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On the recordJuly 15, 2013
the reason we're seeing a bigger increase of production on private and State lands is really because that's where the majority of the shale resources are and that was technology, again, that was developed by the Federal Government.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken attributes increased oil production to private land resources and federal technology development.

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