A growing and diverse collection of Wyoming residents are calling for a more balanced use of public lands. While recognizing the importance of resource development, these voices want to bring attention to the facts about how the oil and gas industry operates in Wyoming. Industry tactics include filing frivolous lawsuits designed to limit public input about what’s best for public lands.
Just this week, an out-of-state industry lobbying group, the Western Energy Alliance, filed charges that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is obstructing energy development in Wyoming. We urge you to take a deeper look at this charge and consider writing a story or editorial digging into the real facts around drilling in Wyoming.
Recent industry spin attempted to paint a grim picture of energy development in Wyoming, but only nine out of the 16,808 BLM oil and gas leases in Wyoming are in dispute.
The Wyoming leases in question total just over 13,000 acres, yet industry has 11.7 million acres leased in the state with just 33 percent of existing leases in production.
Wyoming BLM has processed all backlogged leases in Wyoming. The industry is waiting on just 222, or around 1 percent of the more than 16,000 leases the BLM oversees in Wyoming. Industry has only developed 33 percent of its existing leases.
Just this week, an out-of-state industry lobbying group, the Western Energy Alliance, filed charges that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is obstructing energy development in Wyoming. We urge you to take a deeper look at this charge and consider writing a story or editorial digging into the real facts around drilling in Wyoming.
Recent industry spin attempted to paint a grim picture of energy development in Wyoming, but only nine out of the 16,808 BLM oil and gas leases in Wyoming are in dispute.
The Wyoming leases in question total just over 13,000 acres, yet industry has 11.7 million acres leased in the state with just 33 percent of existing leases in production.
Wyoming BLM has processed all backlogged leases in Wyoming. The industry is waiting on just 222, or around 1 percent of the more than 16,000 leases the BLM oversees in Wyoming. Industry has only developed 33 percent of its existing leases.
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