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SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that an exploratory project for helium can proceed in Utah's Emery County, rejecting claims by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance that federal land managers failed to appropriately weigh its potential impacts. Specifically, Judge Rudolph Contreras said the benefits of the Bowknot Project next to the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness outweigh any potential environmental impacts because of the supply shortage of helium, a critical gas widely used in medical technology such as magnetic resonance imaging as well as computer hard drives, airbags and...

Judge Rejects Effort to Stop Helium Project in Emery County A federal judge ruled on Jan. 12 that an exploratory project for helium can proceed in Emery County, rejecting claims by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance that federal land managers failed to appropriately weigh its potential impacts. Judge Rudolph Contreras stated that because of the supply shortage of helium, the benefits of the Bowknot Project next to the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness outweigh any potential environmental impacts. Contreras also noted that the proposed water use by the project is minimal, amounting to 0.002% of t...

Deseret News Company owners defend project at site carved from wilderness area Share this story The area in Utah’s Emery County where Colorado-based Twin Bridges wants to site a well pad to pursue directional drilling for exploration for helium. The project has come under fire by environmental critics who filed a lawsuit to prevent it from going forward because they say the drilling would have visual impacts to a wilderness area. Company officials say the drilling operation would be based on a 5.4-acre well site on federal land, but was legally carved out from the Labyrinth Canyon Wildernes...

Judge taps brakes on drilling in Utah wilderness on eve of federal OK Construction crews are poised to start work in the newly designated wilderness preserve but a judge will decide whether they can fire up their engines. (Courtesy photo by Ray Bloxham, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance) An energy company hoped to begin drilling for helium starting Wednesday on this site in the newly designated Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness. Environmentalists have gone to court to prevent the Bureau of Land Management from approving the Bowknot helium project, proposed by Twin Bridges Resources. | Updated: 1...