Mikaela well pad natural gas drilling authorized in Uintah County
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office has issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Mikaela Well Pad: DOI-BLM-UT-G010-2026-0178-EA. The Responsible Official signed a decision record approving two Applications for Permit to Drill authorizing Anschutz Exploration Corporation (the applicant) to horizontally drill natural gas wells from the Mikaela Well Pad. The EA also analyzed constructing the pad with associated infrastructure (an access road and pipelines) and drilling up to eight additional wells for a total of ten. The project location is approximately 30 linear miles southeast of Vernal, Utah in Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 25 East. S.L.B.&M. in Uintah County, Utah.
The decision record can be found at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=3780FDF4-E997-F111-AB0F-001DD8084607.
For more information, please contact the Vernal Field Office at 435-781-4400
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