Federal Oil and Gas Drilling Permits Soar
Duggan Flanakin
August 13, 2021
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has former President Barack Obama to thank for being on pace to approve the largest number of new oil and gas drilling permits since the George W. Bush administration.
Permitting reforms instituted by Obama, combined with fast-rising price oil prices and the rejection by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of President Joe Biden’s would-be moratorium on new oil and gas permits on federal lands, have contributed to a surge in permitting.
Obama Mandates Electronic Filing
Executive Order 13604, issued in June 2012 instituted Obama’s goal of “Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects.”
The order laid out a government-wide initiative “to modernize the federal permitting and review process to achieve better projects, improved environmental and community outcomes, and shorter decision-making and review timelines for infrastructure projects.”
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