An OAG360® Exclusive: Interview with Gary Herbert, Governor of Utah Listen to the interview. Today, Utah has one of the lowest levels of unemployment in the United States, second only to North Dakota. The impressive levels of job growth the state has seen in the last few years have come under the leadership of Governor Gary Herbert. Governor Herbert first
Taking a Closer Look at American Sands Energy’s Utah Oil Sands Project Since the shale revolution ramped up, much of U.S. oil production has been light, sweet crude, which presents interesting challenges for operators sending their product to a refinery system that’s been set up to handle heavier crude oil. Much of the heavy crude refined in the U.S. is
Utah oilsands producer American Sands has received DEQ approval American Sands Energy (ticker: AMSE) announced today that it has reached another milestone on the road to starting production at its Sunnyside oilsands project. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) published Ground Water Discharge Permits and its associated Construction Permit for the project, according to a company press release. “Obtaining the
Groups say Bureau of Land Management was wrong to approve project The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the Sierra Club have filed an appeal challenging a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision in Utah, last Friday. The two groups say that the BLM was wrong to approve Fidelity Exploration & Production’s pipeline in the first place. “BLM’s decision to consider
