Skip to main content

Energy Management: Extent of Crude Oil Contamination Is Uncertain

RCED-90-114BR Published: Mar 08, 1990. Publicly Released: Apr 13, 1990.
Jump To:
Skip to Highlights

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed allegations of crude oil contamination, focusing on: (1) the extent and types of contamination; (2) how environmental legislation has affected the contamination issue; and (3) corrective actions that the government and the oil industry have taken concerning crude oil contamination.

Full Report

Office of Public Affairs

Topics

Crude oil pipeline operationsDomestic crude oilEnvironmental monitoringContaminationHazardous substancesIndustrial pollutionOccupational safetyPetroleum industryPetroleum refining facilitiesTestingWaste disposal