All Posts Tagged With: "oil and gas leasing"

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Energy Industry Appeals BLM Lease Ruling
Despite ‘Partial Victory’

Western Energy Alliance said the Judge’s ruling didn’t do enough to force the Bureau of Land Management to properly follow the Mineral Leasing Act when leasing parcels for oil and gas development.

6Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Lawmakers Question Federal Leasing Reforms
for Oil and Gas

Wyoming’s Senators Michael Enzi and John Barrasso signed the letter, which seeks clarification of a process for leasing federal land, and say the master leasing plan process adds unnecessary layers to a process already to a process that is already very thorough and public.

14Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Forest Official Puts Wyoming Range Lease Sales Back in Play

Forest Supervisor Jacque Buchanan announced she was reversing her decision not to lease the acres for oil and gas development. This follows an appeal of her Jan. 25 decision by four energy groups.

6May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: Oil and Gas Pay Half of Taxes
in Big Horn Basin

Local governments, longtime residents, Wyoming natives and those employed by oil and gas, mining, ranching and any local or state-funded sector are largely against federal Secretarial Order 3310.
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22Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Wants Comments on Oil & Gas Leases

The agency is seeking public input on the environmental impact of opening up to 125 parcels of land to competitive oil and gas leasing in November. The 125 parcels range in size from 30 acres up to 2,560 acres, spread across Wyoming’s high desert.

21Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Salazar Report Tries to Refute GOP Claim Administration is Blocking Oil and Gas Drilling

Overall, 45 percent of all onshore leases and 57 percent of all leased acres are idle. “The simple truth is approval rates for drilling permits are up, and industry lays idle hands on over 21 million acres of public lands,” said Matt Garrington of the Checks & Balances Project in Denver.

1Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM to Make Decision on Backlogged
Oil and Gas Leases

More than $100 million worth of unissued oil and gas leases in Wyoming and other western states may finally get acted upon by the Bureau of Land Management. The federal agency said this week that it will soon decide whether the first of the leases across the West will be handed over to drilling companies.

16Jul2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Salazar Announces New BLM Reforms Aimed at Improving Land Protection and Energy Leasing

“The previous Administration’s ‘anywhere, anyhow’ policy on oil and gas development ran afoul of communities, carved up the landscape, and fueled costly conflicts that created uncertainty for investors and industry,” said the Secretary at the Washington D.C. announcement.

6Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Salazar Set to Unveil Oil and Gas Leasing Reforms

The administration is set to reveal new federal leasing practices it hopes will increase confidence in the system. “We are not just about the business of letting the oil and gas industry run the Department of Interior,” Secretary Salazar said in the New Year’s Eve interview.

4Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Outfitters Applaud Bill That Withdraws Wyoming Range from Additional Oil and Gas leasing

A vote for the Wyoming Range Legacy Act is a vote for local outfitting businesses, a vote for sportsmen, a vote for Wyoming citizens, and a vote for multiple-use on public land in Wyoming.

26Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued