BLM and the Bridger-Teton National Forest Seek Public Input on Riley Ridge Unit Development

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office and the U.S. Forest Service (FS) Bridger-Teton National Forest are seeking public comment on a proposal to develop five carbon dioxide, helium, methane and hydrogen sulfide wells and associated infrastructure approximately 20 miles west of Big Piney, Wyo., in the Riley Ridge area. The proposal includes four wells on federal land and one on state land to be drilled from four new well pads totaling 20.4 acres over a period of six years. New pipelines would connect all five new wells and two existing wells to the Riley Ridge methane and helium recovery facility. Pipelines and access roads would use existing corridors where possible. Surface disturbance would include an estimated 7.7 miles of new pipeline and an estimated 2.3 miles of new or improved access roads.

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