Original NTL email

-----Original Message-----

From: Dorner, Michael

Sent: Friday, December 2, 2005 8:00 AM

To: [REDACTED]

Subject: 2005 OCS Performance Measures Data Submission

To All:

Please note the attached document, NTL 2005-N02, is active and associated voluntary data submittals are due by the date specified therein.

NOTICE TO LESSEES AND OPERATORS OF FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASES IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

Performance Measures for OCS Operators and Form MMS-131

This Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) supersedes NTL 2003-N03 and re-issues Form MMS-131, Performance Measures Data Form.

Please note that no material changes were made to Form MMS-131. Our primary reasons for issuing this NTL are to reiterate that you are voluntarily asked to provide data on an annual basis for the previous calendar year by March 31 of each year and to provide you with the current OMB approved version of Form MMS-131. Previous editions of the form have expired and may not be used.

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) instituted this program to collect data on an annual basis on Form MMS-131 related to a set of performance measures developed by a joint Government/industry workgroup. This workgroup was composed of representatives from 17 oil and gas companies, American Petroleum Institute, Offshore Operators Committee, Independent Petroleum Association of America, International Association of Drilling Contractors, National Oceans Industries Association, and the U.S. Coast Guard. You can find the latest data along with the performance measures formulas on the MMS website at http://www.mms.gov/perfmeas.

Your participation in the performance measures data collection effort is voluntary.  However, the quality of the information we obtain from analyzing the data depends on the widespread support of this effort. A brief set of reporting element definitions is attached to this Notice for your convenience. Please be as complete as possible and make adjustments as necessary to improve subsequent submissions. You may mail, fax, or e-mail the completed form to:

Minerals Management Service
ATTN: Doug Slitor
381 Elden Street, MS 4023
Herndon, VA 20170-4817

FAX number:  (703) 787-1575
E-Mail address: semp@mms.gov

Our objectives in collecting and analyzing the information continue to focus on:

• Determining if safety and environmental performance is improving over time through the implementation of safety and environmental management programs on the OCS,

• Providing an industry average and range for various quantitative measures against which companies can compare themselves,

• Providing offshore operators and organizations with a credible data source to demonstrate how well the offshore industry and individual companies are doing compared to those in other industries,

• Identifying “pacesetter” companies to make presentations at periodic workshops, and

2

• Providing comparison data on which companies with good performance may base requests for an MMS approval of alternative compliance procedures.

If you have any questions on this NTL, you may contact Doug Slitor at [email protected] or at (703)-787-1030.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Statement:  ­The collection of information referred to in this NTL requests voluntary submittal of form MMS-131 to MMS. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the collection of information on Form MMS‑131 and assigned OMB Control Number 1010‑0112. This notice is explanatory only and does not impose additional information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Attachments:

1. Form MMS-131

2. Reporting Element Definitions

Warning: This EMail is intended only for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable laws.

If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. If you would like to be removed from this email contact list please reply to this message with "REMOVE"

in the subject line.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorized use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message.

Thank you.