Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas moratoria. Hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, September 17, 1985

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OSTI ID:5919419

Representatives of oil and gas producing states, the petroleum and mineral industry, environmental agencies and groups, and others testified on the impact which a lease moratorium affecting the Outer Continental Shelf will have, specifically on California. Among the issues raised were the current oil glut and the need to take a long view in energy production, the environmental risks of offshore drilling, and the economic impact on drilling companies and those who manufacture drilling equipment. The moratorium would affect only the proposal to expand leasing and drilling operations, not platforms already in operation in the tidelands and off the coast of California. Two appendices with additional responses and material submitted for the record follows the testimony of the 24 witnesses.

• OSTI ID: 5919419
• Resource Relation: Related Information: S. Hrg. 99-404
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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OFFSHORE DRILLING
CONTINENTAL SHELF
LEASES
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEARINGS
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
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FEDERAL REGION IX
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MINERAL RESOURCES
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