Bernhardt: Trump administration close to finalizing O&G leasing plan for Arctic NWR

Dave Harmon, PW editor
Mar 2, 2020
1 min read

The Trump administration is moving to sell drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Saturday.

“We are about to finalize a leasing plan for that,” Bernhardt said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, without providing a more specific timetable.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-29/arctic-oil-drilling-plan-coming-soon-u-s-interior-chief-says

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