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A previous government study noted that the project calls for exemptions to operate in sage grouse and raptor habitat.

The state isn't finished with its research, according to the recommendations in the report.

Patterson has said it does not comment on pending litigation but is committed to preventing future accidents.

Among major oil- and gas-producing states, Oklahoma added five rigs.

The owner of an eastern Wyoming oil well that blew out, causing 50 people to flee their homes, has not been fined in the year since the accident.