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| July 02, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Argus Media Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

US president George Bush's hopes for squeezing more US oil and gas production from federal lands are being frustrated. Small onshore parcels are the likeliest areas. Offshore, and Alaska, are off limits.

Fulfilling those hopes will probably require the cultivation of an unlikely ally for a Republican president -- Democratic senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, the new chairman of the Senate Energy Committee (see p1).

Lawmakers from Bush's own party in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives helped deal the president's energy plan a major blow last month when they abandoned him and voted to declare large areas of onshore federal lands, and a major…

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