Annual report on Outer Continental Shelf shut-in or flaring wells is no longer needed
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5606433
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 require (1) the Secretary of the Interior to submit annually a report on shut-in (not producing) or flaring (burning off) natural gas OCS wells, and (2) the Comptroller General to annually examine and report on the methodology used by the Secretary in allowing such activity. Interior's report, however, does not satisfy the congressional intent behind this requirement, and continuance of the reporting is less necessary in light of recent oil and gas price decontrol measures. Relief from the annual reporting requirement would release resources of both the Department of the Interior and the General Accounting Office to serve higher priority needs. Monitoring shut-in and flaring wells would continue as part of Interior's routine oversight of OCS activities.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5606433
- Report Number(s):
- EMD-82-17; ON: DE82902240
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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