News Desk Alert:

MMS Industry Awards Program and Luncheon

The second annual MMS Industry Awards Program and Luncheon will be held on April 14, 2000, in Houston, Texas at the Hotel Sofitel.  The Safety Award for Excellence, the Corporate Citizen Award, the Corporate Leadership Award, and the Secretary of the Interior's Mineral Revenues Stewardship Awards will be presented.  This will be the first time MMS has presented all its awards to industry at a single annual event.  These awards recognize OCS lessees that are outstanding in the areas of offshore operating performance and fiscal responsibility.

Agenda:
08:00 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast
08:30 - 11:00 am	Presentations, Briefings & Program Updates (separate session for Offshore Program and Royalty Management)
11:00 - 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am - 2:00 pm	Luncheon and Awards Presentation

Speakers and presenters:

Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management: Sylvia Baca
MMS Director: Walt Rosenbusch
Associate Director, Offshore Minerals Management: Carolita Kallaur
Associate Director, Royalty Management: Lucy Querques Denett
Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Chris Oynes
Deputy Associate Director, Royalty Management: Don Sant
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division: Bud Danenberger
Chief, Performance and Safety Branch: Bill Cook
Chief, Houston Compliance Office: Moe Gonzales

For more information visit the website at http://www.mms.gov/awards/.  

MMS is the Federal Agency that manages and regulates the Nation’s natural gas, oil, and other mineral resources on the OCS; and collects, accounts for and disburses about $4 billion yearly in revenues from offshore federal mineral leases and from onshore mineral leases on federal and Indian lands.

-MMS-

MMS's Website Address: http://www.mms.gov