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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) chief Tommy Beaudreau said Wednesday federal officials would meet their obligations regarding offshore activity, but the automatic sequestration imposed by Congress is presenting “enormous challenges.”

A total of 29 parcels comprising 35,889 acres in a promising unconventional find in northeastern Nevada were sold to six companies for a total of $1.27 million by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) during its quarterly oil and gas competitive lease sale held in Reno, NV, the agency said.

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is reviewing an exploration plan by ConocoPhillips that if approved may allow the producer to begin drilling offshore Alaska in the Chukchi Sea in 2014. However, the proposal may be stymied by issues that Interior found in Royal Dutch Shell plc’s inaugural drilling program.

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is reviewing an exploration plan by ConocoPhillips that if approved may allow the producer to begin drilling offshore Alaska in the Chukchi Sea in 2014.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming has approved Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s Crazy Cat East oil and natural gas drilling project about 40 miles south of Buffalo in North Central Wyoming.

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tuesday released its first-ever rapid ecoregional assessment (REA), which takes a broad look at the ecology of the Colorado Plateau.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received bonus oil and natural gas bids totaling $4.068 million for 26 parcels in Utah that cover 37,414 acres in the latest quarterly lease sale, officials reported Tuesday.

A U.S. District Court in Denver ruled Wednesday that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) practice of keeping secret from the public the identity of entities nominating public lands for oil and natural gas development is unlawful.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is deferring 20,000 acres in Colorado’s North Fork Valley from an lease sale set for Thursday (Feb. 14). Another 88,000 acres elsewhere in the state will be part of the sale.