The federal office in charge of collecting billions of dollars per year in oil and natural gas royalties is in the midst of a massive reorganization after a highly-publicized sex-and-gift scandal this summer, officials said today.
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Scandal-Plagued Oil Agency Revamping Itself
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US House hearing looks into gov’t oil-sex scandal
The oil companies named in the report were Chevron, Shell Oil, Hess Corp and Gary Williams Energy Corp.
Shell starts corruption scandal inquiry
Houston's Shell Oil Co. has launched an internal probe to examine the explosive findings of the Interior Department's Inspector General regarding fraternizing between oil company workers and the U.S. Minerals Management Service.
Shell begins probe in response to fraternization report
Calling the inspector general's report "very concerning," Shell President Marvin Odum said today he has started an investigation to make sure there wasn't "inappropriate behavior within my company."
US government staff ‘had sex and drugs with energy firm employees’
The oil companies named in his report to Congress included a US arm of Royal Dutch Shell. The company said it would be premature to comment on the report until it could review its content.
In Bed With Big Oil
Yipes. This is so high on the sleaze scale it makes a taxpayer want to head for a hot shower.
Shell named in U.S. Federal Oil Officials Sex and Drugs Corruption Scandal
Federal Oil Officials Accused In Sex and Drugs Scandal
By STEPHEN POWERSeptember 11, 2008; Page A1
WASHINGTON — Employees of the federal agency that last year collected more than $11 billion in royalties from oil and gas companies broke government rules and created a “culture of ethical failure” by allegedly accepting gifts from and having sex with industry representatives, the Interior Department’s top watchdog said Wednesday.
A report by the Interior Department’s inspector general, Earl Devaney, described a party atmosphere at the Denver office of the Minerals Management Service, a bureau of the department. Some employees of the office, which houses the department’s royalty-in-kind program, “frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relations with oil and gas company representatives,” the report said, adding that “sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms-length.”
