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Jack Reed: “And is it true that oil companies aren't using roughly 75 percent of their offshore Federal leases?”

On the recordJuly 12, 2022
And is it true that oil companies aren't using roughly 75 percent of their offshore Federal leases?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed claims that a large percentage of offshore leases are also unused.

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