BLM requiring e-filing for documents - January 15, 2017

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryJanuary 2017

Vol. 22, No. 3

Week of January 15, 2017

BLM requiring e-filing for documents

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is requiring electronic filing for drilling work.

The federal agency recently amended its regulations to require operators to e-file any notices of staking and applications for permits to drill. The agency had previously allowed e-filing as an alternate to filing at field offices, but is now making the practice mandatory “to improve the efficiency and transparency of the APD and NOS processes.”

The change will go into effect on Feb. 9.

BLM announced the proposed change in July 2016.

BLM oversees drilling activity in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, as well as sections of the Cook Inlet basin that are important for exploration and development.

- ERIC LIDJI

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