The US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed 3D seismic project in Uinta County southeast of Lyman and Mountain View, Wyo., BLM’s Kemmerer, Wyo., field office said on Jan. 20.
A notice said the BLM will accept comments through Mar. 2 for an environmental assessment it is preparing, and will hold a public meeting on the proposed Uinta 3D project on Jan. 31 in Lyman, Wyo.
BLM said that the project’s proponent, which it did not identify, would use Vibroseis and shot hole methodologies in a 151 sq mile area of BLM, US Forest Service, and private land. If approved, operations would begin in late summer 2012 and would be completed within 10-12 weeks, it said.
Nick Snow
NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.
