Top Headlines#1
Wyoming Rule Change Means Public Can View
Drilling Documents
While the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission doesn’t plan to make special efforts to compile and present the information to the public, agency officials say information relating to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing will be readily available.
Top Headlines#2
State Seeks to Clarify Revised Oil & Gas
Leasing Process
While not required to hold a public hearing on the changes to the lease sale form, state officials hope the meeting will clarify ambiguity regarding bonding, royalties, valuation and other matters concerning the first revision of the state oil and gas lease form in 20 years.
Top Headlines#3
Ruby Pipeline to Enhance Natural Gas Markets
Current legal proceedings notwithstanding, the pipeline will bring an additional capacity of 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day, and natural gas producers will, for a time, have more pipe than production, according to the Wyoming Pipeline Authority, when the line is completed next March.
Top Headlines#4
Meetings to Focus on Effects of Southeast Wyoming Oil Boom
Presenters at the meetings will discuss the socio-economic challenges of an oil boom, such as heavy drilling and related activity that could occur well before the drilling would cause a surge in local tax revenue. The result would be strain on infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, and government, such as police and fire services.
Top Headlines#5
Lack of Climate Bill Hinders Carbon Storage,
Fed Agencies Say
While the U.S. Department of Energy is funding 15 projects with the aim of safely and economically storing CO2 in geological formations, the lack of a climate bill is hindering any larger scale carbon storage, federal agencies said this week.
Top Headlines#6
Rex Energy Starts Drilling Program
in Niobrara Shale
“This is the biggest play going on, I would presume, in the Rocky Mountains right now,” said Harold Kemp, assistant director of the state lands mineral leasing and royalty compliance division.

