Offshore Oil and Gas: Views on Interior's Comments to GAO (General Accounting Office) Reports on Leasing 0ffshore Lands

摘要

Contents: Interior's criticism of the methodology GAO used to estimate bid revenue reduction; Interior's estimates of the future benefits of area-wide leasing; The status of the Gulf of Mexico regional mapping program; The adequacy of data used for making offshore leasing decisions; Time frames and staffing in the Gulf of Mexico regional office; Interior's procedures for assuring receipt of fair market value; Acquisition of geological and geophysical data; Interior's annual reporting requirement.