Source: Cowboy State Daily
The Casper landfill will soon be the home of more than 1,000 decommissioned wind turbine blades and motor housing units.
According to Cindie Langston, solid waste manager for the Casper Regional Landfill, the materials will be …
From Bloomberg
Texas oilman Jeffery Hildebrand became a billionaire by shunning the shale revolution taking place in his home state. Now, …
From Reuters
U.S. oil output from seven major shale formations is expected to rise by 85,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September, to a record 8.77 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast in its monthly drilling productivity report …
From the Casper Star-Tribune
Two coal mines in Wyoming closed and sent 700 workers home Monday afternoon after their owner filed for bankruptcy, the latest blow to a region that has been battered by an economic downturn in the fossil …
From the Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Signers inked a historic agreement Thursday at the Governor’s Energy Summit, potentially opening up natural gas markets for Western states and the Ute Indian Tribe by looping in the Wyoming Pipeline Authority.…
Chief Executive magazine has published its newest list of the best and worst states for business. Texas ranked Number One—again. California is Number 50—again.
In the executive summary of …
Samson Resources II, LLC Announces Strong IP 30-day Rates from Four Vertical Well Fort Union Pad in the Green River Basin and Launch of Data Room for the Sale of its Green River Basin Assets
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Oil and gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp on Wednesday reported better-than-expected quarterly production and said it expects growth in the second half to get a boost from the less-crowded Powder River Basin in Wyoming.
Chesapeake has been moving …
From the Casper Star-Tribune
Cloud Peak Energy gained another week of reprieve last Tuesday, when the coal company reached an agreement with creditors to extend a grace period for their unpaid debt until May 7.
In a filing last Wednesday …
From the Casper Star-Tribune
Sparked by a permitting war among Wyoming’s oil and gas producers, mineral owners in eastern Wyoming say they are …
From the Casper Star-Tribune
Wyoming’s third-largest coal producer faces possible bankruptcy in the days ahead as the deadline approaches for a $1.8 million debt payment that the firm has left unpaid.
Cloud Peak Energy, …
BP’s plan to sell its interest in a half-million acres (202,340 hectares) of land in Wyoming dotted with 2,000 oil and gas wells has been put on ice.
Over 4 feet (1.3 meters) of snow fell this winter …
From Fortune
A federal judge has ruled the Interior Department failed to consider the environmental impact of oil and gas leasing in the Western U.S. states, …
From the Casper Star-Tribune
The bankruptcy judge in the Westmoreland case ruled in favor of the coal firm Friday, which had sought to eliminate retiree health benefits and break the Kemmerer coal mine’s union contract…
Wyoming regulators will allow an oil and gas firm to flare up to 4 million cubic feet of gas per day from two wells in the Powder River Basin for up to three months while …
From Bloomberg
Williams Cos., one of the biggest natural gas pipeline operators in the U.S., is seeking buyers …
Tallgrass Energy Announces Pony Express Pipeline Expansion
…From the AP/Sheridan Media
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Energy leaders in Wyoming are closely watching the fate of a Colorado ballot initiative that would severely limit fracking on non-federal land in that state.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Colorado-based …
From the Casper Star Tribune
With not enough pipeline capacity to move the prolific mineral development in Texas’s Permian basin, large firms are thinking of distributing their resources elsewhere.
A number of companies …
From The Casper Star-Tribune
Until recently, people in Cheyenne, Wyoming would rarely encounter a drilling rig close to home. They might spot the light of a flare in the dark distance, like a candle flickering above the prairie, but the …
From WyoFile
PITTSBURGH — A federal judge sentenced Two Elk power plant promoter Michael J. Ruffatto to 18 months in prison …
Privately held Samson Resources has acquired approximately 33,000 gross acres / 10,500 net acres plus working interests in 30 wells (29 operated by Samson) in the company’s core operating area of Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Samson acquired the acreage and wells …
From the Casper Star Tribune
Wyoming mines that produce lower heat coal appear to have struggled in the first quarter of the year while the state’s largest mines …
Elk Petroleum Limited (ticker: ELK) has commenced production on its Grieve CO2 EOR Project. The company said it expects initial gross oil production of 1,100-1,200 BOPD.
CEO Brad Lingo commented, “I’m exceedingly pleased to announce the start-up of oil production …
From the Casper Star Tribune
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a listening session Tuesday in Gillette to discuss the Clean Power Plan.
The federal agency responsible for the emissions-cutting Clean Power Plan will hold a public meeting today in …
