New 2024 CA Oil Drilling Permits Drop to 73 As Groups Reveal Oil Regulators Halved Bonding for State’s Now Biggest Onshore Oil Well Operator, Says Consumer Watchdog

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — While approvals for new oil well drilling permits in California dwindled to 73 in 2024–from 2,664 in 2019 when Governor Newsom took office, 2024 ended with oil regulators dropping the ball on requiring adequate amounts of bonding to protect…