Oil companies pay money to extract oil from federal lands or waters. Part of that money goes to the state to pay for such thing as use and abuse of infrastructure. Under this new bill, the state gets less, the fed get more. As simple as I can make it.
This article was about North Dakota and the State issuing permits.
I don’t see how that relates to the Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters.
Sorry, I see my mistake.
I get your point. I’m not sure the 2% administrative fee was the motivation, but one did follow the other.