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July 30, 2010

Feds agree to open gas field in Utah

  • Bill Barrett Corp. reached a deal with environmental groups to pull back from some wild areas and limit well pads near the Green River's Desolation Canyon.
    • By PAUL FOY
    Associated Press Writer

    SALT LAKE CITY — An energy company received federal approval Thursday to open one of Utah's biggest natural gas fields by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas, instead of on top of them.

    The Bureau of Land Management's approval of Bill Barrett Corp.'s multi-billion-dollar project reflects a deal the drilling company made with environmental groups to pull back from wild areas and limit well pads off the high rim of the Green River's Desolation Canyon.


     
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