review of shut-in or flaring wells

review of shut-in or flaring wells Sec. 601. (a) In a report submitted within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, and his annual report thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior shall list all shut-in oil and gas wells and wells flaring natural gas on leases issued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Each such report shall be submitted to the Comp-92 STAT. 694troller General and shall indicate why each well is shut-in or flaring natural gas, and whether the Secretary intends to require production on such a shut-in well or order cessation flaring. (b) Within six months after receipt of the Secretary’s report, the Comptroller General shall review and evaluate the methodology used by the Secretary in allowing the wells to be shut-in or to flare natural gas and submit his findings and recommendations to the Congress.