The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Wednesday deferred 20,000 acres in Colorado’s North Fork Valley from an oil/natural gas lease sale set for later this month. Another 88,000 acres elsewhere in the state will be part of the sale.
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BLM to Hold Colorado Lease Sale Amid Rancor
While agreeing to defer nearly 10,000 acres, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finds itself as the target of strong opposition from local residents as it attempts to conduct an oil and natural gas lease sale in mid-February in central Colorado’s North Fork Valley.
Gasco’s Uinta Drilling Plans Challenged
Four environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reduce the amount of natural gas drilling approved for Gasco Energy Inc. in Utah’s Uinta Basin.
Gasco’s Plan to Drill in Utah’s Uinta Basin Challenged
Four environmental groups have filed suit against the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) seeking to reduce the amount of drilling approved for Gasco Energy Inc. in Utah’s remote Uinta Basin shale formation.
BLM Sets Aside Fracking Proposal for Revisions
A decision by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to set aside its original federal hydraulic fracturing (fracking) proposal has drawn plaudits from associations representing major oil and natural gas producers.
BLM Sets Aside Fracking Proposal to Make Revisions
A decision by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to set aside its original federal hydraulic fracturing (fracking) proposal has drawn plaudits from associations representing major oil and natural gas producers.
BLM Extends Comment Time for Wyoming Gas Drilling DEIS
The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Rawlins, WY, announced that it will hold a public open house next Tuesday and extend the public comment period into March on a draft environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of natural gas drilling in two counties.
BLM Extends Comment Time for Wyoming Gas Drilling DEIS
The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Rawlins, WY, announced that it will hold a public open house next Tuesday and extend the public comment period into March on a draft environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of natural gas drilling in two counties.
BLM Expands Practices to Protect Wildlife
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Friday announced an expansion of best management practices (BMP) for the fluids minerals industry to protect wildlife near oil, natural gas and geothermal facilities on federal land.
BLM Utah Office Prepares for Spring Lease Sale
A Utah field office for the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun seeking public comment on its environmental assessment (EA) of a proposal to offer 12 parcels totaling more than 14,000 acres for oil/natural gas leases in May 2013.