right? They're sitting on thousands of these federal permits, thousands of them. So when you're looking at 2,200 leases in court right now, that's what Western Energy Alliance is defending, 2,200 of those leases. And they're defending the companies, which is dozens, if not over a hundred oil companies that own those leases on the federal land, which cannot be developed while these cases are ongoing, right? And the reason why they're ongoing is because when you're on federal land, it's different guys. When you're on federal land, those permits are subject to environmental studies right off the bat. We all know how crazy that could become, right? You just have a guy with a grudge, hate this, hate whatever side, and I'm going to put up in court and make a big stink about it and protest. So it's a crazy process. Also they're subject to lawsuits by just about anyone, neighbors, municipalities, state, country government. So it's extremely difficult to drill on these. So while you have one (14/35)
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