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n: the US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service rules and regulations that must be followed by those who drill and produce oil and gas wells located in the Outer Continental Shelf.

abbr: Outer Continental Shelf.

outer continental shelf.

n pI: rules and regulations, set by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the US Department of the Interior, that govern oil operations in US waters on the Outer Continental Shelf. Now supplanted by rules published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),Part 250.

abbr: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

n: drilling for oil or gas in an ocean, gulf, or sea, usually on the Outer Continental Shelf. A drilling unit for offshore operations may be a mobile floating vessel with a ship or barge hull, a semi-submersible or submersible base, a self-propelled or towed structure with jacking legs (jack up drilling rig),or a permanent structure used as a production platform when drilling is completed. In general, wildcat wells are drilled from mobile floating vessels or from jackups. while development wells are drilled from platforms or jackups.

n: (OCS) the land seaward from areas subject to state mineral ownership to a depth of roughly 8,000 feet (2,500 metres),beyond which mineral exploration and development are not, at present, feasible. Boundaries of the OCS are set by law. For example, Louisiana owns 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) seaward from the shoreline. In general, the term is used to describe federally controlled areas.

All submerged lands seaward and outside the area of lands beneath navigable waters. Lands beneath navigable waters are interpreted as extending from the coastline 3 nautical miles into the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the Gulf

n: (OCSLA) congressional act that authorises the secretary of the interior to grant mineral leases and to regulate oil and gas activities on OCS lands.

n pi: see OCS orders.