Judge halts BLM Wyoming oil and gas lease sale Posted on April 1, 2024 by admin A federal judge in Washington last month (Mar. 22) put on hold a 2022 Biden administration giant oil and gas lease sale covering some 128,000 acres of federal land, mostly in Wyoming. The sale consisted of federal acreage in six parcels: Wyoming, 119,564 acres; Montana and the Dakotas, 3,406 acres;