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| Date March 17, 2011 |
Report No. GAO-11-487T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT March 17, 2011 Testimony Before the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives OIL AND GAS LEASING Past Work Identifies Numerous Challenges with Interior’s Oversight
Statement of Frank Rusco, Director Natural Resources and Environment GAO-11-487T March 17, 2011 OIL AND GAS LEASING
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| Date June 17, 2010 |
Report No. GAO-10-852T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 17, 2010 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives OIL AND GAS MANAGEMENT Key Elements to Consider for Providing Assurance of Effective Independent Oversight
Statement of Frank Rusco, Director Natural ... |
| Date March 15, 2010 |
Report No. GAO-10-313 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
March 2010 Report to Congressional Requesters OIL AND GAS MANAGEMENT Interior’s Oil and Gas Production Verification Efforts Do Not Provide Reasonable Assurance of Accurate Measurement of Production Volumes GAO-10-313 March 2010 OIL AND GAS MANAGEMENT Highlights
Highlights of GAO-10-313, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integri... |
| Date March 8, 2010 |
Report No. GAO-10-276 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
March 2010 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT Additional Guidance Would Help Strengthen the Minerals Management Service’s Assessment of Environmental Impacts in the North Aleutian Basin GAO-10-276 March 2010 OF... |
| Date Oct. 3, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-09-74 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
October 2008 Report to Congressional Requesters OIL AND GAS LEASING Interior Could Do More to Encourage Diligent Development GAO-09-74 October 2008 OIL AND GAS LEASING Highlights
Highlights of GA0-09-74, a report to congressional requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability Interior Could Do More to Encourage Diligent Development Why GAO Did Th... |
| Date June 29, 1988 |
Report No. RCED-88-104 |
Title
. . “( - United States General Accounting Office L . ;. 1 GAO
June 1988 Report to the Chairman, Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives OFFSHOREOILAND
GAS Elnvironmentd Studies Program Meets Most User Needs but I. Changes Needed ’ Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-207556 June 29, 1988 The Hono... |
| Date Sept. 12, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-86-224 |
Title
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I . _ -United States _-------l---- General AccountingOffice -- - ----“_-- la%!--- l1,* .L GiO
September Report to the Congress --- ---- --- ------- -_--_- 1986 - - - OFFSHOREO,IL AND GAS
Final Annual Report ionShut-In and Flaring Wells G3ud5G5
“t -1___-__ _ -~~---- GAO/WED-86-224 1 1 J GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Comptroller General of the United States... |
| Date July 10, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-86-179BR |
Title
United States General Accounting Office lma3 B:riefing Repo:rt to the Honorable Pete Wilson United States Senate July 1986 OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS RESOURCES Differences in Estimates by Interior and Industry for Offshore California !llllN rllIllIl ill ill
130523 . I (qO/RCED-86.179BR 53- . . . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HESDURCES. COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT... |
| Date March 24, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-86-69 |
Title
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las745 l I United States General Accounting Office w GAO
Mardh 1986 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives MINERAL REVENUES
Delays in Processing and Disbursing Onshore Oil and Gas Bid Revenues I Ill II llllll
129745 . ---.i---..-.--...-- . -._--~ --. _ ..-..__ ___--_ -_-_-- ..__. --.-.-- --~ GAq/RCED-8669 , . GAO United States General Accountin... |
| Date Dec. 31, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-86-5 |
Title
id-d I” t GAO
December 1985 United States General Accounting OfTice 1 2wLq .a Report to CongressionalRequestors 7 OFFSHORE AND GAS Inspection of Outer Continental Shelf Facilities t 29584 . RELEASED G/AO/RCED-86-S 1 534\93 / . . * GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-2207 39 December 3 1, 1985 The Honorable J... |
| Date Oct. 15, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-86-30 |
Title
BY THE US. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Committee Merchant Marine And Fisheries House Of Representatives On Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 82--Sale Preparation And Subsequent Cancellation
The Department of the Interior cancelled Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 82 in September 1984 when no industry bids were received. The companies that GAO contacted said that the main re... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-85-161 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON 0F D.C THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-202428 SEPTEMBER 3O,t985 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Subject: Our Seventh Methodology or to Flare Annual Review of Interior's for Allowing OCS Wells to be Shut Natural Gas (GAO/RCED-85-161) in In accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act Amendments of 1978, we are pr... |
| Date March 26, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-85-68 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives Interior Has Taken Steps To Improve The Adequacy Of Data Used For Making Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Decisions
GAO examined the Department of the Interior’s policies and practices for using geological and geophysical data to evaluat... |
| Date Oct. 24, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-84-19 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASNINGTON OF THE UNITED STATES D.C. 2054. B-202428 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Subject: OCTOBER 24, 1983 Congress Should Consider Eliminating Requirement for Interior's Report on Shut-in or Flaring Wells (GAO/RCED-84-19) As required by section 601(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act Amendments of 1978, this is ou... |
| Date March 24, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-9 |
Title
General Accounting Office
8 Offshore Lease Sale 59 Affected By Differing Views On Oil And Gas Potential
The Department of the Interior’ higher than s normal rejection rate of bids for offshore lease sale tracts in mid-Atlantic Sale 59 could have been caused by many factors. The most likely explanation is that Interior viewed the quantity of potential oil and gas resources located in the sale are... |
| Date Oct. 5, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-10 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
8 Interior’s Report Of Shut-In ’ Or Flaring Wells Unnecessary, But Oversight Should Continue
The Interior Department’s annual report to the Congress on offshore oil and gas wells shut-in (not producing) or flaring natural gas, as required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, does not satisfy the congre... |
| Date Dec. 18, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-82-26 |
Title
(romptroller General
OF/ THE UNITEDSTATES Pitfalls In Interior’ New s Accelerated Offshore Leasing Program Require Attention /
Inter or’ new proposed 5-year offshore oil s and as leasing program is another in a long line f efforts to accelerate offshore hydrocarb !I n exploration and development. In addition to accelerating leasing, the new proposal calls for changes reducing the time for envi... |
| Date Feb. 27, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-48 |
Title
. .t Ii3 THECd’MPTROLLERGENERAL ‘l-&q Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Impact Of Regulations --After Federal Leasing--On Outer Continental Shelf Oil And Gas Development
The Outer Continental Shelf potentially can provide the Nation with significant future oil and gas resources. But, the full potential will not be realized unless: --Various Federal agencies involved issue permits and co... |
| Date Oct. 26, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-80-10 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE \r~r~~cb
ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION ~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 | 6 B-178205
OCTOBER 26, 1979 The Honorable Charles B. Curtis
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dear Mr. Curtis: Subject: ; 110699 The Special Rate Treatment Allowed Natural Gas Pipeline Production Programs (EMD-80-10) We reviewed certain policies and practices of the Federal Energy R... |
| Date March 19, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-79-22 |
Title
. I ’ ’ IOU66 REPORTBY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Georgia Embayment--Illustrating Again The Need For More Data Before Selecting And Leasing Outer Continental Shelf Lands
The Nation relies heavily on Outer Continental Shelf lands to increase its domestic oil and natural gas production. The Department tracts to industry natural resources. of the Interior leases the for the right... |
| Date April 25, 1978 |
Report No. EMD-78-54 |
Title
DOCUENT 'AESUR! 07096 B2687751] [Royalty Rates Applied to uter Continental Shelf Leases]. END-78-54; E-118678. April 25, 1978. 4 pp. Report to Rep. Elizabeth Holtzsaan; by Director, Inergy and inerals Div. onte Canfield, Jr., Issue Area: Energy: Effect f Federal Financial Incentives, Tax Policies, and Regulator! Policies on Energy Supply (1610). Cotact: Energy and inerals Div. Budget Function: Nat... |
| Date June 28, 1977 |
Report No. EMD-77-51 |
Title
DOCUMENT 02779 A1993056] RESUME Outer Continental Shelf Sale 40: Inadequate Data Used to Select and Evaluate Lands to Lease. EMD-77-51; B-118678. June 28. 1977, 42 pp. + 7 appendices (11 pp.). Report to te Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller eneral. Issue Area: Energy: Role of Fossil Fuels in Meeting Future Needs (1609); Energy: Executive Branch Organization and Processes for Dealing with En... |
| Date March 30, 1976 |
Report No. RED-76-90 |
Title
REPORT OF THE @OMPTROLLER GENERA-L OF THE UiVITED STATES 1~~‘~~~~~~~~~~~ Department f The In Study Of Shut-In Oil letions And Leases Well co tions TC the s and methodology of the Department’%a study. The Department verified the operators’ reasons for shut-in by a records check only and did not independently verify any of the reasons for shut-in. The Department believes’ that verification b... |
| Date June 30, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-359 |
Title
j i 5 .-+I To the President Speaker 0% the of the Senate and the Hsuse a% Representative8 Our report c0ncerF.s improvezents ne&rG in determining where to lease Outer ContinrntdP Shelf 9i.l and gas and at vhat dollar value. k’e made our review pisuant to the Eudgetinq and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 531, an3 tRe kccountfng and Auditincj kt of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 671 o We art% sending capies of th... |
| Date March 19, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-343 |
Title
Outlook e
Department Federal of the Ititerior Adm inistration Energy elf COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON, OF THE
D.C. UNITED STATES ZfX48 B-118678 ,’ Ir ,.l To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives leasing Shelf. ing Act Our report of oil concerns the outlook for accelerating Federal and gas resources on the Outer Continental and Accountand Auditing , ,, We m... |
| Date Sept. 28, 1974 |
Report No. 094570 |
Title
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| Date June 29, 1973 |
Report No. B-146333 |
Title
. REPORT TO THE CONSERVATION ANd NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4 AA IllllllllIlliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM096310 Improved Inspection And Regulation Could Reduce The Possibility Of Oil Spills On The Outer Continental Shelf B-746333
Geological Survey Department of the interior BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ... |
