Name: Interior Dept. approved oil, gas permits during shutdown
Uploaded: 2019-03-28T01:22:54Z
Duration: 4 min 6 s
Description: The recent government shutdown cost the US economy billions of dollars, but one industry largely dodged its worst effects -- the industry previously represented by the Interior Department's acting secretary David Bernhardt. CNN's Drew Griffin investigates.

A Colgate Energy LLC oil drilling rig stands in Reeves County, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Spending on water management in the Permian Basin is likely to nearly double to more than $22 billion in just five years, according to industry consultant IHS Markit.

Interior Dept. approved oil, gas permits during shutdown

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The recent government shutdown cost the US economy billions of dollars, but one industry largely dodged its worst effects -- the industry previously represented by the Interior Department's acting secretary David Bernhardt. CNN's Drew Griffin investigates.

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Interior Dept. approved oil, gas permits during shutdown