Industry Seeks Clarity on New Requirements As Offshore Permit Requests Stall at Interior

摘要

Oil and gas companies are seeing their permit requests for offshore operations log-jammed at Interior Department headquarters as the department revamps its offices and personnel and applies new operational requirements, according to industry officials. Interior's Minerals Management Service has been renamed and is in the process of being pulled apart. Amid the organizational changes, directives have been issued in the form of notices to lessees and operators that have imposed new information requirements and operational measures to increase safety and protect the environment (41 ER 1153, 5/21/10).