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Offshore Oil and Gas Resources: Differences in Estimates by Interior and Industry for Offshore California

RCED-86-179BR Published: Jul 10, 1986. Publicly Released: Jul 21, 1986.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the procedures and assumptions the Department of the Interior and the petroleum industry used to develop estimates of offshore oil and gas resources in federal lands off California.

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Computer modelingMarine mineral resources developmentOffshore gas resourcesOffshore oil resourcesPetroleum industryProjectionsOil and gas resourcesExplorationCrude oilPublic lands