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Friday, September 12, 2008

Oil drilling sex scandal?

OK, here was one headline I left to The Associated Press.
I knew to stay away from writing a headline for the story about the sex scandal at the Minerals Management Service's Denver office. 

Here is a bit of the story from The A.P.:

The two-year, $5.3 million investigation by Interior's inspector general found workers at the Minerals Management Service's royalty collection office in Denver partying, having sex, using drugs and accepting gifts and ski trips and golf outings from energy company representatives with whom they did government business.
The investigations exposed "a culture of ethical failure" and an agency rife with conflicts of interest, Inspector General Earl E. Devaney said.
Between 2002 and 2006, 19 oil marketers — nearly a third of the Denver office staff — received gifts and gratuities from oil and gas companies, including Chevron Corp., Shell, Hess Corp. and Denver-based Gary-Williams Energy Corp., the investigators found.
"Employees frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and natural gas company representatives" who referred to some of the government workers as the "MMS Chicks."
The director of the royalty program had a consulting job on the side for a company that paid him $30,000 for marketing its services to various oil and gas companies, the report said.
MMS Director Randall Luthi said in an interview the agency was taking the report "extremely seriously" and would weigh taking appropriate action in coming months.


Sounds like it's perhaps an interesting place to work, but, again, I don't want any messes coming from an appropriately funny headline.
Oh, the headline used by The AP: Oil brokers sex scandal may affect drilling debate


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