BLM conservation rule likely to survive challenges, advocates say
• Conservation groups boost Biden administration initiative, saying the changes to management of 18 million acres in Wyoming are legal and will fulfill the agency’s duty. Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile Via- Wyoming News Exchange A federal rule to…
Petroleum Association launches Carbon Initiative Network
• Create a space for carbon management. The Petroleum Association of Wyoming (PAW) is launching a Carbon Initiative Network to help with development and growth of carbon management networks in the Cowboy state. PAW President Peter Obermueller says there is…
SVI Radio Interview-Dec. 18: Peter Obermueller, Petroleum Association of Wyoming
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First oil & gas lease sale nets over $14M in state
• Wyoming will receive around $7 million of that revenue By Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Bureau of Land Management’s first oil and gas lease sale in over a year netted roughly $14.7…
Feds seek public input on pending oil and gas lease sales
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Federal oil and gas lease parcels are once again in the offering in Wyoming after several quarterly sales were nixed in recent years. The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct three quarterly competitive lease sales…
Future of oil and gas industry uncertain
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —This year is shaping up to be the most normal in a while for the oil and gas industry. But with normalcy still a long way off, the Wyoming operators…
Oil and gas, green groups both pan reduced lease sale
By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Oil and gas companies successfully bid for the right to develop 71,251 federal acres across the West in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s first onshore oil and gas lease sale since President Joe Biden took…
Land use money for schools drops
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Land use revenue earmarked for Wyoming’s schools dropped for the fifth year in a row, the Legislative Service Office reported Monday. It’s the least the state has earned from…
Production, conversation groups challenge oil and gas leases
By Brady Oltmans Pinedale Roundup Via- Wyoming News Exchange PINEDALE – A Wyoming production group submitted a protest to the Bureau of Land Management regarding oil and gas leases on the same day a coalition of environmental groups also petitioned…
Taxes on drilling could rise
By Nicole Pollack Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Taxes on oil and gas drilling on federal lands could go up for the first time in a century, the Department of the Interior said Friday. On Jan. 27,…