Royalty Relief for U.S. Deepwater Oil and Gas Leases.

Addresses controversy regarding the collection of royalties for oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), focusing on the lack of price thresholds in Minerals Management Service OCS lease sales held in 1998 and 1999. Describes the OCS leasing system, Congressional concerns, and re...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Power resources. Petroleum in submerged lands. Price regulation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Addresses controversy regarding the collection of royalties for oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), focusing on the lack of price thresholds in Minerals Management Service OCS lease sales held in 1998 and 1999. Describes the OCS leasing system, Congressional concerns, and recent legislative actions.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.