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Informed observers offer insights on how changes in federal oil and gas leasing could affect activity in the Permian Basin, state waters, and elsewhere.
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Shortly after taking office, President Biden signed an executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to pause issuing new leases for oil and gas development on federal lands and offshore waters. According to a written statement from the Interior Department, the “targeted pause” neither affects existing operations or permits for “valid, existing leases” nor restricts energy activities on private, state, or tribal lands.