"… tempted to obtain information about the bidding process in the sale of the Elk Hills oil reserve, which was sold for $3.65 billion in 1997 to Occidental Petrol …"

"… nter sought a list of names and bid amounts of the unsuccessful bidders on Elk Hills, formally known as Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (NPR-1).That was not the …"

"… was co-project director of a 1994 NAPA report to Congress on restructuring Elk Hills, which recommended that it become a government corporation. “In the bid, …"

"… remain essentially undeveloped until 1976.1922: NPR-1, informally known as Elk Hills, is part of the “Teapot Dome Scandal” in which oil barons bribed Secre …"

"… efficient rates. From 1976 to its transfer to Occidental in February 1998, Elk Hills alone generated $17.1 billion in revenue for the U.S. Treasury, against ex …"

"… te House’s Office of Management and Budget proposes the sale or lease of Elk Hills under the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations, but each time, the Dem …"

"… r to a government corporation.May 1994: The NAPA report recommends turning Elk Hills and the other Reserve properties into a wholly owned, for-profit governmen …"

"… ator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.—gave it up. …"

"… my of Public Administration to assess how the government could restructure Elk Hills to maximize profit. NAPA is a statutory body that Congress relies on for i …"

"… pinion on government affairs.NAPA recommended to Congress in May 1994 that Elk Hills be transformed into a government corporation, like the Tennessee Valley Au …"

"… oration as a means of increasing profit.Godley liked the idea of operating Elk Hills as a government corporation and in late 1994 and early 1995 sought the app …"

"… deral revenue. In 1997, the Clinton administration auctioned off NPR-1, or Elk Hills, as the oil field is more commonly known due to its prevalence of Tule elk …"

"… ale Reserves. That office, known as NPOSR, was the DOE office in charge of Elk Hills; it continues to manage other properties originally set up to ensure naval …"

"… ver, a largely ignored but much more optimistic study conducted in 1997 by Elk Hills’ operators (NPOSR and Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc.) put its value …"

"… . The prevailing Clinton administration argument was that privatization of Elk Hills would unburden the government of a poorly run asset and bring in some much …"

"… ccidental Petroleum — know and when did he know it about the sale of the Elk Hills oil reserve to that company? In The Buying of the President 2000, we first …"

"… e Department of Energy has stonewalled our requests for information on the Elk Hills bidding process.Since when is the bidding process for the unprecedented, m …"