BLM Approves Six Applications for Drill Permits in Uintah County
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office has issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Little Canyon Well Pad: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0126-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving three Applications for Permit to Drill authorizing Utah Gas Corporation (the applicant) to directionally drill natural gas wells from the Little Canyon Well Pad. The EA also analyzed constructing the pad with associated infrastructure (access roads and pipelines) and non-surface effects of a fourth well producing TLA-administered minerals. The project location is approximately 30 linear miles south of Vernal in the Little Canyon Unit, specifically Section 16 of Township 11 South, Range 20 East. S.L.B.&M. in Uintah County, Utah. The decision only authorizes wells that will produce federal minerals. The decision record can be found at: https://blm-eplanning.powerappsportals.us/Project-Home/?id=56F0F4E0-6C6E-F111-AB0D-001DD803D7D3. For more information, please contact the Vernal Field Office at 435-781-4400.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office has issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the T1 Well Pad: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0119-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving three Applications for Permit to Drill authorizing Scout Energy Management (the applicant) to horizontally drill oil wells from the Tulsa (T1) Well Pad. The EA also analyzed constructing the pad with associated infrastructure (access roads and pipelines) and non-surface effects of associated pipeline construction on TLA-administered lands. The project location is in the Greater Monument Buttes Unit, specifically the NESW of Section 31 of Township 9 South, Range 18 East. S.L.B.&M. in Uintah County, Utah. The decision only authorizes wells and infrastructure for BLM-administered lands and minerals. The decision record can be found at: https://blm-eplanning.powerappsportals.us/Project-Home/?id=C2DF86BD-6A63-F111-A824-001DD800B811. For more information, please contact the Vernal Field Office at 435-781-4400.
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