Archive for September, 2009

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CH2M HILL Awarded Wyoming CO2 Pipeline Project

The project involves capturing gas emissions from the Lost Cabin Gas Plant in Fremont County, and injecting it into oil wells in Encore’s Bell Creek Field in southeastern Montana, with the aim of helping to increase domestic oil production from that field.

30Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Resolute Natural Resources Co. Going Public

Denver-based Resolute will now be known as Resolute Energy Corp. and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols “REN” and “REN WS.” The company operates an oil project in Southeast Utah and a gas field in Wyoming’s Powder Rover Basin.

29Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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GAO Report Chides BLM’s Rush to Drill
in Bush Years

Sloppy wording in the Bush administration’s 2005 Energy Policy Act’s directives to streamline oil and gas development has led to lawsuits, end runs around environmental laws and dirty air in places such asVernal, Utah and Pinedale, Wyoming, a federal agency says.

25Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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California Wind Developer Interested in Testing
Medicine Bow Area for Wind Farm

Tom Florich, director of public services and infrastructure for the Forest Service in Laramie, said if such a wind farm is actually proposed, it would probably require a review of its environmental impacts to the pristine area.

24Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Waste to Energy Plant a Possibility in Guernsey Area

American Renewable Energy Associates (AREA) is currently working in conjunction with other groups and businesses to explore the possibility of a waste to energy power plant.

23Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Cap-and-Trade Proposals Failing Public’s “Test of Common Sense” Says Western Business Group

The Western Business Roundtable says that if Congress develops climate change legislation that follows “10 Common Sense Principles,” released by the Roundtable last week, it would gain the acceptance of a public increasingly skittish about sweeping proposals from the federal government.

23Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Salazar: Interior Dept Making Fast Progress
on Clean Energy

“Already, across the country, we are seeing the opportunities that would come from a clean energy economy powered by American resources and American ingenuity. Ranchers across the eastern plains, Wyoming, Nebraska, and elsewhere are earning extra money as wind farms spring to life.”

20Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Landowners Speak Out Against Gateway West
Transmission Project

Among the many landowners who spoke against aspects of the project during Monday’s meeting was Bob Whitton (right), Chairman of the Renewable Energy Alliance of Landowners.

16Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds to Kill Royalty-in-Kind Program

Interior Secretary Salazar said at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing today that the scandal-ridden Royalty-in-Kind program, which allows industry to provide oil and natural gas directly to the Interior Department in lieu of cash royalty payments, will be terminated.

16Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Lawmakers Key to Getting More Wind
Energy Money

Development offers opportunities for the state to create new jobs and raise additional energy dollars. And while wind is another energy source, elected officials shouldn’t hold that against the industry as they discuss pending legislation, said Craig Cox from the Interwest Energy Alliance.

15Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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States Must Cooperate on New Transmission Lines –
Or Lose Siting Jurisdiction to Feds

Already, congressional proposals to give the federal government broader authority on where to locate transmission lines in the West are being proposed in Washington D.C. Western states might be better served to cooperate on such matters say policywatchers.

13Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy Companies Could Face Targets on Their Backs — and Their Tax Returns

The President’s budget proposal would raise an estimated $31.5 billion over 10 years from increased taxes on oil and gas companies. The administration essentially pledges to repeal nearly every tax benefit currently enjoyed by the oil and gas industry, plus impose a new levy on offshore oil and gas production.

11Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Gas Glut Threatens Clean Electricity Future

You can’t promote natural gas, though, if energy companies can’t make money selling it. Not only has demand dropped dramatically in the global recession, but the gas industry lacks sufficient infrastructure to moderate the supply it sends to the market.

9Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Federal Audit Says BLM Must Do More to Combat
Fraudulent Lease Bids

An IPAMS spokesperson said she believes BLM’s additional new procedures will be sufficient to protect auctions against bad-faith bidders but said the group could not support a sealed-bid system because it would make the auction process less open.

8Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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