TPL finalizes Hoback lease buy-back

The Trust for Public Lands' Deb Love announced the campaign to raise $8.75 million for the buyout in October. Andrew Setterholm photo

SUBLETTE COUNTY – An agreement to purchase 58,000 acres of public-land drilling leases in the Hoback Basin was finalized last week.

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) announced Jan. 2 that it had reached its fundraising goal and finalized the purchase of the leases from Plains Exploration and Production Co. (PXP).

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