What is the total number? 94% of 3000 is more than 98% of 1000.
Math is racist.
Permitting may have “increased”, but merely bearing a permit does not assure that there will be oil found within the permit area, nor does the lease document affect in any way the number of supplementary restrictions and compliance demands in regards to all kinds of environmental concerns, hiring requirements, audits on the financial capability of the permit holder, or other liabilities that may result in the permit being cancelled altogether.
Death by a thousand cuts.
Figures don’t lie........But liars surely do figure.