Over 138 production drilling rigs have shut down in Wyoming alone. Pumping of wells on Federal lands here in Wyoming has stopped on 87 wells. You really want to play this game??
Yup, I'm playing your game.
Brett Hartl, the government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, also noted more drilling permits were approved in the first year of Biden's presidency than during his predecessor's first 365 days. The center
found the Biden administration approved 3,557 permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands last year, outpacing the Trump administration's first-year total of 2,658.
White House press secretary
Jen Psaki has also pointed to unused permits as the administration faces criticism for its energy policies. According to the latest
data setfrom the Bureau of Land Management, there were 9,173 approved permits to drill as of December 31, 2021.
"There are 9,000 approved drilling permits that are not being used," Psaki told reporters Monday. "So the suggestion that we are not allowing companies to drill is inaccurate. The suggestion that that is what is hindering or preventing gas prices to come down is inaccurate."