Bromwich: Feds may block bad apples from drilling offshore
The nation's top offshore drilling regulator said he is still studying whether the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement can do more to keep oil and gas companies with checkered...
View ArticleOffshore drilling bill slated for debate next week
A dispute over whether to give coastal states a greater share of federal royalties for offshore drilling near their shores is expected to flare up during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
View ArticleBP official: Other gas deposits at Macondo may have gone unreported
A BP scientist identified a previously unreported deposit of flammable gas that could have played a role in the Gulf of Mexico spill, but BP failed to divulge the finding to government investigators...
View ArticleFormer drilling chief: US ‘on a course to repeat’ Gulf oil spill
Former Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum says the Obama administration "still has not taken key steps . . . to increase drilling safety."
View ArticleAudit: Offshore drilling permit reviews are inconsistent
he federal agency in charge of regulating offshore drilling doesn't have standardized procedures for reviewing permits and has not finished establishing an electronic program designed to streamline the...
View ArticleNew federal office will collect oil, gas royalties
Unlike the MMS, the new Office of Natural Resources Revenue will be separate from other bureaus in the Interior Department that are dedicated to leasing decisions and drilling safety.
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