[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5244-5245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2678]


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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 Dallas, Texas, on February 27, 1997. This 
presentation will assist those individuals considering EC 
implementation or pilot testing with MMS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy C. Allard, Systems 
Management Division, Minerals Management Service, Royalty Management 
Program, P. O. Box 25165, MS 3140, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0165, 
telephone numbers (800) 619-4593, (303) 275-7007, fax number (303) 275-
7099, e-mail Timothy__A[email protected] or Ms. Carolyne Ridge, 
Information Technology Division, Minerals Management Service, Offshore 
Minerals Management, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170-4817, 
telephone number (703) 787-1775, fax number (703) 787-1675, e-mail 
Carolyne__R[email protected].

DATES: The EC presentation is Thursday, February 27, 1997.


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LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75207, 
telephone number: (214) 651-1234. The Hyatt Regency Dallas is located 
at the intersection of Reunion Blvd. and Hotel Drive, near Reunion 
Tower.

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 MMS. The presentation will be held 
in conjunction with the American Petroleum Institute (API), Petroleum 
Industry Data Exchange (PIDX), Spring User Group Meetings in Dallas, 
Texas.
    If you plan to attend the API PIDX User Group meetings scheduled 
for February 24 through 27, 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 and 
implementation planning and schedules.
    Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
    Subject: EDI technical issues and mapping walk-through for the 
transmittal of regulatory report data via Accredited Standards 
Committee (ASC) X12 EDI standards. The mapping walk-through will focus 
on Forms MMS-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance, MMS-126, 
Semiannual Well Test Report, and MMS-128, Well Potential Test Report 
and Request for Maximum Production Rate (MPR). Currently EDI for Forms 
MMS-126 and MMS-128 is in a pilot test phase. Before full 
implementation can occur additional pilot tests are necessary.
    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
National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) Electronic 
Payments

    If you plan to attend the Electronic Commerce presentation, please 
leave a message for Tim Allard or Carolyne Ridge at the telephone and 
FAX numbers or the e:mail address in the information contact section of 
this notice no later than February 21, 1997.

    Dated: January 29, 1997.
Lucy R. Querques,
Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 97-2678 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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