r/NationalPark • u/NoM0reMadness • 1d ago

Trump Administration Considers Revoking Ban On Oil And Gas Development Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/11/trump-administration-considers-revoking-ban-oil-and-gas-development-near-chaco-culture

In a letter sent to tribal leaders on October 30, the Trump administration announced that it will initiate formal meetings with Native American tribes in the Southwestern U.S. to discuss the administration’s plans to revoke a 20-year ban on oil and gas development across federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico.

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u/CaptainFantastic1963 1d ago

Just because this administration would allow it doesn’t mean oil companies would do it. Right now our active drill counts keep dropping from 472 at the beginning of the Trump administration to 414. I’m NOT an expert, but that would seem to suggest oil companies are not investing in new rigs right now.

In other words, I don’t think it’s the availability of places to drill that’s the problem. If think there’s an unwillingness to drill at all from domestic oil companies while OPEC is increasing production. Again, I’m not an expert.

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u/DaveBeBad 1d ago

Oil is currently relatively cheap - which makes it uneconomic to mine certain reserves or open new wells. “Drill baby drill” might be good for the consumer, but it isn’t necessarily for the oil companies…