| The Interior Department rule represents the first comprehensive update to the federal oil and gas leasing program in more than 30 years. It will force oil companies to pay at least 10 times more to drill on U.S. lands — $150,000 up from $10,000 — plus higher royalties. The rule also aims to prevent taxpayers from footing the bill for cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells. | 
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