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Preparing Virginia for Offshore Oil and Gas

Preparing Virginia for Offshore Oil and Gas. The Governor’s Conference on Energy October 17, 2013. Michael Ward Executive Director Virginia Petroleum Council. SEC. 4. REVISED MAP OF THE MID-ATLANTIC PLANNING AREA.

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Preparing Virginia for Offshore Oil and Gas

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  1. Preparing Virginia for Offshore Oil and Gas The Governor’s Conference on Energy October 17, 2013 Michael Ward Executive Director Virginia Petroleum Council

  2. SEC. 4. REVISED MAP OF THE MID-ATLANTIC PLANNING AREA. (a) Definition of Mid-Atlantic State- In this section, the term ‘Mid-Atlantic State’ means each of the States of Delaware, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. (b) Revision of Map- Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement map entitled ‘Atlantic NAD 83 Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries’ and dated January 2010 to ensure that the square footage of the leasable area in the Mid-Atlantic planning area is directly proportional to the length of the tidal shoreline of the Mid-Atlantic States, as determined using the information on tidal shorelines provided in the document published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration entitled ‘The Coastline of the United States’ and numbered NOAA/PA 71046 (1975). (c) Limitation- Nothing in this section affects the boundary of Lease Sale 220. S. 1024: Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013

  3. Restoring Confidence in Deepwater Drilling Operations • Well • Containment & Intervention Capability • Spill Response Capability Safe Drilling Operations Industry Drilling Standards

  4. Thank You!Michael Wardwardm@api.orgwww.api.org804-225-8248

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