Federal - Oil & Gas

摘要

BLM Alters Its Competitive Oil and Gas Leasing Procedures On January 31,2018, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued an instruction memorandum that altered its processes for offering oil and gas parcels for lease in competitive sales and for land use planning for oil and gas leasing. See BLM, Instruction Memorandum No. 2018-034, "Updating Oil and Gas Leasing Reform-Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews" (Jan. 31, 2018) (IM 2018=034). IM 2018-034 supersedes the oil and gas leasing reforms set forth in BLM, Instruction Memorandum No. 2010-117, "Oil and Gas Leasing Reform-Land Use Planning and Lease Parcel Reviews" (May 17,2010) (IM 2010-117).