Too much studying, not enough action

Having worked for an oil company starting in 1955, I am amazed that every little aspect of building roads or sites to drill on the North Slope requires millions of more dollars when they have been studying it since the 1940s. All of the oil companies know exactly how to perform every operation to start pumping oil out of the ground. Billions of dollars have been paid out of tax money to pay the exorbitant wages, making so many people to do the same job over and over again. All they should have to do is lay out a map for a road and area to drill in and get to work.