Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 35, September 2020

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U.S. Shale Producers Race for Federal Permits Ahead of Presidential Election -

"Federal permitting in the largest U.S. oilfield in the Permian Basin, located in Texas and New Mexico, is up 80 percent in about the last three months, which analysts attribute to a hedge against a win by Biden, who currently leads US President Donald Trump by several points in national polling."

Why this is important: It appears that oil and gas producers in the top-producing U.S. shale fields are stockpiling drilling permits on federal land at a record pace and -- notably -- just ahead of the upcoming presidential election....

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