Wyoming - Mining / OIL & Gas

摘要

Wyoming Supreme Court Refuses to Resolve Dispute over Conflicting Federal Oil and Gas and Coal Leases In Berenergy Corp. v. BTU Western Resources, Inc., 2018 WY 2, 408 P.3d 396, the Wyoming Supreme Court left unresolved a dispute between Berenergy Corporation (Berenergy), a Denver-based oil company, and Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody), the largest coal producer in Wyoming, over which has superior rights to produce oil and gas or mine for coal on the same lands in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Berenergy produces oil from several wells under federal oil and gas leases, the surface of which is covered by and overlaps lands that, pursuant to federal coal leases, affiliates of Peabody are planning to strip mine. Id.