The Fluid Minerals Program in the Milwaukee Field Office is mandated by law, driven by customer demand, and moderated by interagency coordination and cooperation. Industry interest and activity as well as surface management agency cooperation determines where lease sales are scheduled. Industry applications for permits to drill trigger environmental and engineering work. Units and agreements are done in response to industry requests and to protect the public interest. Industry operations, including drilling, production, testing, and abandonment of locations create demand for inspections and compliance actions. Industry development of nonfederal minerals adjacent to Federal properties creates the requirement to determine and correct drainage of Federal resources.

The core mission of the Oil and Gas Program is to encourage and regulate the exploration and development of Federal oil and gas resources in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359); the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1701); the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987; Section 2507 of the Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act of 1992 (PL 102-486); the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.); and numerous other Acts identified at 43 CFR 3100.

Information about Gas Royalty payments within the Milwaukee Field Office 
Information about Oil Royalty payments within the Milwaukee Field Office.

 Fluid Minerals Team Functional Responsibilities     

Rebecca Metz - Environmental Scientist (414) 297-4425

• Prepares NEPA analysis for proposed oil and gas leasing
• Processes APD's and surface-related Sundry Notices including NEPA analysis and field work.
• Processes Sundry Notices for proposed and final well site abandonment
• Conducts environmental surface inspections of producing well sites and associated facilities

 Steve Klimetz - Petroleum Engineer, Fluids Team Lead (414) 297-4438  

• APD permit processing.
• Miscellaneous approvals/variance requests.
• Private-acquired lease administration.
• Reverting Mineral Lease Application processing.
• Questions on Inspection/Enforcement - Michigan and Illinois Basins.
• Conduct production inspections for the Michigan and Illinois Basins.
• Conduct drilling/plugging/misc. inspections in Michigan and Illinois Basins.

 Jeff Nolder - Geologist (414) 297-4422 

• Questions on Drainage Protection.
• Provides geologic analysis/reports in support of Drainage Program, APD's and planning/NEPA analysis.
• Administers Diligence and Fluid Mineral Trespass Programs.
• Coordinates the Minerals Exchange Program. 

Lucille Tamm - Geologist (414) 297-4419 

• Questions on Known Geologic Structure clearances, leasing and resource evaluation.
• Provides geologic analysis/reports in support of Drainage Program, Applications for Permits to Drill (APD) and planning/NEPA analysis.   

Dave Lachance - Geologist (414) 297-4145  

• Questions on formation and administration of Federal Units, Communitization (pooling) Agreements, gas storage,  other Federal agreements  and the Federal leases affected by them.  

 Paula Langley - Geologist (414) 297-4418  

• Federal mineral ownership records. 

Carol Van Ryzin - Program Assistant (414) 297-4403

• Questions on private-acquired leases, royalty reviews, bonds, and administrative duties.
• Permit processing - administrative review of all APD's & Sundry Notices; maintains tracking system for all applications and distributes approved permits. 
• Data Management - maintains Automated Fluid Minerals Support System, Monthly and leases data bases, fluid mineral and drainage files and Petroleum Information card files; distributes Incidents of Non-Compliance.
• Lease/Royalty Management - works with operators, purchasers, Minerals Management Service and Eastern States' Branch of Use Authorization to identify and collect unpaid royalties, identify idle and orphaned wells, nonproducing leases and potential government liabilities on private-acquired leases. 

Jim Wood- Oil and Gas Inspector (740) 373-5029 

• Questions on Inspection/Enforcement - Appalachian Basin (OH, PA, NY, and WV).
• Conduct production inspections for the Appalachian Basin.
• Conduct drilling/plugging/misc. inspections in Appalachian Basin.
• Located in the BLM's Marietta Field Inspection Office.

Marietta Field Inspection Office

Bureau of Land Management 
27750 St Rt 7

Marietta, Ohio 45750

 Fluid Minerals Links:

 CFR - The Code of Federal Regulations is the official compilation of the Federal regulations of a general applicability and legal effect that are currently in force. The Oil and Gas Program regulations are found at 43 CFR Group 3100.

MMS - The MMS's Royalty Management Program is responsible for the collection and distribution of all onshore royalties. Additional information on MMS activities, employment opportunities, information resources, freedom of information act, procurement, how to contact MMS employees, and MMS budget can be found at the MMS site.

 Milwaukee Field Office Oil and Gas Agreements 

Links to Information about the Minerals Program in The Eastern States

Eastern States' Division of Resources Planning and Protection

Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale Notices

Frequently Used Oil and Gas Forms

Lease Sale Archive  including the latest sale notice

Competitive Lease Process

Noncompetitive Lease Process

FAQs

Energy and Minerals in Eastern States

Solid Minerals in Eastern States

Bonds

Coal

Issue of Leases

Leasing Instructions

Information on Oil and Gas Lease Sales

Oil and Gas Agreements in the Milwaukee Field Office

Information about Gas Royalty payments within the Milwaukee Field Office 

Information about Oil Royalty payments within the Milwaukee Field Office

 In accordance with 43 CFR Part 3120, the Eastern States Office is offering for competitive oil and gas lease sale, certain Federal lands in Arkansas (ES-001 thru ES-022), Louisiana (ES-023 thru ES-027), Michigan (ES-028 thru ES-059) and West Virginia (ES-060 thru ES-063).

 10:00 a.m. on April 24, 2008.

  Sale notices and results are also posted on the Lease Sale Archive page