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Bill Wielechowski

33:56 - 34:22

“for DNR to sit there and the governor to, to dis— to do nothing while Blue Crest, which is, we believe, very productive field, large quantities of gas, is, uh, has really placed us in this unfortunate situation.”
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And that's what we need to have hearings on, quite frankly, is ensuring that we have immediate action taken to, uh, and if it's Hilcorp taking over that lease, uh, I don't care who takes it over at this point. Somebody's got to take it over. But for, for DNR to sit there and the governor to, to dis— to do nothing while Blue Crest, which is, we believe, very productive field, large quantities of gas, is, uh, has really placed us in this unfortunate situation.

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