Environmental

Energy Department Sells Historic Teapot Dome Oilfield

Sale Ends Department Ownership of Naval Petroleum Reserves

A solitary oil pump at the Teapot Dome Oilfield in Wyoming. | Department of Energy photo.
A solitary oil pump at the Teapot Dome Oilfield in Wyoming. | Department of Energy photo.

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015.  Today, the Energy Department finalized the sale of the historic Teapot Dome Oilfield located 35 miles north of Casper, Wyoming to Stranded Oil Resources Corporation, a subsidiary of Alleghany Capital Corporation.  More than $45 million in proceeds from the sale of the oilfield – known officially as…

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