Interior Department Plans to Conduct 32 More Onshore Oil, Gas Lease Sales

摘要

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his agency plan to conduct 32 onshore oil and gas lease sales in 2012, adding that the leasing reforms have resulted in fewer protests and more revenue. Interior held 32 sales in 2011 that garnered $256 million in revenue, a 20 percent increase from the prior year, agency officials said in a Jan. 10 statement.