據能源網4月19日洛杉磯報道，根據周一發布的銷售通知，美國政府將于6月在至少八個州向石油和天然氣公司提供在聯邦土地上的鉆探權。

幾天前，美國內政部表示將在公共土地上恢復石油和天然氣租賃銷售?？偨y去年上任后不久就暫停了鉆探拍賣，理由是需要研究該項目對納稅人的價值以及對氣候變化的影響。

然而，去年6月，在共和黨領導的州提出挑戰后，一名聯邦法官下令恢復租賃銷售。周一宣布的銷售將在整個6月份在線進行，也就是法院命令發布后的整整一年。

內政部在上周的聲明中表示，將繼續銷售，但石油和天然氣公司的土地面積將大幅減少，特許權使用費也將增加。

周一，內政部下屬的美國土地管理局（BLM）表示，將向懷俄明州的石油和天然氣公司提供131771英畝（53326 公頃）的土地，這是最大的出售計劃。其最初評估在該州拍賣超過55萬英畝土地。

懷俄明州的出售將于6月21日至22日舉行，占該機構當月將提供的144000英畝土地的90%以上。

BLM還將其在科羅拉多州、猶他州、蒙大拿州和內華達州提供的土地面積較去年所考慮的水平上降低。例如，在猶他州，該機構表示將在6月28日的在線拍賣中只提供一個160英畝的地塊，低于最初計劃的6000多英畝的六個地塊。

據BLM文件稱，所提供的地塊位于以前的石油和天然氣開發區域，包括一口未堵塞的油井，需要重新啟動或堵塞。BLM表示，其他被考慮的地塊位于用于娛樂的區域。

該機構還計劃在新墨西哥州、俄克拉荷馬州和北達科他州進行租賃銷售。

郝芬 譯自 能源網

原文如下：

U.S. unveils plans for June oil and gas drilling auctions -Reuters

The Biden administration will offer oil and gas companies drilling rights on federal acreage in at least eight states in June, according to sale notices published on Monday.

The announcements come days after the U.S. Department of Interior said it would resume oil and gas lease sales on public lands, a move that clashes with a pledge President made while campaigning for the White House.

He paused drilling auctions shortly after taking office last year, citing the need to study the program’s value to taxpayers and impact on climate change.

Last June, however, a federal judge ordered the lease sales to resume following a challenge from Republican-led states. The sales announced on Monday will take place online throughout the month of June, a full year after that court order.

In its announcement last week, Interior said it would proceed with the sales, but with sharply diminished acreage and steeper royalties for oil and gas companies.

On Monday, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, an arm of the Interior Department, said it will offer 131,771 acres (53,326 hectares) to oil and gas companies in Wyoming, the largest planned sale. It had originally evaluated auctioning more than 550,000 acres in the state.

The Wyoming sale, which will be held on June 21 and 22, accounts for more than 90% of the 144,000 acres the agency will offer during the month.

BLM also reduced the acreage it will offer in Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Nevada from the levels it said it was considering last year.

In Utah, for instance, the agency said it will offer just one 160-acre parcel at a June 28 online auction, down from its original plan of six parcels on more than 6,000 acres.

The parcel on offer is located in an area of previous oil and gas development and includes an unplugged well that would need to be restarted or plugged, BLM documents said. Other parcels that were considered were located in areas used for recreation, BLM said.

The agency is also planning lease sales for parcels in New Mexico, Oklahoma and North Dakota, it said.