General DNR News
Mineral leasing upswing − new acreage purchased
Louisiana Mineral Board Secretary Marjorie McKeithen announced today the results of the monthly lease sale which produced $5.9 million for the state. McKeithen said three bids on tracts, once unobtainable, have yielded a total amount of $5.2 million in bonus revenue.
Louisiana Residents Can Change a Light and Change the World Oct. 3
DNR and DEQ partner to ask residents to change to ENERGY STAR CFL light bulbs, save money and help the environment.
IOGCC Conference Held in New Orleans, Sept. 23-25
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Conservation participated in this year’s Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) meeting held in New Orleans. The commission is comprised of governors and government leaders from each of the energy producing states.
September Mineral Lease Sale Yields $1.9 million
The State Mineral Board conducted its monthly Lease Sale on August 8, 2007, in the Conservation and Mineral Resources Hearing Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.
State holds Oil and Gas Seminar in New Orleans
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a two-day Oil and Gas Seminar on Sept. 13-14 in New Orleans at the Windsor Court Hotel. The seminar will be attended by employees of oil and gas companies from Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
State's Flood Protection and Recovery Discussed on West Coast
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle and South Lafourche Levee District Director Windell Curole addressed the annual conference of the Floodplain Management Association this week in Nevada. The pair also met with California’s Department of Water Resources officials in Sacramento, who helped coordinate the conference.
DNR Mineral Resources presents at Houston Oil and Gas Expo
DNR Office of Mineral Resources staff will participate in the NAPE Expo in Houston, Texas this Thursday and Friday. OMR Assistant Secretary/Mineral Board Secretary Marjorie McKeithen will join OMR’s Industry Liaison for Texas, Lisa Liles, and OMR Geologists, Jim Taylor and Michael Harvey for the event.
State Mineral Board Holds August Lease Sale
The State Mineral Board conducted its monthly Lease Sale on August 8, 2007, in the Conservation and Mineral Resources Hearing Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana CIAP Plan: First plan to get federal completeness review
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Scott Angelle announced today that officials with the U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS) have given a stamp of approval on the “completeness review” of the state’s Coastal Impact Assistance Plan or CIAP Plan. Angelle said this means that Louisiana is the first eligible coastal state to achieve plan completeness.
Pipeline Safety Training for Energy Industry Officials
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will help train energy industry officials from Russia and several central Asian countries on pipeline safety.