On February 21, 2020, the BLM released its final Environmental Impact Statement for the Moneta Divide Natural Gas and Oil Development Project in Wyoming.

Approximately 32,714 acres within 25 parcels in Uintah County have been listed for Utah’s upcoming March 10, 2020 competitive oil and gas lease sale.

Following the State Department’s court-ordered update to its 2014 Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) published on December 20, 2019, U.S. Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt signed a Record of Decision (ROD) on January 22, 2020, approving a 30-year right-of-way grant to TC Energy for construction of its Keystone XL Pipeline across 44 acres of federal-managed lands located in Montana.

On February 13, 2020, Governor Mark Gordon signed Order 2020-1, the Wyoming Mule Deer and Antelope Migration Corridor Protection, which designates the existing Sublette Mule Deer, Baggs Mule Deer and Platte Valley Mule Deer migration corridors and establishes a process to create new migration corridors in Wyoming.

Yesterday at the February 2020 WOGCC Hearings, Supervisor Watson indicated that the new Rig Schedule Online Form in the RBDMS System will be available to Operators on February 13, 2020.

On February 7, 2020, the COGCC announced that the Wellbore Integrity Rulemaking scheduled for February 26-28, 2020 has been continued to March 25-26, 2020.

On January 29, 2020, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission announced that applications are being accepted for its first professional Commission, which will replace the current all-volunteer commission.

On January 29, 2020, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission released a new Notice to Operators addressing how operators may provide information to residents that are within 2,000’ of proposed oil and gas operations.

On January 22, 2020, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission released initial draft amended 300-Series and 500-Series Rules in advance of the April – May 2020 Mission Change, Cumulative Impacts and Alternative Site Analysis Rulemakings.

Jost Energy Law and Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell co-hosted the CLE presentation “Colorado’s New Oil & Gas Reality in the Post SB 19-181 World” on January 22nd for Colorado’s oil & gas industry executives, in-house counsel, and decision makers.