SOLENEX LLC v. BERNHARDT et al

  1. October 09, 2015

    Feds Told To Speed Review Of Drilling Plan For Tribal Site

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday ordered the federal government to decide by Nov. 23 whether it will seek to cancel or lift a suspension on Solenex LLC's natural gas permit on land sacred to Montana's Blackfeet Nation, slamming the government's proposed schedule to resolve the nearly 30-year suspension of the lease as unreasonable.

  2. September 30, 2015

    End May Be Nigh For 'Epic' Sacred Tribal Lands Drilling Row

    A nearly three-decade battle with the government over Solenex's oil and gas drilling plans on federal lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation could finally be forced to a resolution by a D.C. federal judge, but the company says a proposed government timetable could delay that resolution even further.

  3. August 18, 2015

    DOI Formulates Plan To End 30-Year Drilling Approval Saga

    Federal agencies responsible for Solenex LLC's natural gas permit on land sacred to Montana's Blackfeet Nation submitted a schedule to a D.C. federal court Monday indicating that drilling could begin by July 15, 2017, ending a nearly 30-year suspension on the lease.

  4. July 27, 2015

    DOI Ordered To Shape Up In 'Kafkaesque' 29-Year-Old Suit

    A D.C. federal judge criticized the U.S. Department of the Interior's "ineptitude" in failing to resolve a 29-year-old review of a drilling permit for federal land sacred to the Blackfeet Nation, saying the agency has 21 days to make a plan.

  5. June 10, 2015

    DC Judge Questions 'Kafkaesque' 30-Year Drilling Delay

    A D.C. federal judge grilled a federal government attorney Wednesday over a "Kafkaesque" decadeslong delay for Interior Department review of a drilling permit for federal land sacred to the Blackfeet Nation, saying he may force a timetable on a final agency decision.