Our Seventh Annual Review of Interior's Methodology for Allowing OCS Wells To Be Shut In or To Flare Natural Gas

RCED-85-161 Published: Sep 30, 1985. Publicly Released: Sep 30, 1985.

Highlights

Pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, GAO presented its seventh annual review of the Department of the Interior's methodology for allowing offshore oil and gas wells to be suspended from production or to burn off natural gas.

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Full Report (6 pages)

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