Pending APDs

Oil and Gas Operating Forms

E-Permitting

• Latest Updates on Oil and Gas

Provides latest updates on the Oil and Gas Program on Federal and Indian Lands, and links to current and existing references.

• Pending Applications for Permit to Drill

Provides a list of the proposed well locations submitted by Operators on Federal Lands in Field Offices in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

• Oil & Gas Operating Forms

Federal forms needed for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Applications filed on Federal and Indian Lands.

• Electronic Permitting

Information on filing electronic permits on Federal and Indian Lands via the Internet.

• Oil and Gas Leasing

Information on the Federal Oil and Gas leasing program.

• Oil and Gas Operations

Provides regulations and operating procedures for drilling, producing, and abandoning oil and gas wells on Federal and Indian Lands.

• Reservoir Management

Provides regulations and procedures for filing exploratory and secondary unitization, communitization, spacing orders on Indian lands, and drainage protection on Federal and Indian resources.

• Coal Bed Natural Gas

Provides a link to the Miles City Field Office Coal Bed Natural Gas webpage. This webpage includes the Coal Bed Natural Gas Guidance document on APDs and Project Plans of Development (POD) on Federal and Indian lands for the northern portion of the Powder River Basin located in Montana.

• Geophysical Operations

Provides regulations and procedures for conducting geophysical operations on Federal lands administered by the BLM.

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Resource Management Plans (RMPs)

Provides a link to the Planning and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Quarterly Status Report with the BLM contacts for Montana/Dakotas NEPA documents and RMPs.

• Narratives for Occurrence & Development Potential

Geologic studies conducted by the Bureau of Land Management on various areas throughout the Montana/Dakotas.

• Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA)/Tight Gas Sand Reservoir Information

This is a historical spreadsheet that shows the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA)Determinations/Tight Gas Reservoir Designations on Federal and Indian gas wells which qualified under the NGPA when it was still in effect.

• Other Oil and Gas Website Links

Links to various Federal, State, and Associations Oil and Gas web sites.