BLM Bakken sale nets $16.7 million, but industry unsatisfied with acreage

Oct. 24, 2024
The US Bureau of Land Management received bids on all 20 parcels it offered in its Oct. 23 federal oil and gas lease sale in North Dakota, taking in $16.7 million in high bids.
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Cathy Landry | Washington Correspondent

Cathy Landry has worked over 20 years as a journalist, including 17 years as an energy reporter with Platts News Service (now S&P Global) in Washington and London.

She has served as a wire-service reporter, general news and sports reporter for local newspapers and a feature writer for association and company publications.

Cathy has deep public policy experience, having worked 15 years in Washington energy circles.

She earned a master’s degree in government from The Johns Hopkins University and studied newspaper journalism and psychology at Syracuse University.