Sentences with phrase «hold drilling leases»
The two plaintiffs in the case hold drilling leases with two gas companies, Norse and Chesapeake.
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. is pushing Ohio landowners to accept revised lease contracts that would help the cash - strapped driller save money while holding on to its prized oil and gas fields.
Under the terms of a landmark tax reform bill, which opened the door for drilling in ANWR, Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must hold at least two lease sales before December 2024 (E&E Daily, Dec. 20, 2017).
America has vast reserves of predictable shale gas, much of which is only being lightly drilled to hold expensive leases.
Weiss said oil companies already hold thousands of leases to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
Just weeks before the explosion, President Obama had announced a historic expansion of deep - water drilling in the Gulf, where BP held the majority of the drilling leases.