Getting Royalties Right: Recent Recommendations for Improving the Federal Oil & Gas Royalty System

House Natural Resources Committee
   Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
1334 Longworth

11/03/2008 at 10:00AM

The Subcommittee will review recommendations from policy experts, the Government Accountability Office and the Inspector General’s office for improving the Federal oil and gas royalty system in light of the recent report to the Minerals Management Service’s Royalty Policy Committee entitled “Mineral Revenue Collection from Federal and Indian Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf.”

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • Mr. Earl Devaney, Inspector General, Department of the Interior
  • Mr. David Deal, Vice Chair, Royalty Policy Committee, Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Frank Rusco, Acting Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office

Panel 2

  • Hon. C. Stephen Allred, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Randall Luthi, Director, Minerals Management Service
  • Mr. Larry Finfer, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of the Interior
  • Ms. Linda Stiff, Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
  • Mr. Dennis Roller, Royalty Audit Section Manager, Office of the State Auditor, North Dakota

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