WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
SACRAMENTO, Calif.- The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled forDec. 1, 2026, to offer43 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 35,000 acres inKern, Kings, San Luis Obispo, and Fresno counties in California.
The BLM completed scoping on these parcels inJuly 2026 and held a public comment period that closed inSeptember 2026on the parcels and the related environmental analysis. A 30-day public protest period to receive additional public input opened today and will close Nov. 2, 2026.
Leasing is the first step in the process to develop federal oil and gas resources. Before dev...