Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Exploration and Development Project, Sublette County, Wyoming

概要

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Exploration and Development Project DEIS which evaluates, analyzes, and discloses to the public direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts from continued exploration for, and development of, natural gas resources in the Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA) in Sublette County, Wyoming. The DEIS analyzes a proposal by the Project operators to drill new exploration and development wells in their leased acreage within the PAPA (approximately 197,345 acres) in western Wyoming. The PAPA operators include Alpine Gas Company, Anschutz Exploration Corporation, B-P Amoco Production Company, HS Resources, Inc., Jonah Gas Gathering Company, McMurry Oil Company, Questar Exploration & Production, Ultra Resources, Inc., Western Gas Resources, Inc., Yates Petroleum Corporation, and other companies (collectively referred to as the PAPA Operators). Lands associated with the new drilling program are located between the town of Pinedale, Wyoming, and the Jonah Natural Gas Field located 30 miles south of Pinedale, and between the Green River and Wyoming Highway 191.