BLM Approves New Gas Wells in Northeast Utah
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The Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office has issued the following decision records. For more information, please contact the Vernal Field Office at 435-781-4400.
- Lassen Natural Gas Wells: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0161-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving Applications for Permit to Drill which authorize Koda Uinta, LLC (the applicant) to drill up to sixteen gas wells from the approved Lassen Well Pad to produce from their existing federal mineral leases. The BLM relied on the Environmental Assessment U&O-FY25-076-EA and FONSI prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which approved the right-of-way for the well pad and associated surface infrastructure. The project location is on BIA-administered lands in Sections 12 and 13, Township 8 South, Range 21 East of Uintah County, Utah. The decision record can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=A904781A-A891-F111-AB0F-001DD803D7D3.
- Dunes Natural Gas Wells: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0155-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving Applications for Permit to Drill which authorize Koda Uinta, LLC (the applicant) to drill up to sixteen gas wells from the approved Teton Well Pad to produce from their existing federal mineral leases. The BLM relied on the Environmental Assessment U&O-FY25-076-EA and FONSI prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which approved the right-of-way for the well pad and associated surface infrastructure. The project location is on BIA-administered lands in the NENW Section 14, Township 8 South, Range 21 East in Uintah County, Utah. The decision record can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=DD249A66-2B90-F111-AB0F-001DD8084607.
- Mega 13 Pad Natural Gas Wells: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0152-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving Applications for Permit to Drill which authorize Koda Uinta, LLC (the applicant) to drill up to sixteen gas wells from the approved Everglades Well Pad to produce from their existing federal mineral leases. The BLM relied on the Environmental Assessment U&O-FY26-023-EA and FONSI prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which approved the right-of-way for the well pad and associated surface infrastructure. The project location is on BIA-administered lands in the NESW of Section 13, Township 9 South, Range 20 East in Uintah County, Utah. The decision record can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=1916C2A1-0A8D-F111-AB10-001DD8029ED0.
- Everglades Natural Gas Wells: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0147-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving Applications for Permit to Drill which authorize Koda Uinta, LLC (the applicant) to drill up to sixteen gas wells from the approved Everglades Well Pad to produce from their existing federal mineral leases. The BLM relied on the Environmental Assessment U&O-FY25-076-EA and FONSI prepared by the Bureau of Indian Affairs which approved the right-of-way for the well pad and associated surface infrastructure. The project location is on BIA-administered lands in Section 15, Township 8 South, Range 21 East of Uintah County, Utah. The decision record can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=4A244FE5-C18A-F111-AB10-001DD800B811.
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