Swordsmyth
03-20-2018, 11:26 PM
The U.S. Department of the Interior is auctioning (https://www.energynet.com/govt_listing.pl) on Tuesday, March 20, a total of 43 parcels in southeast Utah for oil and gas development, despite protests from environmentalists that the lease sales are near archaeological monuments and spectacular redrock wilderness.
The auction of 51,400 acres today is part of the U.S. Administration’s plans to open up wider areas for oil and gas drilling in the country—a campaign pledge that President Donald Trump has been following since taking office.
The auction includes areas that are near the boundaries of the former Bears Ears National Monument that President Trump modified (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-modifying-bears-ears-national-monument/) at the end of 2017 to “the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of important objects of historic and scientific interest.”
Local Utah officials welcome the lease sale as they believe that oil and gas extraction and mining could improve the economy of areas such as one of Utah’s poorest counties, San Juan.
More at: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Holds-Utah-Oil-Lease-Sale-Despite-Protests.html
The auction of 51,400 acres today is part of the U.S. Administration’s plans to open up wider areas for oil and gas drilling in the country—a campaign pledge that President Donald Trump has been following since taking office.
The auction includes areas that are near the boundaries of the former Bears Ears National Monument that President Trump modified (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-modifying-bears-ears-national-monument/) at the end of 2017 to “the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of important objects of historic and scientific interest.”
Local Utah officials welcome the lease sale as they believe that oil and gas extraction and mining could improve the economy of areas such as one of Utah’s poorest counties, San Juan.
More at: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Holds-Utah-Oil-Lease-Sale-Despite-Protests.html