Preface; Chapter 1; Options for Increasing Federal Income From Crude Oil and Natural Gas on Federal Lands*; Summary; How Does the Government Currently Manage Access to Crude Oil and Natural Gas on Federal Lands?; Onshore Resources; Offshore Resources; How Much Income Has the Government Collected from Oil and Gas Leasing?; How Could Lawmakers Change the Process to Increase Federal Income?; Section 1. The Current Process for Managing Access to Crude Oil and Natural Gas on Federal Lands; The Three Stages of the Process; Effects on Federal and State Budgets; Onshore Oil and Gas Leases
LeasingExploration; Production; Offshore Oil and Gas Leases; Leasing; Exploration; Production; Section 2. Selected Policy Options to Increase Federal Income; Options for Onshore Oil and Gas; Option 1. Require Onshore Parcels to Be Auctioned Through a Sealed-Bid Process; Option 2. Allow BLM to Establish Lease-Specific Terms; Option 3. Increase the Minimum Bid for Onshore Auctions and Noncompetitive Leases; Option 4. Impose a Fee on Nonproducing Parcels; Option 5. Increase the Royalty Rate; Options for Offshore Oil and Gas; Option 6. Require Parcels to Be Nominated for Auction
Option 7. Impose a Fee on Nonproducing ParcelsOption 8. Increase the Royalty Rate When the Price of Oil or Gas Rises Above a Threshold; End Notes for Summary; End Notes for Section 1; End Notes for Section 2; Chapter 2; Potential Budgetary Effects of Immediately Opening Most Federal Lands to Oil and Gas Leasing(; Oil and Natural Gas Resources on Federal Lands; Leasing Offshore Federal Lands; Leasing Onshore Federal Lands; CBO's Baseline Projections of Receipts from Oil and Gas Leasing; Projections of Oil Production and Federal Receipts from ANWR Leases
Projections of Oil and Gas Production and Federal Receipts from Leasing Outside ANWROffshore Leasing; Onshore Leasing; Note; End Notes; Chapter 3; U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas(; Summary; Introduction1; U.S. Crude Oil Production: Federal and Non-Federal Areas (Fiscal Year); U.S. Natural Gas Production: Federal and Non-Federal Areas (Fiscal Year); EIA Projections; Oil and Natural Gas Lease Data for Federal Lands; Producing Cres; Applications for Permits to Drill (APDs); Streamline Pilot; Concerns over Non-Producing Leases; End Notes; Chapter 4
Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Legal Framework(Summary; Ocean Resource Jurisdiction; Federal Jurisdiction; State Jurisdiction; Coastal State Regulation; Federal Resources; Federal Offshore Energy Development Moratoriums; Leasing and Development; The Five-Year Plan; Lease Sales; Exploration; Development and Production; Lease Suspension and Cancellation; Lease Assignments and Transfers; Legal Challenges to Offshore Leasing; Suits Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; Suits Under the National Environmental Policy Act
