The lease exists before the permit is issued.
“Drilling permits are issued when companies are ready to develop from acreages, onshore and offshore, previously leased from the federal government”
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Our more than 600 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry.
www.api.org
Your posts suggest you think permits are issued without a lease existing.
If that’s your theory,, and you are using it to still say Biden is the oil industry puppet master, can you support the theory with proof?
Before you scream API is “biased”, they represent the oil industry. There would be no benefit to them lying about how permits/leases work, especially to cover up nefarious actions by Biden.