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Historic Agreement Could Finally Open Up Overseas Markets for Western States’ Natural Gas

June 4, 2019

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. The potential to get cleaner liquefied natural gas to overseas markets could be a financial boon to struggling rural counties

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A Look at U.S.A.’s Energy States: Which Are the Best and Worst for Business?

May 16, 2019

CEOs rank Texas at the top, California at the bottom 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 its findings, the magazine quoted a consultant as saying: ” ‘the Chief Executive ranking … reflects what decision-makers are saying. And it’s what

Samson Resources Brings in Wells, Puts Green River Basin Assets Up for Sale

May 16, 2019

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

Chesapeake Sees Growth from Less-Crowded Wyoming Basin in Second Half

May 8, 2019

From Reuters 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 money from its Marcellus Shale and Mid-Continent areas to the oil-rich Powder River Basin, which hit a record of 42,000

Cloud Peak Energy Gets Short Reprieve Amid Bankruptcy Concerns

May 6, 2019

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 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the coal firm that operates the Antelope and Cordero Rojo mines in Campbell County

New Mineral Owners Association to Address Permitting War in Wyoming

May 6, 2019

Thousands of acres locked up by big companies with no drilling lowers our values, mineral owners say 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 banding together in defense, pushing for changes to Wyoming’s drilling rules and regulations. The Wyoming Mineral and Surface Owners Association

Wyoming’s Third Largest Coal Producer Faces Debt Payment Deadline on Monday, Default, Possible Bankruptcy

April 12, 2019

Rough going for Cloud Peak Energy 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, a pure Powder River Basin operator, goes into default if it elects not to pay Monday, the last in a

BP’s Sale Plan Buried by Snow in Wyoming Oil and Gas Field

March 28, 2019

From Reuters 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 in the Wamsutter field in south-central Wyoming – more than double the usual average – and that buried anything a

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Drilling on Federal Land

March 20, 2019

The ruling temporarily halts drilling on 300,000 acres of federal land leases in Wyoming 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, which is a violation of U.S. law, the Washington Post reports. The Tuesday decision by Judge Rudolph Contreras for the U.S. District Court

Coal Mining’s Decline: Bankruptcy Judge Strips Retiree Healthcare and Union Contract, Introduces Virginia Businessman to Wyoming Coal

February 18, 2019

From the Casper Star-Tribune Westmoreland Coal’s path in Wyoming 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. Miners lost on both counts, though now the buyer of the Kemmerer mine will be obligated to bargain a new contract

An Inexperienced Oil and Gas Commission Faces a Permitting War in Wyoming

January 14, 2019

There’s a war for operatorship in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, evidenced in 25,000 applications for drilling permits filed with the state. That war is starting to bog down monthly hearings and burden the staff of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. From the Casper Star-Tribune The dais at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission was a lonely one

Wyoming Oil and Gas Regulators Approve Large Flaring Allowance as Infrastructure Is Built

January 9, 2019

From The Casper Star Tribune 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 a pipeline is completed. At a meeting before the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Tuesday, representatives for the

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