Land

Three natural gas producers have asked for permission from the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) office in Rock Springs, WY, to drill more wells in Sweetwater County, WY, fields — an area of the state that the governor has tried to protect from drilling.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened for comment a plan by a subsidiary of Devon Energy Corp. to conduct seismic testing on the Baxter Shale in a remote area of Wyoming — a controversial project that the state’s governor has tried to stop.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened for comment a plan by a subsidiary of Devon Energy Corp. to do some 3-D seismic testing on the Baxter Shale, which is located in a remote area of Wyoming — a controversial project that the state’s governor has tried to stop.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) has granted drilling rights to TXCO Resources Inc. and St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. to explore part of APC’s leasehold in the Pearsall and Eagleford natural gas shale plays in the Maverick Basin of Texas, an area in which TXCO already has had success.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) has granted drilling rights to TXCO Resources Inc. and St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. to explore part of APC’s leasehold in the Pearsall and Eagleford natural gas shale plays in the Maverick Basin of Texas, an area in which TXCO already has had success.

St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. reported solid success from a horizontal well in the Carthage Field of East Texas, in an area that several other producers have found promising, and it plans to continue to add to its acreage in the region, the Denver-based independent said Thursday.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Wyoming has planned a lease sale for a package of properties in the Green River Basin’s Jack Morrow Hills on Tuesday (April 1), part of a new management plan for the southwestern part of the state.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to allow more natural gas drilling in Wyoming’s Pinedale Anticline actually would create more air pollution than would be permitted under recently announced federal air quality standards, according to the federal agency’s internal projections.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Wyoming has planned a lease sale for a package of properties in the Green River Basin’s Jack Morrow Hills on Tuesday (April 1), part of a new management plan for the southwestern part of the state.