[PDF] Policy Needed To Guide Natural Gas Regulation On Federal Lands eBook

Author : United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,9 MB
Release : 2018-06-25
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ISBN : 9781721830275

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Policy Needed To Guide Natural Gas Regulation on Federal Lands

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 71 pages
File Size : 50,65 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Natural gas
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The management by the Department of the Interior of the exploration, development, and production of natural gas from federal lands in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was studied. The Gulf of Mexico was chosen for the study because this region, which supplies almost all of the natural gas obtained from OCS areas, is responsible for about 18 percent of the nation's natural gas consumption. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior have taken little or no action to develop an overall natural gas policy. The only government requirement affecting the pace of exploration and development is the law which requires a lessee to produce economical quantities of natural gas within 5 years or relinquish its lease. There are no requirements controlling how rapidly the natural gas should be extracted. Interior could not gauge whether lessees in the Gulf of Mexico had been diligent with respect to the level of production that could be achieved with the facilities installed.

Author : D. Elcock
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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2004
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For the foreseeable future, most of the demand for natural gas in the United States will be met with domestic resources. Impediments, or constraints, to developing, producing, and delivering these resources can lead to price increases or supply disruptions. Previous analyses have identified lack of access to natural gas resources on federal lands as such an impediment. However, various other environmental constraints, including laws, regulations, and implementation procedures, can limit natural gas development and production on both federal and private lands. This report identifies and describes more than 30 environmental policy and regulatory impediments to domestic natural gas production. For each constraint, the source and type of impact are presented, and when the data exist, the amount of gas affected is also presented. This information can help decision makers develop and support policies that eliminate or reduce the impacts of such constraints, help set priorities for regulatory reviews, and target research and development efforts to help the nation meet its natural gas demands.

Author : Stephen L. McDonald
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Gas industry
ISBN : 0788102745

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Covers the whole range of issues involved: from the size and characteristics of the resource base to public utility regulation; from the technological possibilities to market-based instruments of policy; from gas delivery infrastructure to carbon taxes. Also represents a variety of skills and interests: geology, engineering, economics, law, public administration and regulation. Addressed questions of policy at the state level, at a time when the state of Texas was engaged in developing an energy policy with a significant environmental policy component.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Page : 916 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Economics
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Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Finance, Public
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Includes legal decisions and opinions of the Comptroller General.