ExxonMobil Wins MMS Awards.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2002 The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. ) has selected Exxon Mobil Corporation Exxon Mobil Corporation U.S.-based oil and gas company formed in 1999 through the merger of Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. It has investments and operations in petroleum and natural gas, coal, nuclear fuels, chemicals, and ores. to receive its 2001 National Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) and the Corporate Citizen Award. ExxonMobil received the National SAFE Award in the high-activity category for the Outer Continental Shelf In the federal United States, the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) consists of the submerged lands, subsoil, and seabed, lying between the seaward extent of the States' jurisdiction and the seaward extent of Federal jurisdiction. in recognition of the company's safety record and operational performance at its offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east and off the coast of California. The award, established in 1983, honors companies that achieve outstanding safety and environmental results, and that demonstrate notable efforts to train and motivate their employees to conduct offshore operations in a highly responsible manner. The SAFE program also highlights to the public that companies conduct offshore oil and gas activities safely and in a pollution-free manner. "This award signifies a corporate commitment to offshore safety and environmental protection," said MMS Associate Director Lucy Querques Denett. "We are pleased to recognize all our finalists for their exemplary company performance." "In 2001, our employees and contractors achieved truly outstanding results in safety and environmental performance at our offshore operations," said Mark Sikkel, Vice President, North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. for ExxonMobil Production Company. "This award recognizes their accomplishments and their commitment to ExxonMobil's core values of safe and environmentally sound operations. It also shows that we are moving closer to our vision of an incident-free workplace. Our contractors share this award with us as vital partners in helping achieve these results." The Corporate Citizen Award recognizes not only the company's outstanding operational performance but also its exemplary production and royalty reporting record. MMS is the federal agency within the Department of the Interior that manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources Noun 1. mineral resources - natural resources in the form of minerals natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature on the Outer Continental Shelf. The agency collects, accounts for, and last year disbursed about $10 billion in revenues from federal offshore mineral leases and from onshore on·shore adj. 1. Moving or directed toward the shore: an onshore wind. 2. Located on the shore: an onshore beacon; an onshore patrol. adv. mineral leases on federal and Indian lands. |
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