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Coal

BLM Wyoming manages approximately 41 million acres of federal mineral estate, of which 11 million acres is split estate (federal subsurface/non-federal surface). Wyoming routinely leads the nation in production of low-sulfur coal, producing 378 million tons in 2005.


 

Coal
Coal FAQ's
Powder River Basin





Oil & Gas

Oil and gas operations on BLM-administered public lands and federal mineral estate in Wyoming produced 29,819,011 barrels of oil and 1,410,476,831 thousand cubic feet of gas generated $799,217,792 in Federal oil and gas royalties; half went to the State of Wyoming. 


 

Oil & Gas
Leasing
Interactive Lease map
Coalbed Natural Gas
Onshore Operations
Jonah Interagency Office
Powder River Basin IWG
Uncertainty Calculator
Oil & Gas Leasing Q & As
The Gold Book


Wind Energy

The Foote Creek Rim wind project is Wyoming's first commercial facility to generate electricity from wind. Located near Arlington, Wyoming, it began commercial operation on Earth Day, April 22, 1999. The project is partially located on public lands managed by the BLM Rawlins Field Office.


 

WY Wind Energy Project

Wind Energy

Programmatic EIS



Solar Energy



Geothermal Energy



Energy Links



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