据能源网4月19日洛杉矶报道，根据周一发布的销售通知，美国政府将于6月在至少八个州向石油和天然气公司提供在联邦土地上的钻探权。

几天前，美国内政部表示将在公共土地上恢复石油和天然气租赁销售。总统去年上任后不久就暂停了钻探拍卖，理由是需要研究该项目对纳税人的价值以及对气候变化的影响。

然而，去年6月，在共和党领导的州提出挑战后，一名联邦法官下令恢复租赁销售。周一宣布的销售将在整个6月份在线进行，也就是法院命令发布后的整整一年。

内政部在上周的声明中表示，将继续销售，但石油和天然气公司的土地面积将大幅减少，特许权使用费也将增加。

周一，内政部下属的美国土地管理局（BLM）表示，将向怀俄明州的石油和天然气公司提供131771英亩（53326 公顷）的土地，这是最大的出售计划。其最初评估在该州拍卖超过55万英亩土地。

怀俄明州的出售将于6月21日至22日举行，占该机构当月将提供的144000英亩土地的90%以上。

BLM还将其在科罗拉多州、犹他州、蒙大拿州和内华达州提供的土地面积较去年所考虑的水平上降低。例如，在犹他州，该机构表示将在6月28日的在线拍卖中只提供一个160英亩的地块，低于最初计划的6000多英亩的六个地块。

据BLM文件称，所提供的地块位于以前的石油和天然气开发区域，包括一口未堵塞的油井，需要重新启动或堵塞。BLM表示，其他被考虑的地块位于用于娱乐的区域。

该机构还计划在新墨西哥州、俄克拉荷马州和北达科他州进行租赁销售。

郝芬 译自 能源网

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.