[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51132-51133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Electronic Commerce in the Minerals Management Service

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an electronic commerce presentation.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is giving an Electronic 
Commerce (EC) presentation in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 31, 
1997. This presentation will assist those individuals considering EC 
implementation or pilot testing with MMS.

DATES: The EC presentation is Friday, October 31, 1997.

LOCATION: Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 500 Poydras Plaza, New Orleans, 
Louisiana 70113, telephone number: (504) 561-1234.
    The Hyatt Regency New Orleans is located at the intersection of 
Poydras and Loyola Avenue, near the Louisiana Superdome.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy C. Allard, Systems 
Management Division, Royalty Management Program, Minerals Management 
Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 3140, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0165, 
telephone numbers (800) 619-4593 and (303) 275-7007, fax number (303) 
275-7099, e-mail Timothy__A[email protected] or Mr. Stephen Adams, 
Information Technology Division, Offshore Minerals Management, Minerals 
Management Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., MS 4061, Jefferson, 
Louisiana, 70123, telephone number (504) 731-3033, fax number (504) 
731-3004, e-mail Stephen__A[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS is offering an EC presentation at no 
cost to companies and interested parties that are considering EC 
implementation or pilot testing with the MMS. The presentation will be 
held in conjunction with the American Petroleum Institute (API), 
Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX), Electronic Commerce Conference 
and Trade Show in New Orleans, Louisiana. If you plan to attend

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the API PIDX User Group meetings scheduled for October 26, through 30, 
1997, a registration fee may apply. Instructors are MMS employees of 
the Royalty Management Program, Systems Management Division and the 
Offshore Minerals Management, Information Technology Division.

Agenda

    Morning Session: 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
    Subject: MMS EC activities, capabilities, current status, 
implementation planning and schedules.
    Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
    Subject: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technical issues and 
mapping walk-throughs for the transmittal of regulatory report data via 
Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 EDI standards. The mapping 
walk-throughs will focus on the Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance, 
Form MMS-2014 and the Semiannual Well Test Report, Form MMS-126.
    Attendees of the afternoon session will be provided copies of the 
new MMS EDI Handbook for Payors and Reporters for the following 
reporting forms and electronic payments:

Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance, Form MMS-2014; Monthly Report 
of Operations, Form MMS-3160; Oil and Gas Operations Report (OGOR), 
Form MMS-4054-A, B, and C;
MMS Bill for Collection, Invoice Form DI-1040; Semiannual Well Test 
Report, Form MMS-126; Well Potential Test Report and Request for MPR, 
Form MMS-128; and National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) 
Electronic Payments.

    If you plan to attend the EC presentation, please leave a message 
for Tim Allard or Stephen Adams at the telephone and FAX numbers or the 
e-mail address in the information contact section of this notice no 
later than October 24, 1997.

    Dated: September 23, 1997.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 97-25848 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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