Quarterly oil and gas lease sales in four states brought in $22.8 million, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
The revenue from lease sales this month on 20 parcels that total over 20,300 acres in Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi and Utah will be distributed to federal accounts and state coffers.
More than $14 million came from a lease sale in Louisiana and over $8 million came from leases in Utah, according to BLM records. The leases in Mississippi earned less than $7,500, while the sale in Michigan earned $4,140.
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Also this year, officials netted about $58 million in a July lease sale in New Mexico, as well as roughly $39 million in the first quarter for sales in Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico and Nevada.
