The Bureau of Land Management recently completed an oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming, generating more than $8.4 million from 32 parcels covering over 39,000 acres. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) highlighted the outcome as a significant development for the state’s energy sector.
Lummis contrasted these results with those from September 2024, when a similar sale under the Biden administration brought in just over $27,000. She pointed to policy differences between the two administrations regarding domestic energy production on public lands.
“This week’s Wyoming oil and gas lease sale represents a stark contrast from the disastrous energy policies of the Biden administration,” stated Lummis. “For perspective, the 2024 Biden Wyoming September oil and gas lease sale netted just over $27,000. That’s not a typo. Just $27,000 versus over eight million dollars for this September’s sale under the Trump administration. That’s a 31,000% increase in revenue. The difference between an administration that wages war on American energy and one that unleashes it could not be clearer. The Trump administration is delivering for Wyoming and the energy workers that power our nation.”
Federal leasing policy has shifted since President Biden took office in 2021; he signed executive orders aimed at reducing new drilling on public lands shortly after his inauguration.
