Oil and Gas Bonds: Bonding Requirements and BLM Expenditures to Reclaim Orphaned Wells (open access)

Oil and Gas Bonds: Bonding Requirements and BLM Expenditures to Reclaim Orphaned Wells

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directs the Department of the Interior (Interior) to manage lands for multiple uses while also taking any action to prevent "unnecessary or undue degradation" of the land. To do this, Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), among other things, requires oil and gas operators to reclaim the land they disturb and post a bond to help ensure they do so. Despite these requirements, not all operators perform reclamation. If the bond is not sufficient to cover well plugging and surface reclamation and there are no responsible or liable parties, the well is considered "orphaned," and BLM uses federal dollars to fund reclamation. The 12 western states where most oil and gas production occurs and other Interior agencies also require bonds to ensure reclamation. GAO was asked to (1) determine the number, value, and coverage of bonds held by BLM for oil and gas operations; (2) determine the amount that BLM has paid to reclaim orphaned wells over the past 20 years and the number of orphaned wells BLM has identified but has not yet reclaimed; and (3) …
Date: January 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 2010 (open access)

Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 27, 2010
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The GV Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010 (open access)

The GV Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Grandview, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 27, 2010
Creator: Roberts, Janeen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Archer City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: Lewis, Shelley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: Wilkerson, James C., III
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Selected Issues for Congress (open access)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Selected Issues for Congress

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. This resulted in 11 worker fatalities, a massive oil release, and a national response effort in the Gulf of Mexico region by the federal and state governments as well as BP. This report provides an overview of selected issues related to the Deepwater Horizon incident and is not intended to be comprehensive.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: Hagerty, Curry L. & Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Dublin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Final Report on "Rising CO2 and Long-term Carbon Storage in Terrestrial Ecosystems: An Empirical Carbon Budget Validation" (open access)

Final Report on "Rising CO2 and Long-term Carbon Storage in Terrestrial Ecosystems: An Empirical Carbon Budget Validation"

The primary goal of this report is to report the results of Grant DE-FG02-97ER62458, which began in 1997 as Grant DOE-98-59-MP-4 funded through the TECO program. However, this project has a longer history because DOE also funded this study from its inception in 1985 through 1997. The original grant was focused on plant responses to elevated CO2 in an intact ecosystem, while the latter grant was focused on belowground responses. Here we summarize the major findings across the 25 years this study has operated, and note that the experiment will continue to run through 2020 with NSF support. The major conclusions of the study to date are: (1 Elevated CO2 stimulated plant productivity in the C3 plant community by ~30% during the 25 year study. The magnitude of the increase in productivity varied interannually and was sometime absent altogether. There is some evidence of down-regulation at the ecosystem level across the 25 year record that may be due to interactions with other factors such as sea-level rise or long-term changes in N supply; (2) Elevated CO2 stimulated C4 productivity by <10%, perhaps due to more efficient water use, but C3 plants at elevated CO2 did not displace C4 plants as …
Date: August 27, 2010
Creator: Megonigal, J. Patrick & Drake, Bert G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, county, and state news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: Lucas, Melinda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 80, April 27, 2010, Pages 21973-22202 (open access)

Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 80, April 27, 2010, Pages 21973-22202

Daily publication of the U.S. Office of the Federal Register contains rules and regulations, proposed legislation and rule changes, and other notices, including "Presidential proclamations and Executive Orders, Federal agency documents having general applicability and legal effect, documents required to be published by act of Congress, and other Federal agency documents of public interest" (p. ii). Table of Contents starts on page iii.
Date: April 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recovery Act: Increasing the Public's Understanding of What Funds Are Being Spent on and What Outcomes Are Expected (open access)

Recovery Act: Increasing the Public's Understanding of What Funds Are Being Spent on and What Outcomes Are Expected

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "A hallmark of efforts to implement the $862 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) is to be transparent and accountable about what the money is being spent on and what is being achieved. To help achieve these goals, recipients are to report every 3 months on their award activities and expected outcomes, among other things. This information is available on Recovery.gov, the government's official Recovery Act Web site. As requested, this report covers 11 federal programs focused on broadband, energy, transportation, federal buildings, and civil works activities, representing $67 billion in Recovery Act funding. Primarily, the report (1) describes how the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and federal agencies implemented the act to report funds' uses and (2) assesses the extent to which descriptions of awards meet GAO's transparency criteria. It also describes reported uses of funds for the 11 programs. GAO reviewed requirements for reporting in the act and OMB's guidance. Based on these requirements, GAO developed a transparency assessment and applied it to a probability sample of descriptions from 14,089 recipient reports. In addition, GAO reviewed 52 projects in …
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 51, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 2010 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 51, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 2010

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 2010
Creator: Reddell, Valerie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 27, 2010
Creator: Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 189, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 189, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 27, 2010
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 35, Pages 7629-7960, August 27, 2010 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 35, Number 35, Pages 7629-7960, August 27, 2010

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: August 27, 2010
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 62, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 27, 2010 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 62, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 27, 2010

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 27, 2010
Creator: Halter, Janie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 54, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 54, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Arlington-Grand Prairie, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: May 27, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 147, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 147, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 27, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 2010
Creator: Henry, Mark
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 146, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 146, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 2010

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 27, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 127, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 2010 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 127, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 2010

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 2010
Creator: Halter, Janie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History