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I'll try again... Yes they were...
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They were not paid on those blundered contracts, which I said they should have, and you continued to think they were.
I'll try again... Yes they were...
FACT
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The Department of Interior (DOI) did eventually succeed in renegotiating lease terms with some of the oil companies.[66] On December 14, 2006, Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management C. Stephen Allred announced that the government had signed agreements with BP, ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil Company, Shell, and Walter Oil and Gas Corporation. Under the agreements, these companies agreed to begin paying royalties on oil and gas produced under leases issued in 1998-1999.