The U.S. Minerals Management Service and the Department of Energy have let a $3,851,688 contract to the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology to help MMS develop an atlas of northern Gulf of Mexico oil and gas fields.
Scott Sewell, MMS director, said the atlas will compile regional trends of major reservoirs into subregional groupings. He said it should be especially valuable to smaller companies that do not have large staffs of geologists.
MMS also announced several other contracts:
Texas A&M University, College Station, received a $4,056,564 contract to study the effects of oil and gas production on marine life in the northwest Gulf of Mexico.
As a subcontract, John E. Chance & Associates received $141,400 to provide a navigational position system for the Texas A&M research vessel.
The University of Texas Marine Science Institute received $458,000 to conduct biological measurements of the marine environment near oil and gas operations in the gulf.
The University of New Orleans received a $299,080 contract to develop an offshore inspectors training program.
Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss., received $500,000 to develop computer programs that MMS can use to generate maps and other graphics materials.
The University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, received a $945,885 contract to study methods of using surface currents for oil spill risk assessments in the Gulf of Mexico.
As a subcontract, Technocean Co., Cape Coral, Fla., received a $713,000 job to make 400 buoys that will be set adrift and tracked by satellite.
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