U.S. Bureau of Land Management
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API Chief Comments on Additional Regulatory Hurdles
Thursday, January 07, 2010 - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday that he would impose additional regulatory hurdles before allowing companies to drill for oil and gas on federal lands.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to announce Wednesday that his agency will require oil and natural-gas companies to clear more regulatory hurdles before they are allowed to drill on federal lands.
Editorial: Rahall, Salazar Find New Ways to Reinstate Moratorium
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - As Secretary Salazar continues to slow walk a plan allowing access to offshore energy supplies, the House Natural Resources Committee Chairman is holding hearings this week on sweeping legislation that will add more red tape to the leasing process.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - The Obama administration is reportedly mulling "variable" royalty rates for drilling on federal lands that would reflect the difficulty of tapping oil and natural gas supplies.
Friday, September 04, 2009 - Federal officials have given ConocoPhillips and its partner Anadarko Petroleum the go-ahead to compile certain Alaskan oil and gas leases into a new oil field unit.
Interior Dept Collects Millions from GOM, Utah Lease Sales
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - A sale of federal oil and natural gas leases for the Western Gulf of Mexico attracted $115,466,321 million in high bids today, following yesterday's $1.1 million sale of onshore energy leases in Utah.
Double Eagle Petroleum Obtains Lease Suspension at Main Fork Unit
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management approved the suspension of operations and production for all leases within the Main Fork Environmental Impact Study Area.
US Interior Dept Orders Air Review of 77 Utah Oil, Gas Leases
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - The U.S. Department of the Interior Thursday ordered an air quality review for the area around 77 controversial oil and gas leases in Utah, saying some may ultimately be developed, but others would need "extensive" review.
Interior Secretary Lauds President Obama's Pick for Director of BLM
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - Ken Salazar today praised President Obama's announcement that he intends to nominate Bob Abbey, a veteran public land policy leader and chief architect of the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, as Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
US Government Opens More Land for Oil Shale Research
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - The federal government opened Wednesday the second round of land leases for oil shale research in the western United States.
Thursday, January 08, 2009 - The Bureau of Land Management has received the final payments on high bids made by Anadarko, ConocoPhillips, Petro-Canada, and FEX L.P. for tracts within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
BLM Identifies Lands for Potential Development of Oil Shale Reserves
Sunday, September 14, 2008 - The BLM has finalized a plan for the use of public lands containing oil shale and tar sands. Approximately 1.9 million acres of public lands in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming have been set aside for potential commercial oil shale development.
BLM Approves Wyoming Gas Project
Sunday, September 14, 2008 - The BLM has released the Pinedale Anticline Project Area Record of Decision. The ROD authorizes development of 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and the project area involves 198,000 acres of land located just south of Pinedale, Wyoming.
US Opens Alaskan Land for Fall 2008 Lease Sale
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - The Bureau of Land Management issued a Record Decision that will make land available for oil and gas leasing in the northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
BLM Environmental Study Advances Oil Shale Plan
Thursday, December 27, 2007 - The Bureau of Land Management moved ahead with its push for commercial oil shale development, despite congressional concerns about the agency's pace.
BLM Prepares for Release of Revised Alaska Drilling Plan
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - The Bureau of Land Management plans to release a revised plan this week for oil leasing in an Alaskan region that has become a focal point of battles over North Slope areas rich in wildlife and energy potential.
Senate Clears BLM Director After Interior Blinks on Roan Plateau
Monday, August 06, 2007 - The Interior Department on Friday gave the state of Colorado more time to comment on the oil and gas drilling plan for the Roan Plateau, clearing the way for the Senate to approve the nomination of Jim Caswell as the BLM director.
Feds Could Proceed with Drilling in Alaskan NPR-A Area
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - The Bureau of Land Management could allow drilling work on a sensitive region of Alaska's North Slope after it completed additional environmental research on the area, an agency spokeswoman said.
Dejour Primed for Piceance-Uinta Campaign
Friday, June 22, 2007 - Dejour Enterprises Ltd.'s Chairmand & CEO, Robert L. Hodgkinson, has issued an update on the Company's exploration & production operations in the Piceance and Uinta Basins of Colorado and Utah.
House Dems Would Reverse Interior on Drilling, Rights-of-Way Rules
Thursday, June 14, 2007 - House Democrats intend to take aim at recent Interior Department actions on natural gas drilling and rights-of-way claims in the Rocky Mountains, if and when the Interior appropriations bill hits the floor.
