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 …
Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE: BBG) has completed its strategic combination with Fifth Creek Energy Company, LLC. The merger between Bill Barrett and privately held Fifth Creek Energy closed March 19, 2018.
In …
From the Casper Star-Tribune
Jim Willox knows when industry is picking up …
Silver Creek Midstream, LLC and Tall Grass Energy Partners, LP (ticker: TEP) have signed an agreement to develop the Iron Horse Pipeline, a joint venture pipeline to transport crude oil from the Powder River Basin (PRB) to Guernsey, Wyoming.
Iron …
Summit Midstream Partners, LP (ticker: SMLP) will be holding a non-binding open season for its Double E Pipeline. The target in-service date for the project is the first quarter of 2021.
The project will consist of approximately 120 miles of …
Silver Creek Midstream, LLC recently announced that it will acquire Red Butte Pipe Line LLC from Merit Energy Company. The acquisition includes crude oil gathering, transportation and storage assets located in the Big Horn and Wind River Basins of Wyoming.…
SM Energy Company (ticker: SM) said that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell a majority of the company’s Powder River basin assets for a cash purchase price of $500 …
LINN Energy, Inc. (ticker: LNGG) entered an agreement to sell its interest in properties located in Wyoming to an undisclosed buyer for a contract price of $200 million, the company said in a press release.
The properties to be sold …
QEP Resources (ticker: QEP) followed its southwestern Wyoming Pinedale anticline divestiture with an acquisition of more acreage in the Permian.
QEP said its subsidiary company, QEP …
The Codell sandstone could be a formation that operators might begin to take seriously. A new report from the State of Wyoming …
From POWER Magazine
Amazon’s latest wind farm in coastal North Carolina has completed construction and is weeks from beginning operations—and state legislators have just asked the incoming Trump administration to shut it down.
The $400 million, 208-MW, 104-turbine …
Freeport-McMoRan has sold another group of oil and gas assets. Australia’s Elk Petroleum Ltd (ticker: ELK) has entered into a purchase …
It looks like a breathtaking Western painting that might be hanging in a museum in Denver, or Cody or Jackson, but it’s actually a photograph of the real thing taken by the National …
At the request of Governor Matt Mead, the Wyoming Attorney General’s office has filed a petition for review of final agency action on the “Methane and Waste …
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) has released the results of its study into water quality issues in the Pavillion Gas Field Cistern Area east of Pavillion, Wyoming.
This study was carried out from in response to a prior …
Contango Oil & Gas Company presents at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference®
During Contango’s breakout session, management was asked the following questions:
Jonah Energy will present at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® 21 on Aug. 18, 2016.
Jonah Energy is a private acquisition and development company focused on the recovery of hydrocarbons from the Jonah field in western Wyoming. The Jonah …
A federal judge in Wyoming has issued a final ruling to refute the executive branch’s ban of hydraulic fracturing on public land. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl issued the final ruling on June 21, 2016, upholding a preliminary injunction he …
On May 12, 2016, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released the 8th update to the Oil and Gas Production Facilities Permitting Guidance (O&G Guidance). DEQ’s most recent update to the O&G Guidance was …
The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management recently filed in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals looking to end an injunction placed against …
A group including several states and Native American tribes filed their final briefs with a Wyoming judge today to stop new federal rules regarding hydraulic fracturing. The U.S. Department of …
A heated discussion over what to do with 316 producing wells took place last week in Wyoming. The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission decided Tuesday to plug the wells, …
Severance taxes on oil and gas extraction make up a significant portion of the budgets of a number of states in the U.S., but the …
The final day of September marked the end of Q3’15 for the majority of oil and gas companies. The same definitive timeframe doesn’t apply for hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands, which created a …
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it will not put the greater sage grouse under the protection of …
Contango Oil & Gas (ticker: MCF) announced “the discovery and successful completion” of a well located in Weston County, Wyoming, according to a company press release. The Elliott #1H well (80% working interest) is the first to be drilled by …
