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Interior to reoffer Utah drilling leases

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago

He says 17 of 77 leases for bid should be allowed to proceed. Published: 10/9/2009 2:24 AM Last Modified: 10/9/2009 2:24 AM The Interior Department will reoffer 17 of 77 lease parcels for oil and natural gas drilling in Utah after halting their development in February.

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Interior to reoffer Utah drilling leases

News Source: Tulsa World | about 1 month ago

He says 17 of 77 leases for bid should be allowed to proceed. Published: 10/9/2009 2:24 AM Last Modified: 10/9/2009 2:24 AM The Interior Department will reoffer 17 of 77 lease parcels for oil and natural gas drilling in Utah after halting...
LA Times: Few Bush-era energy leases valid, Interior report finds

News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month ago

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that only 17 of 77 oil and gas leases on Utah public lands that the Bush administration auctioned off in December are valid and that his agency will prevent development on the remaining parcels, at least...
New York Times: U.S. Blocks Oil Drilling at 60 Sites in Utah

News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago

The Department of the Interior has frozen oil and gas development on 60 of 77 contested drilling sites in Utah, saying the process of leasing the land was rushed and badly flawed. The 77 government-owned parcels, covering some 100,000 acres in...
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News Source: Sify News | about 1 month ago

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News Source: Star Tribune | about 1 month ago

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will permit oil gas drilling on 17 of the 77 Utah land parcels that were hurriedly readied for leasing in the waning days of the Bush administration. Salazar also said at a news conference Thursday that leasing...
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News Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune | about 1 month ago

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