depletion allowance
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Like the depletion allowance, the quota system is also justified as a means of encouraging exploration for more domestic reserves.
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President Nixon has proposed that Congress repeal the U.S. depletion allowance for oil wells located abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
One reason is that oil companies have less money to spend: Congress has eliminated most of their depletion allowance, and their profits have dropped.
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Nothing is more sacred to many Congressmen than the depletion allowance.
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While industry lobbyists still protested the impending death of the depletion allowance, some individual oil executives were pleased to fend off a much harder blow.
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