BLM Streamlines Regulations for Stripper Wells and Heavy Oil Properties

Summary

The Bureau of Land Management is revising two regulations to improve the accuracy of royalty payments for stripper wells and heavy oil properties, which were previously incentivized to keep marginal oil wells in production.

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