BLM’s Utah state office abruptly postpones oil, gas lease sale

Oil & Gas Journal: The US Bureau of Land Management’s Utah state office postponed a Nov. 17 oil and gas lease sale one day before it was to have been held. It took the action “to allow the time needed to better accommodate the high level of public interest in attending the sale,” it said in a Nov. 16 announcement in which it also apologized for the short notice.

“BLM-Utah expects to reschedule the sale in the near future,” the announcement said. “Once the details have been determined, they will be released through the media and posted on the BLM-Utah state home page, as well as the BLM-Utah oil and gas leasing webpage.”

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