Outer Continental Shelf Moratoria on Oil and Gas Development

by Curry L. Hagerty
Outer Continental Shelf Moratoria on Oil and Gas Development
Author: Curry L. Hagerty
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437936652
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Moratoria provisions for the outer continental shelf, enacted over 26 years, prohibited federal spending on oil and gas development in certain locations and for certain activities. These annual congressional moratoria expired on Sept. 30, 2008. While the expiration of the legislative restrictions does not make leasing and drilling permissible in all offshore areas, it is a significant development in conjunction with other changes in offshore leasing activity. Contents of this report: (1) Recent Developments; (2) Economic Feasibility; Environmental Risk; Improvements in Offshore Technology; (3) Sources of U.S. Moratorium Policy; (4) Background on Ocean Governance; (5) U.S. Moratoria in International Areas; (6) Issues for Congress. Maps. Illustrations.

Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas

by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law
Publisher:
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1974
Genre: Continental shelf
ISBN:
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Oil on the Edge

by Robert Gramling
Oil on the Edge
Author: Robert Gramling
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791426944
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Debate, puts it in perspective, and explores the prospects for future development. It traces the factors that led to the ascendancy of oil as an energy source, the emergence of the technology that made undersea extraction possible, the political forces that led to the dramatic offshore boom in the Gulf of Mexico, and the national policies that eventually produced the closing of virtually all offshore federal lands to the agency created within the Department of Interior.