Offshore oil and gas: Views on Interior's comments to GAO reports on leasing offshore lands

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5983222

This report focuses on the Department of the Interior's criticism of the methodology GAO used to estimate the reduction in bid revenues caused by the shift to area-wide leasing; Interior's views that faster receipt of total offshore revenues to the government would more than offset GAO's estimated reduction in bid revenues; the status of Interior's Gulf of Mexico regional mapping program; the adequacy of Interior's data to evaluate tracts for ensuring receipt of fair market value; Interior's bid-acceptance procedures and criteria used to accept bids; Interior's acquisition of geological and geophysical data; and Interior's noncompliance with an annual reporting requirement of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5983222
• Report Number(s): GAO/RCED-86-78BR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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