Earthjustice: Enefit American Oil Abandons Lease to Mine Oil Shale in Utah's Uinta Basin
September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 13 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023:
Estonian state-owned oil shale company Enefit American Oil is abandoning its lease to mine oil shale on federal public land in northeastern Utah's Uinta Basin. The decision marks the end of the George W. Bush-era federal oil shale leasing program and came just weeks before a settlement agreement cut the oil shale giant's planned strip mine and processing facility off from it . . .
Estonian state-owned oil shale company Enefit American Oil is abandoning its lease to mine oil shale on federal public land in northeastern Utah's Uinta Basin. The decision marks the end of the George W. Bush-era federal oil shale leasing program and came just weeks before a settlement agreement cut the oil shale giant's planned strip mine and processing facility off from it . . .