E&B Natural Resources’ Well and Pipeline Approvals Draws Lawsuit

The Bureau of Land Management failed to fully study the environmental impact of its decision to allow E&B Natural Resources Management Corp. to drill and build a pipeline on federally-managed lands in California, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a federal court.

The agency reversed course several times over the past eight years before approving E&B’s permit to drill to operate a new well and to construct a pipeline in the Russell Ranch Oil Field, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The oil field is located within the Carrizo ...