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TDFP Exclusive: Inspector General Questioned $24 Million in Oklahoma's Federal Orphaned-Well Spending; Interior Decided to Allow All of It
Interior's inspector general questioned $24 million Oklahoma spent from a federal grant to plug abandoned oil and gas wells: no competing bids, contracts signed after a federal deadline, and $703,936 in unreported income from salvaged pipe. Then Interior's own program office reviewed the money and decided to allow all of it. Here's what the audit found, and what happens with the $102 million Oklahoma got next.

Yossi Schmidt
3 hours ago4 min read
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