Oil and gas industry pushes back on White House suggestion that it is not taking advantage of approved leases for drilling amid record-high gas prices
from the U.S., Canada, Australia and European nations – a move that has promised to increase costs at the pump.
But Kathleen Sgamma, President of the Western Energy Alliance – which advocates on behalf of the oil and natural gas industry – pushed back on this and argued drilling was not as simple as obtaining lease approval. A leasehold must be obtained by the energy company to grant it temporary rights to hold the land where drilling can be explored.
Biden suspended oil and gas leasing upon entering office. Several court orders have resulted in a constant ping pong on whether drilling can take place on federally owned land and water. A Louisiana judge last summer struck down the administration's moratorium on drilling which forced the White House to continue an existing sale established under the former Trump administration.
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