What can the government do about oil companies not drilling on land that they are authorised to use?

the oil companies are making billions in profits at the cost of the average joe on the street (me and you), and they get tax breaks, they are greedy bastards.if they produced more oil then the price would decrease.What can the government do about oil companies not drilling on land that they are authorised to use?
Depends on what country they are from. Some People can be ruthless and kill for oilWhat can the government do about oil companies not drilling on land that they are authorised to use?
That is a good question and the answer is simple. Get the government off the backs of free enterprise. There is known oil under much of this land, but it is dirty oil and far to expensive to devolope and refine. Visit the area where Colorado/NewMexico/Utah meet. The oil companies are working frantically to devolope the recources there, and, they are massive. Would you take investors money to a casino and risk throwing the dice, when you knew that real recources were available. As an example type in anwar on a search engine and discover that anwar is over 19 million acres of pristine land, next door to Prudoe Bay, so the existing pipline could be utilized, and the oil is under 2 thousand acres. Thats right, the drilling and extraction of oil would be on 2 thousand acrs only, a pinprick in a 19 million acre area. The possible disaster isn't to this national treasure, it is to our children who will see a lessor world, because we didn't wake up to the propaganda. Go to a search engine and see for yourself.
They aren't required to drill but the leases have an expiration date coming up.





We have an energy policy written by the oil companies(in secret,no less). They also want to get more areas under their control that they won't drill on thus keeping the price up.