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Public lands are available for oil and gas leasing only after they have been evaluated through BLM's multiple-use planning process. In areas where development of oil and gas resources would conflict with the protection or management of other resources or public land uses, mitigating measures are identified and may appear on leases as either stipulations to uses or as restrictions on surface occupancy. This brochure provides general information on oil and gas leasing of onshore public lands.
This book reviews the consideration of oil and gas leasing in the land use planning processes of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. This volume was required by the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987. It identifies problems in land use planning that are caused by current leasing practices and the availability and reliability of information at the planning stage, and makes recommendations that address the interrelation between oil and gas leasing decisions and the land use planning process for federal lands.
In 2007, the Dept. of the Interior (Interior) collected $10.5 billion in revenues from companies that hold fed. oil and gas leases. Acquiring a fed. lease gives the lessee the rights to explore for and develop the oil and gas resources under the lease. Development entails many tasks, incl. drilling wells and building pipelines that may lead to oil and gas production. This report: (1) describes Interior's efforts to encourage development of fed. oil and gas leases and compares them to states' and private landowners' efforts; (2) examines trends in leasing and factors that may affect development; and (3) describes development on a sample of leases. The auditor reviewed data on 55,000 leases and spoke to officials in 8 states with leasing experience. Illus.