Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA): Captain Ahab or Doctor Evil?

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  August 2nd at 04:00 PM  | 

Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, has a major obsession. Markey’s Great White Whale is called the Deepwater Royalty Relief Act of 1995 (details below the fold). In Markey’s mind, several deepwater Gulf of Mexico operators have gotten over on the government to the tune of several billion dollars in oil and gas royalties. The operators counter that | Read More »