Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
You can just save us both a lot of trouble by stating you have no idea what the difference is between having a drilling permit and actually being granted permission to set up oil rigs.
So you totally missed the fact that only 10% of all oil exploration happens on federal lands requiring leases, leaving 90% on private or state owed lands, the majority of which is in pro drilling states like Colorado, Texas, North Dakota and Pennsylvania.

Oh and of that 10% of drilling being on federal lands? There's over 9,100 approved federal drilling permits gathering dust that Big Oil applied for and isn't using. Because why add more supply when that would lower oil prices and thus make your product less economical.