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GAO finds flaws in DOI agencies' measurement programs

04/26/2010
By Nick Snow
The federal government may not be measuring oil and gas production from federal leases accurately because of contradictory policies and poor coordination between agencies, the US Government Accountability Office said in a report it issued on Apr. 14. That production generated more than $2.5 billion in royalties during 2009, it pointed out.GAO said onshore measurement regulations that the US Bureau of Land Management uses have not been updated in 20 years and do not address current measurement technologies. Staffs from BLM and the US Minerals Management Service, which regulates federal offshore resources, do not coordinate frequently when measurement questions arise "although each add...
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