Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing and Production Program. Annual report, fiscal year 1983
The Annual Report on the Outer continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing and Production Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 1983 is submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 15(1) of the OCS Lands Act, as amended. This report describes the OCS leasing and production activities during FY 1983, including a summary of receipts and expenditures, and, in compliance with section 22(g) of the Act, also includes information on OCS safety violations submitted by the US Coast Guard. Oil and gas production from the OCS constitutes an important part of the Nation's domestic energy supply. To provide access to possible new sources of oil and gas offshore, the Department of Interior (DOI), through the Minerals Management Service (MMS), conducted eight OCS lease sales during FY 1983, one of which was divided into two parts. Tracts in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) were offered in three of the sales, including the sale that was held in two parts because of special circumstance involving preparation of the prelease documents. Of the five remaining sales, three were offshore Alaska, and two were in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic. The eight sales resulted in the leasing of 1420 tracts covering 7,493,781 offshore acres. A total of $8,397,804,592 was received in bonus money. First year rentals from the eight sales totaled $22,901,682. On the basis of MMS figures, oil and gas produced on the OCS in FY 1983 amounted to more than 342 million barrels of crude oil and condensate and more than 4.0 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Federal offshore oil production amounted to 10.8 percent of total US production during FY 1983, while offshore gas amounted to 24.4 percent of total US production. All of the offshore production occurred in the GOM and off southern California. A total of 383 exploratory wells and 588 development wells was drilled on existing leases during FY 1983. 3 figures, 14 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6785141
- Report Number(s):
- NP-4901337; ON: DE84901337
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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