At Last: A Federal Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Pawnee National Grasslands

9 years ago

Developing federal lands in the Northern Denver Julesburg Basin (“DJ Basin”), Colorado, has been a challenge for many operators active…

BLM Begins Regulatory Process to Increase Oil and Gas Royalties, Rentals, Minimum Bids, Bonding and Penalties

9 years ago

As promised by Secretary Jewell in March, see previous post, BLM is initiating a rulemaking process-- Announcement of Proposed Rulemaking…

The Wyoming Historical Society . . .

9 years ago

The Wyoming Historical Society published an interesting piece by Wyoming reporter Dustin Bleizeffer on the history of coalbed methane development…

Senator Tester calls for Cancellation of Long-disputed Montana Oil and Gas Leases

9 years ago

At the end of March 2015, Montana’s U.S. Senator Jon Tester joined the Blackfeet Nation in calling on the federal…

EPA Proposes Rule to Prohibit What Is Not Being Done

9 years ago

On April 7, 2015, EPA proposed a new rule to prohibit the discharge of wastewater pollutants associated with unconventional oil…

United States Senate Passes Amendment “Supporting” Transfer of Public Lands to States

9 years ago

Last week, the United States Senate passed a largely symbolic budget amendment sponsored by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (chair of…

Mediation in a Nutshell

9 years ago

Mediation typically occurs at some stage of the adversarial process. That process involves parties who are focused on the strengths…

Energy Book Review: “The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes,” Bryan Burrough (Penguin 2009)

9 years ago

Now that it looks like at least four of the Republican Presidential candidates claim a Texas connection - Jeb Bush,…

New BLM Fracking Rule

10 years ago

On March 20, 2015, after considering more than 1.5 million comments, the BLM released its much anticipated fracking rule for…

Baseball Arbitration

10 years ago

Now that Spring Training is in full swing, let’s talk some baseball! Okay, not that kind of baseball, but another…