The US Bureau of Land Management issued a final environmental impact statement for the proposed Normally Pressured Lance natural gas development project in Wyoming. The June 21 action came about 30 days before a final decision was reached on the project, which would be south and west of Jonah field in Sublette County.
Jonah Energy LLC intends to drill 3,500 wells over 10 years on 141,000 acres of public, state, and private lands, 96% of which is on BLM-managed land within its High Desert District, BLM’s Washington headquarters said.
If approved, the NPL Project could unlock as much as 7 tcf of gas, create 950 jobs during the development phase, and generate $17.85 billion in total project revenue with federal royalties amounting to $2.2 billion, of which $1.1 billion would go to Wyoming state, BLM said.
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