American Government Oil Officials Accused In Cocaine, Marijuana, Sex and Drugs Scandal
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Federal Oil Officials Accused In Cocaine, Marijuana, Sex and Drugs Scandal
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."
The report also says that between 2002 and 2006, 19 employees in the
agency's royalty-in-kind program, roughly a third of the program's total
staff, had "socialized with and had received a wide array of gifts from oil
and gas companies with whom the employees were conducting official
business."
Mr. Devaney's blistering assessment spotlights the agency as Congress and
the presidential candidates weigh proposals to expand offshore drilling. "We
discovered a culture of substance abuse and promiscuity," his report said.
The Minerals Management Service oversees the nation's natural-gas, oil and
other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf, and its duties
include drawing up leases for drilling in offshore waters. In some years, it
is the second-largest source of revenue for the U.S. Treasury, behind only
the Internal Revenue Service. Through the royalty-in-kind, or RIK, program,
the government receives oil instead of cash payments from energy companies
in exchange for drilling rights.
"The activities at the [royalty-in-kind] office are so outlandish that this
whole IG report reads like a script from a television miniseries -- and one
that cannot air during family viewing time," House Natural Resources
Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D., W.Va.) said in a statement. "It is no
wonder that the office was doing such a lousy job of overseeing the RIK
program; clearly the employees had 'other' priorities in that office."
The report said that most industry representatives who were interviewed by
the inspector general's office admitted buying meals, drinks and
entertainment for government employees, but denied they were made in
exchange for preferential treatment, according to the report.
Gift Givers
The report named four companies -- Chevron Corp., a U.S. unit of Royal Dutch
Shell PLC, Gary-Williams Energy Corp. and Hess Corp. -- as gift givers. In a
written statement Wednesday, the Shell unit said it cooperated fully with
the investigation, but that it would be premature to comment on the report
"until we have an opportunity to review the content." A spokesman for Hess
said the company had cooperated with the inspector general's inquiry, and
that the company's own investigation "indicated no wrongdoing" by employees.
Officials at Gary-Williams Energy couldn't be reached Wednesday for comment.
Democrats seized on the inspector general's report as evidence of what they
say is the Bush administration's cozy relationship with the oil industry.
Congressional Republicans accused Democrats of not following up on earlier
Republican-led investigations of possible wrongdoing within the bureau.
In a teleconference with reporters Wednesday, MMS director Randall Luthi
said he didn't see any evidence that American taxpayers had been hurt
financially by the alleged misconduct. But he said he took the report's
findings "very seriously" and would review the allegations and consider
taking appropriate action in the coming months.
Mr. Luthi, who took office in July 2007, said the royalty-in-kind program
generated tens of millions of dollars in additional government revenue
during the most recent fiscal year, compared with what would have been
received if the agency had taken its royalties in cash.
Wednesday's report is the latest black eye for the Minerals Management
Service. In July, a former aide to the agency's associate director of
minerals revenue management pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to
violating conflict-of-interest laws. The employee, Jimmy W. Mayberry, 65
years old, acknowledged helping create a consulting position that he later
took after retiring from government.
In a memo to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne made public Wednesday, Mr.
Devaney said his office had referred cases against two other former
high-ranking MMS officials to the Justice Department, but the department had
declined to prosecute.
Mr. Devaney said some MMS employees who acted inappropriately should be
removed, but others had escaped punishment "by departing from federal
service, with the usual celebratory send-offs that allegedly highlighted the
impeccable service these individuals had given to the Federal Government.
Our reports belie this notion."
The report also criticizes what it says was "the ultimate refusal of one
major oil company, Chevron, to cooperate with our investigation." A
spokesman for Chevron said Wednesday that the company couldn't comment on
the report because it hadn't yet seen it. "We have cooperated with the
government investigation and produced all of the documents that the
government requested months ago," the spokesman said.
Avoiding Payments
In recent years, the Interior Department has come under criticism from Mr.
Devaney's office for mistakes at MMS that allowed oil companies to avoid
paying royalties for offshore-drilling rights -- errors that government
auditors have estimated will cost taxpayers as much as $10.5 billion over
about 25 years.
In May, a report by Mr. Devaney's office said an investigation of the
program by his agents found that "the integrity of the RIK oil sales process
is undermined by poor business practices," with companies often allowed to
modify their bids after the deadline for submitting them. Of 718 bid
packages awarded to companies between 2001 and 2006, Mr. Devaney's report
said, 121 were modified, with only three modifications favoring the
government. The value of the modified bid packages not in favor of the
government totaled $4.4 million, according to Mr. Devaney's May report.
Under the royalty-in-kind program, the government receives oil or natural
gas instead of cash for payments of royalties from companies that lease
federal property for oil and gas development. The government then sells the
product into the marketplace and returns the proceeds to the Treasury.
Interior Department officials say the program results in higher revenue
collections and lower administrative costs.
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