Holdups

Montana Ruling Favors Energy Industry

Legal holdups of oil and natural gas leases on federal lands are less likely following a federal district judge’s ruling on a five-year-old Montana case that effectively blocked an environmental steamroller, according to officials at the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance (WEA), which has represented oil and gas industry interests against environmental challenges throughout the West.

June 24, 2013

Industry Sees Judge’s Montana Ruling as Key Milestone

Future legal holdups of oil and natural gas leases on federal lands is now less likely following a federal district judge’s ruling on a five-year-old Montana case which effectively blocked an environmental steamroller, according to officials at the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance (WEA), which has represented oil/gas industry interests against environmental challenges throughout the West.

June 19, 2013