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PANDEMIC ROYALTY REDUCTIONS: Utah's oil and gas producers are benefiting greatly from a Trump administration policy that reduces royalty payments during the pandemic - but it may be hurting local governments

By John Rogers In response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the petroleum industry, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun a program of reducing lease and royalty payments owed to the government for oil and gas drilling on public lands. And Utah producers seem to…