Press Releases

DENVER – On July 16, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), State of Wyoming, and Western Energy Alliance won another significant victory in court as the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia further upheld the first oil and natural gas lease sales of the Biden Administration in June 2022, in particular, the Wyoming sale.

DENVER — Yesterday, Western Energy Alliance, the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, North Dakota Petroleum Council, Petroleum Association of Wyoming, and Utah Petroleum Association filed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process rule in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today responded to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final fluid mineral leasing rule that will increase bonding amounts far beyond what the market will bear.

Western Energy Alliance today responded to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) releasing the final waste prevention rule, which follows previous rules under the Obama and Trump administrations to reduce methane emissions, venting, and flaring.

Western Energy Alliance won a significant victory in court last Friday as the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the first oil and natural gas lease sales of the Biden Administration, held in June 2022.

DENVER – A coalition of oil and natural gas trade associations today lauded the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives for organizing Energy Week and focusing on passing a slate of bills to enhance domestic oil and natural gas production.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance President Kathleen Sgamma will testify at a legislative hearing before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands regarding four bills, including two on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Resource Management Plans (RMP) that would close 6.7 million acres to leasing across four western states.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance applauded member company Liberty Energy and co-plaintiff Nomad Proppant Services LLC for winning a preliminary injunction from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate change disclosure rule.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance responded today to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) new Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance’s president, Kathleen Sgamma, will testify at a hearing entitled¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ “Monetizing Nature and Locking up Public Land: The Implications of Biden’s Strategy for Natural Capital Accounting” before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.