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White House wants to kill royalty-in-kind program

Source: Houston Chronicle
Washington : DC : USA | 2 months ago  
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today told Congress he would kill a controversial program that allows energy companies to use actual oil and natural gas — instead of cash — to pay the government royalties for drilling on public lands. Salazar said he would begin “a phased-in termination”...
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