BLM issues final oil shale leasing regulations
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management today issued oil shale leasing regulations, paving the way for commercial oil shale leasing and development.
In the press release accompanying the final rule, Interior Asst. Secretary for Land and Minerals Management C. Stephen Allred said, “The U.S. needs all types of energy resources, both conventional and renewable, in order to meet our future needs…Production from domestic resources makes us more secure and less vulnerable to future energy crises, and increases our security and economic well-being. The tremendous oil shale resources that we have in the U.S., containing several times the oil …




