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BLM Plan Would Ease Drilling Restrictions Across Carlsbad’s Permian Lands
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 17, 12:00 PM MDT
updated Oct 19, 6:00 AM MDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Artesia Daily Press and Carlsbad Current-Argus, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
The BLM is proposing a plan that would ease drilling restrictions across nearly all Carlsbad-area public land in the Permian basin, the Carlsbad Current-Argus and Artesia Daily Press reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 19, 6:49 AM MDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- BLM Proposes Easing Drilling Restrictions on Nearly All Carlsbad-Area Public Land · Carlsbad Current-Argus
- BLM Plan Would Ease Drilling Restrictions Across Carlsbad’s Permian Lands · Artesia Daily Press
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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