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Ed Markey: Oil companies currently hold 38 million acres of public land, onshore, but are not producing on 68 percent of that land.

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
Oil companies currently hold 38 million acres of public land, onshore, but are not producing on 68 percent of that land.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the underutilization of leased public lands by oil companies.

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