Bureau

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has imposed an “indefinite” moratorium on an environmental review of a potential natural gas drilling site on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana in response to stiff local opposition. It plans to re-direct federal funds that were allotted for review of that project to another drilling prospect outside of the Front area where there is “more drilling [activity] and less controversy,” said a spokesman for BLM’s Montana State Office.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the weekend imposed an “indefinite” moratorium on an environmental review of a potential natural gas drilling site on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana in response to stiff local opposition, and it plans to re-direct federal funds that were allotted for review of that project to another drilling prospect outside of the Front area where there is “more drilling [activity] and less controversy,” said a spokesman for BLM’s Montana State Office.

The governor of Wyoming sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Pinedale, WY, office last week conditionally supporting Questar’s proposed year-round Pinedale Anticline drilling program.

The governor of Wyoming sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Pinedale, WY, office this week conditionally supporting Questar’s proposed year-round Pinedale Anticline drilling program.

A federal court in Washington, DC, last Wednesday rejected a challenge by several environmental groups of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision authorizing a Denver producer to conduct seismic gas exploration activity on the West Tavatus Plateau in eastern Utah.

A federal court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday rejected a challenge by several environmental groups of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision authorizing a Denver producer to conduct seismic gas exploration activity on the West Tavatus Plateau in eastern Utah.

The Utah office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reported that its June oil and gas lease sale on June 25 was the largest ever in the state both in terms of acres leased and total bids received. BLM leased 123 parcels consisting of 203,077 acres, and the sale netted $9.95 million.

The Utah office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reported that its June oil and gas lease sale last Friday was the largest ever in the state both in terms of acres leased and total bids received. BLM leased 123 parcels consisting of 203,077 acres, and the sale netted $9.95 million.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has appealed a decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to allow oil and gas drilling on the state’s Otero Mesa desert, which he said would impact groundwater and grassland. If the plan is not scrubbed, he said the state will consider legal action.