Government has been playing the extortion game with permits. When the federal government share of the oil royalty money went up, leaving less for the states, they suddenly figured out how to get the drilling permits processed.
Hoven is a Surrender Monkey who is Democrat Lite; Hotpants er...Heitcamp is a radical Marxist. God help North Dakota.
Feds don’t get royalty payments on private or state owned mineral rights.