Oil and Gas Royalties

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Transparency Improvements within Existing Rulemakings POGO and Allies Urge Senate to Uphold Transparency Measures POGO Supports Reform of MMS and the RIK Program (S. 3543 ) - Hopes to Restore Ethical Conduct and Accountability to the Resource Management Letter to House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and related Agencies Appropriations regarding accountability for royalty collections POGO letter to Daniel Riemer, chair of the Royalty Policy Committee (RPC), addressing the Subcommittee on Royalty Management's recommendations to improve Department of Interior royalty collections POGO Supports Rep. Maloney's Legislation to Study Oil/Gas Royalty Collections POGO Supports Accountability and Honest Provisions in Energy Bill along with Taxpayers for Common Sense and Friends of the Earth Written Statement of POGO's Beth Daley to the Royalty Policy Committee POGO’s public comment opposing the Department of Interior’s proposed amendments to the oil valuation rule for being a giveaway to the oil industry POGO letter to Senators of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee Taxpayer, Environmental and Union Groups Support Amendment to Ensure Oil Companies Pay Fair Share Public Interest Groups Oppose Oil & Gas Royalties In Kind Amendment Letter From Coalition Of 24 Organizations: to David Guzy, Chief, Rules & Regulations Staff, Royalty Management Program, MMS POGO's Letter to Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, regarding major oil companies trying to reopen the comment period for the proposed crude oil valuation rule

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Exxon Underpaid U.S. in Offshore Oil Dispute, Report Says

investigation | June 14, 2018 | David S. Hilzenrath

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Meet the Oil-Friendly Federal Panel that Could Give Drillers a Sweetheart Deal

analysis | February 27, 2018 | Nick Schwellenbach

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How an Influential Committee can Make Energy Royalties Great Again

analysis | February 26, 2018 | Laura Peterson
Drilling Down: Oil Companies Are Having Their Cake and Eating It, Too

investigation | February 22, 2018 | David S. Hilzenrath & Nicholas Pacifico
Drilling Down: Big Oil's Bidding

investigation | February 22, 2018 | David S. Hilzenrath & Nicholas Pacifico
Where's the Public Among the Royalty Policy Committee's Interests?

analysis | November 21, 2017 | Laura Peterson
Interior Department Says Laws Prevent Greater Transparency…but They’re Wrong

analysis | November 3, 2017 | Mia Steinle
Lawmakers Question Interior Secretary Over Whistleblower Reassignment

analysis | August 17, 2017 | Laura Peterson & Nick Schwellenbach
2017 Baker’s Dozen of Suggested Congressional Oversight Priorities and Legislative Reforms

report | March 28, 2017 | Liz Hempowicz
Cleaning Up Coal's Act

analysis | October 3, 2016 | Ari Goldberg & Mia Steinle