US onshore inspections 'need work'

US authorities have ramped up expansions of onshore wells on federal lands, but are missing tens of thousands due to haphazard data and doing a poor job of identifying the riskiest sites, an investigation by a US government watchdog has found.

Inspection issues: Improvement needed in permitting process
Inspection issues: Improvement needed in permitting process
Published 24 September 2013, 11:27Updated 11 October 2016, 13:54