MMS acquires electronic access to seismic data
  by: OilOnline
  Monday, April 21, 2003

The Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico Region, has acquired electronic access for seismic data via point-to-point connection with WesternGeco. As part of its program of leasing offshore oil and gas tracts in Gulf of Mexico federal waters, MMS evaluates the bids received from each oil and gas lease sale. This evaluation requires the purchase of many sets of data from various seismic vendors. As a result of this new contract, the data will be received from WesternGeco through a dedicated DS3/T line. This new process will allow MMS to download seismic data in a matter of hours, compared with the current 30-day turnaround on the DLT media.