted to 12.7% of total US oil production during FY 1985, while natural gas produced on the OCS was 25.3% of total US production. All OCS production came from the Gulf of Mexico and offshore California. During FY 1985, the USCG conducted 785 investigations on 1917 reports or allegations of violations of safety regulations on OCS facilities. These investigations resulted in the issuance of 2937 corrective action requirements and 18 Reports of Violations. 4 figs., 13 tabs.

• Research Organization: Minerals Management Service, Vienna, VA (USA). Office of Offshore Information Services
• OSTI ID: 5648814
• Report Number(s): OCS/MMS-86-0024; ON: TI86901573
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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