Trump administration faulted over breaks for oil companies

FILE - This Jan. 3, 2020, file photo, shows oil derricks owned by Extraction Oil & Gas pump near the intersection of Colorado Highway 392 and Weld County Road 25 near Windsor in Weld County, Colo. The Government Accountability Office, a U.S. government watchdog agency, s faulting the Trump administration’s handling of a COVID-19 relief effort that awarded energy companies breaks on payments for oil and gas extracted from public lands in Western states in more than 500 cases. (Alex McIntyre/The Greeley Tribune via AP, File)

FILE - This Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, shows equipment in the oil fields of the Uintah Basin, southeast of Vernal, Utah. The Government Accountability Office, a U.S. government watchdog agency, s faulting the Trump administration’s handling of a COVID-19 relief effort that awarded energy companies breaks on payments for oil and gas extracted from public lands in Western states in more than 500 cases. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)