Oil and gas development scored a strikeout last week as the U.S. House Appropriations Committee knocked out a proposed amendment to narrow the offshore ban on natural gas drilling and development from 50 miles off the U.S. coasts to 25 miles; added language to bill’s accompanying report calling for an additional environmental study of Alaska’s Bristol Bay area before leasing; and recommended that holders of less restrictive 1998-1999 Gulf of Mexico leases renegotiate those leases or be prohibited from bidding on new leases.
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Natgas Development Loses House Appropriations Votes
Oil and gas development scored a strikeout Thursday as the U.S. House Appropriations Committee knocked out a proposed amendment to narrow the offshore ban on natural gas drilling and development from 50 miles off U.S. coasts to 25 miles; added language to the bill’s accompanying report calling for an additional environmental study of Alaska’s Bristol Bay area before leasing; and recommended that holders of less restrictive 1998-1999 Gulf of Mexico leases renegotiate those leases or be prohibited from bidding on new leases.
June 8, 2007
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