So, if the oil companies aren't bidding on the vast majority of tracts offered in the Gulf, should we be rushing to offer them new areas off our beaches in the East and West Coast?
Ed Markey: “So, if the oil companies aren't bidding on the vast majority of tracts offered in the Gulf, should we be rushing to…”
On the recordNovember 15, 2011
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Markey questions the need for new lease offers if companies aren't bidding on existing ones.
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