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North Carolina/Minerals Management Service technical workshop on Manteo Unit exploration held on February 4--5, 1998

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:642829
The US Department of Interior`s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has the responsibility of regulating exploration and development by the oil and gas industry on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). There is an area of active leases approximately 45 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, referred to as the Manteo Unit. Chevron U.S.A. may propose to drill a single exploratory well in either Block 467 or 510 of the Manteo Unit with a specially outfitted drilling rig. To review environmental and socioeconomic information known, and needed, on the Manteo Unit, a workshop was conducted of February 4--5, 1998, with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The objectives of the workshop were to review the state of knowledge for drilling a single exploratory well in either Block 467 or 510; share scientific information obtained since 1990; distinguish between exploration and development activities; share information on drilling technology and industry experience operating in similar physical environments; address scientific concerns regarding the potential impacts of OCS drilling on biological resources; and address concerns regarding onshore (social and economic) impacts from OCS drilling.
Research Organization:
Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA (United States); North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC (United States)
OSTI ID:
642829
Report Number(s):
PB--98-151574/XAB; OCS/MMS--98/0024
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
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EXPLORATORY WELLS
MEETINGS
NORTH CAROLINA
OFFSHORE DRILLING
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS