Oil and gas companies are sitting on millions of acres of idle leases that they’ve acquired through a rigged system. The Center for Western Priorities’ interactive report on the oil industry’s public lands stockpile examines the millions of acres of idle leases across the West. The report maps out oil and gas leases and finds that the oil industry is currently sitting on 9.9 million acres of idle leases across ten Western states — 47.4 percent of all leases in the region.
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Feb 19, 2021
Issue: Oil & Gas
Subject: Interactive Reports
By Center for Western Priorities
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