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BLM Lifts Suspensions on Oil and Gas Leases in Montana
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1/3/2011
The Bureau of Land Management has lifted suspensions on 45 Montana oil and gas leases that got tied up in a dispute over climate changing gases emitted by oil field operations.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has lifted suspensions on 45 Montana oil and gas leases that got tied up in a dispute over climate changing gases emitted by oil field operations.
The suspensions were lifted Tuesday on leases totaling more than 25,000 acres. Six additional leases remain under suspension due to wildlife concerns, and two leases remain under partial suspension.
The suspensions were imposed in March while the federal lands agency completed environmental studies into oil field emissions. That followed a settlement agreement with environmentalists who had sued the agency for not considering emissions from oil field equipment and industry practices such as venting natural gas.
