"“The secretary will be meeting with Mr. Hamm at 5 PM in the Pearl Mesa room,” Burgum's aide later confirmed. Few Americans have such access to top government officials, but Hamm and Burgum have tight ties that go back to Burgum's tenure as the governor of North Dakota."
"During the 2024 election cycle, Continental donated $250,000 to support Burgum's run for president. Burgum has earned up to $50,000 in royalties since late 2022 from a lease his family signed allowing Hamm's Continental to develop oil and gas on 200 acres of the family's farm. (When he became Interior Secretary, Burgum was required to divest from his financial ties to Continental.) Burgum even blurbed Hamm's memoir."
"Hamm has not been shy about trumpeting his relationship with members of the Trump administration - particularly Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who he has called “a dream team of unimaginable proportions.” It is unclear what exactly Hamm and Burgum discussed at their hotel room meeting."
"Burgum, however, made a major announcement that same day, telling the summit of tech leaders and energy executives that he planned to open more federal lands to oil, gas and mineral extraction while speeding up the issuance of permits. Since then, the Interior Department has delivered a series of policy changes that have been favorable to oil and gas companies in the W"
An aide received a text confirming a meeting between Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Harold Hamm at Oklahoma City’s Skirvin Hotel. Burgum oversees federal oil and gas resources and attended a summit hosted by the Hamm Institute for American Energy. The relationship between Burgum and Hamm includes political donations, royalty income from a family lease allowing Continental Resources to develop oil and gas, and promotional support such as blurbs for Hamm’s memoir. Hamm publicly praised ties with Trump administration officials, including Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The meeting’s contents were not specified, but Burgum announced plans to open more federal lands to extraction and speed permit issuance. Subsequent Interior Department policy changes favored oil and gas companies.
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