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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://mobile.twitter.com/AmoneyResists/status/1507796198857613316?cxt=HHwWiIC9qe-p4uwpAAAA[/twitter][/quote]

Mr. Wortman is not really correct.

The DRILLING permits may have been approved. 
But that is just the start.  They need permits for the infrastructure to get the oil stored and transported and those are not in place. 
Add to that, the lawsuits that environmental groups have filed have stalled any drilling in the areas with "approved permits."

[quote]One of the major reasons many are not being used is litigation by environmentalist groups trying to stop drilling. Western Energy Alliance alone is currently in court defending more than 2,200 leases—a full 24% of those that are not being used (because they obviously can’t be used while lawsuits against them are still pending).

Many of those that aren’t actively tied up in court are tied up in regulatory red tape. The Biden Administration has made a point to more stringently apply the National Energy Policy Act’s requirement of environmental analysis before any new lease can result in new drilling. This process can take years even when a presidential administration hasn’t made war on the energy industry one of its key policy initiatives.

When, however, the stated goal of a President is to “end the oil industry,” it can use its regulatory power to do just that, and so dramatically slow the lease approval process that it becomes impossible for said leases to be used.

That is precisely what has happened over the past year. Leases by the thousands are being held up by environmental regulators, and those that aren’t are facing lawsuits from environmental groups who have the tacit approval of the Biden Administration.

In addition to this obvious slow-walking of lease approval, the Administration has also not yet given approval to 4,621 permits to drill. Once again, environmental concerns and a general hostility to new oil drilling are to blame. The Biden Administration could approve these permits quickly to allow for new exploration and potential production, but it has thus far refused to do so.
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https://www.maciverinstitute.com/2022/03/yes-biden-is-to-blame-for-the-energy-crisis-heres-why/

Regarding the lawsuits:

https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/biden-gets-climate-win-with-court-loss-gulf-mexcio-oil-leases-2022-01-28/[/quote]

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