Environmental Analysis

• ExxonMobil's Proposal to Repair the C1 Power Cable: Lease OCS-P 0182, Santa Ynez Unit, Santa Barbara Channel, Offshore Santa Barbara County

• Notice of Availability: Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

• EAs and FONSI for processing applications for SOP or Operations on undeveloped units/leases in the Pacific OCS

• ExxonMobil's Proposal to Repair the C1 Power Cable: Lease OCS-P 0182, Santa Ynez Unit, Santa Barbara Channel, Offshore Santa Barbara County

• Delineation Drilling Activities EIS

Environmental Studies

• OCS Study 2010-014: Updated Summary of Knowledge: Selected Areas of the Pacific Coast

• 2010-2012: Environmental Studies Development Plan

• 2009-2011: Environmental Studies Development Plan

• OCS Study 2009-033: Translocation, Homing Behavior and Habitat Utilization of Groundfishes Around Offshore Oil Platforms in the East Santa Barbara Channel

• OCS Study 2009-021: Hydrogen Sulfide (H₂S) Gas Dispersion Potentials & Release Scenarios for Pacific OCS Region Oil & Gas Platforms & Pipelines Located in the Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Maria Basin, California

• OCS Study 2009-019: Reproductive Ecology and Body Burden of Resident Fish Prior to Decommissioning

• OCS Study Report 2007-08: Assessing the Fate of Juvenile Rockfish at Offshore Petroleum Platforms and Natural Reefs in the Santa Barbara Channel and Technical Summary

• OCS Study Report 2007-07: Megabenthic Invertebrates on Shell Mounds under Oil and Gas Platforms Off California and Technical Summary

• OCS Study Report 2007-06: Site Fidelity of Characteristic Fish Species at Offshore Oil Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel

• 2007: Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Platform Gina Shell Mound

• 2006-054: Advancing Marine Biotechnology: Use of OCS Oil Platforms as Sustainable Sources of Marine Natural Products

• 2006-053: Spatial and Temporal Variation in Recruitment to Rocky Shores: Relationship to Recovery Rates of Intertidal Communities

• 2006-051: Biodegradation in the Subsurface as a Selective Filter for Natural Petroleum Emissions

• 2006-049: Male-specific AFLP Markers Reveal Extreme Female-biased Sex-ratios in the Surfgrass Phyllospadix torreyi (Zosteraceae)

• 2005-005: Trophic Links and Condition of a Temperate Reef Fish: Comparisons among Offshore Oil Platforms and Natural Reef Habitats

• 2000: Platform ecology studies funded by the Minerals Management Service's Environmental Studies Program: An annotated bibliography

Geologic & Geophysical Data and Information

• Pacific Offshore Well Data also available at commercial public domain well log data site TGS.

Leasing

• Unit Files

• Original Lease Instruments

• Lease/Unit Operatorship

• Procedures for Change of Operator

• Status of Leases and Qualified Companies

OCS Reports

• Reducing Duplicative Efforts in Oil Spill Contingency Planning

• Joint Agency Coordination to Ensure Safety and Protection of the Environment Through Pipeline Inspection

• Annual Reserves Reports

• 1999: High Energy Seismic Survey Review Process and Interim Guidelines for Marine Surveys Offshore Southern California

• 2007-012: 2003-1999 Estimated Oil & Gas Reserves

• 2005-017: Platform Gail: Investigation of Loss of Well Control and Oil Spill, OCS Report

Offshore

• Memorandum of Agreement with EPA, Region 9: NPDES Permit Compliance

• Documents related to the OCS Oil & Gas Lease Suspension Consistency Determinations

• PXP Revisions to the Point Pedernales Field
  DPP to Include Development of the Tranquillon Ridge Field

• Overview of OCS Regulations

Physical Sciences Papers

• Natural Oil and Gas Seeps in the Coastal Areas of Southern California

• Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps at Coal Oil Point in the Santa Barbara Channel

Proceedings & Workshops

• 2003: Decommissioning Environmental Studies Workshop Proceedings
• 1997: Decommissioning Workshop Proceedings

• Interagency Decommissioning Working Group Action Plan

• Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium: Request CD-ROM

• Final Renewable Energy Framework
• DOI/FERC MOU
• Interim Policies
• Cape Wind
• Comprehensive Information on the Renewable Energy Program
• Announcement of Alternative Energy EIS and Offshore Alternative Energy Initiative
• Federal Register Notice of Availability of EIS
• Request for Information and Nominations of Areas for Leases
  for Alternative Energy
• Environmental Impact Statement
• Public Connect online commenting system