SEC Company Response from MCMORAN EXPLORATION — May 24, 2005
MCMORAN EXPLORATION CO /DE/ (CIK 0000064279)
Date: May 24, 2005 · CIK: 0000064279 · Accession: 0000064279-05-000043
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File numbers found in text: 333-121779
Referenced dates: May 24, 2005
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McMoRan Tandy Letter Dated May 24, 2005
[McMoRan
Exploration Co. Letterhead]
May 24,
2005
VIA
FACSIMILE AND EDGAR
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth
Street, N. W.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
RE:
McMoRan
Exploration Co.
Registration
Statement on Form S-3
Registration
No. 333-121779
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
McMoRan
Exploration Co. (“McMoRan”) represents to the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) and its Staff that McMoRan is responsible for the adequacy
and accuracy of the disclosure in the
above captioned Registration Statement No. 333-121779. McMoRan
further represents
to the Commission that should the Commission or its Staff acting pursuant to
delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing. In
addition, McMoRan will not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding
initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of
the United States.
Very
truly yours,
McMoRan
EXPLORATION CO.
By:
/s/ Nancy D. Parmelee
Nancy D.
Parmelee
Senior
Vice President,
Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary