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DOI ponders ways to regulate fracing on public lands
Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 2 -- The US Department of the Interior is considering whether existing regulations need to be expanded or new rules need to be developed for hydraulic fracturing and other …
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US Interior budget request contains cost increases
… nation's oil and gas industry will remain an important contributor to resource management as he presented the Department of the Interior 's proposed fiscal 2011 budget on Feb. 1. He also said industry would have to pay more to produce those resources …
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Governors say they weren't consulted about 'wild lands' order
Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor WASHINGTON, DC, Mar. 3 -- US Department of the Interior Sec. Ken Salazar didn’t bother to consult with governors or local leaders before issuing his Dec. 23 order for the US Bureau …
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OTC: Farquhar says 'political people' don't interfere with permitting
… for political purposes," Ned Farquhar, deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management in the US Department of the Interior , told energy professionals May 5 at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. In a panel discussion of …
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Deepwater moratorium ends; groups fear further slowdown
… Offshore oil and gas producers warned of a de facto moratorium on deepwater drilling in the US Gulf of Mexico as the Department of the Interior lifted a formal moratorium in effect since shortly after the Apr. 20 blowout of the Macondo well in 5,000 …
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House hearing, Senate bill focus on MMS ethics reforms
… at the US Minerals Management Service, but making them effective and realistic will be a challenge, the US Department of the Interior ’s acting inspector general told a US House committee on May 26. Two US senators introduced their own MMS ethics …
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BLM review of oil shale RD&D noms moves to state offices
… in Colorado and Utah, and has forwarded them to its offices in those two states for further review, the US Department of the Interior agency announced on Oct. 13. It said that it received the nominations early this year after announcing a potential …
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Interior proposes split of MMS's safety, leasing duties
US Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar proposed dividing the US Minerals Management Service and separating its environmental and safety regulations …
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Supreme Court rejects DOI appeal of Anadarko deepwater royalty ruling
… from Oct. 6. Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 5 -- The US Supreme Court rejected a US Department of the Interior appeal of a lower court’s ruling in an offshore royalty case that DOI said could cost the federal government …
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Interior Department toughens regulation of offshore drilling
Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 30 -- The US Department of the Interior announced two rules that toughen regulation of oil and gas drilling practices and equipment performance. The rules, which industry …
