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State Seeks to Clarify Revised Oil & Gas
Leasing Process

While not required to hold a public hearing on the changes to the lease sale form, state officials hope the meeting will clarify ambiguity regarding bonding, royalties, valuation and other matters concerning the first revision of the state oil and gas lease form in 20 years.

30Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil & Gas Leasing Backlog Starts to Loosen

The 2-year-old delay on issuing federal leases in Wyoming began breaking loose a few days ago as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced it finally will issue 145 leases sold in June 2008.

10Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM lease Sale Generates $3.6 Million for 75 Parcels Throughout the State

The sale attracted attracted bids on more than 77,700 acres in 75 parcels located throughout the state. A total of 76 parcels with more than 79,000 acres were offered for sale.

5Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Value Of Views: BLM Conducts ‘Visual Inventory’ to Help Guide Wind Development

To prepare for a planning review of the resource management plans that guide wind energy and other development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management’s Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices are hosting a series of open houses to collect information for a “visual inventory” of southern Wyoming.

5Jul2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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$1.1 Billion Budget for BLM Proposed by Obama

While focusing on renewable energy development and climate change adaptation, the budget also includes a $2.0 million increase in BLM’s Soil, Water, and Air Management program for air quality monitoring that will be targeted to areas with current or anticipated intensive oil and gas development.

3Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Drilling in Part of Powder River Basin Halted by BLM

Concern for the elk herd that inhabits the area prompted the agency to order suspension of drilling by Williams and Lance Oil and Gas, pending an environmental assessment by the BLM’s Buffalo Field Office.

11Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Condensate Pipeline Proposed Out of Pinedale

Houston-based Ultra Resources, Inc. has proposed constructing a 42-mile pipeline to move condensate out of the Pinedale Anticline natural-gas field to a terminal located south of LaBarge, according to BLM officials.

25Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Gov Lauds Decision to Pull Parcels From Lease Sale

Freudenthal said federal land managers made a prudent choice to hit the pause button on possible energy development on Little Mountain south of Rock Springs after the agency deferred leasing some parcels in the area.

3Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Says Parcels Near Flaming Gorge Off the Table

Faced with mounting opposition from hunters, environmentalists and even the National Park Service, the Federal agency is shelving the sale of parcels near the Flaming Gorge and those bordering national parks in Utah — at least for now.

2Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Flooded with Protests on Lease Sales
Planned Near Flaming Gorge

The Federal agency has received 127 protests on its plans to sell oil and gas leases in the popular Little Mountain hunting and recreation area near Flaming Gorge Reservoir, south of Rock Springs. 18,049 acres have been identified for a lease sale scheduled on Dec. 2.

21Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Finalizes Rules on Oil Shale Development

The agency acknowledges that commercial development of oil shale will not begin until it is technologically viable, which is not expected for several years. The new regulations will provide a basis for decisions, as “rules of the road” for the large investment that will be necessary.

18Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Sued Over Air Quality and Ozone in
Four Corners Area

The groups said concerns about ozone aren’t limited to New Mexico. They point to other parts of the West, including Wyoming, that are experiencing unhealthy ozone levels that they claim are tied to oil and gas activity.

13Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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