Offshore Oil and Gas: Final Annual Report on Shut-In and Flaring Wells

RCED-86-224 Published: Sep 12, 1986. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 1986.

Highlights

GAO presented its final annual report to Congress on the methodology the Department of the Interior uses in allowing offshore oil and gas wells to be suspended from production or to burn off natural gas.

Full Report

Full Report (10 pages)

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Topics

Energy

Data collectionMarine mineral resources developmentOffshore gas resourcesOffshore oil resourcesOil leasesPolicy evaluationReporting requirementsNatural gasOil and gasMinerals