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Natural Gas Industry Critical of Frac’ing Provision in Energy Bill

Labeled a ‘watered down, disappointing proposal by clean energy groups, the proposed legislation currently under consideration in the U.S. Senate is still drawing fire — this time from the natural gas industry, which is balking at a late addition involving frac’ing chemicals disclosure.

29Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Busted … But For How Long?
National Renewable Energy Standard
Dead for Now

Clean energy industry groups expressed unanimous disappointment with Congress’ inability to include a national RES as part of what is now a watered-down energy bill. Some hold out slim hope that it could be offered as an amendment but time is running out.

29Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Farmers, Ranchers Replacing Wind With Solar

“Primarily because of the mechanical problems that you have. You fix one issue on a windmill today, something else is broke tomorrow. And in August, when you need water the most, the wind blows the least in Wyoming …”

29Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BP in Negotiations to Sell Portion
of Wyoming Assets

While the identity of the potential buyer hasn’t been disclosed, BP said the assets under consideration include include the Painter natural gas plant, Whitney Canyon natural gas field and Whitney Canyon Inlet gas hub, as well as the Painter natural gas plant.

28Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: New Safety Alliance Has Right Priorities

We’re glad to see that an oil and gas industry group is continuing the efforts of the governor’s task force on workplace safety. The Cowboy State has the worst
workplace fatality rate in the nation — at times, more than four times the national average.

26Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil and Gas Dispatches –

>> Converse County Oil Rush Prompts Huge Survey
>> Pipeline Gets a Key Approval
>> Legal Questions Arise Over Methane Water
>> Continental Accelerates Niobrara Shale Play
>> Double Eagle Acquires More Coalbed Methane Interests

22Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy Proponents Grouse Over Grouse Conservation

Studies have found that sage grouse abandon breeding areas near oil drilling areas and tall structures where predators are likely to perch. Regulators seeking to minimize disruption to the birds have required that drilling rigs be at least one kilometer from known breeding areas — and since wind turbines are even taller, larger buffer zones may be required.

19Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Company Pulls Permit to “Grow” Methane

Luca says the nutrients all are organic materials full of vitamins and minerals that are benign and will help the cells grow. But the Powder River Basin Resource Council, an environmental group, and some local landowners disagree.

19Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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BLM to Make Decision on Backlogged
Oil and Gas Leases

More than $100 million worth of unissued oil and gas leases in Wyoming and other western states may finally get acted upon by the Bureau of Land Management. The federal agency said this week that it will soon decide whether the first of the leases across the West will be handed over to drilling companies.

16Jul2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Special Oil & Gas Lease Auction for Niobrara Nets Near Record Amount

The deep Niobrara formation underlying northern Colorado, western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming is where the oil rush is taking hold, with highly productive wells already being tapped in Colorado, just south of the Wyoming line.

14Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Field Test a Success for Methane Separation
From Well Water

The test shows potential to capture valuable hydrocarbon resources from subsurface water while reducing fugitive emissions from coalbed methane (CBM) operations.

12Jul2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Efficiency Bright Spot in Otherwise Deflated
Clean Energy Investment Market

As Nick Hodge of Green Chip Stocks points out, the crux of the problem is that if VCs and private equity fund managers don’t see a profitable exit, they aren’t going to lend money in the early rounds. Lower fossil fuel prices and uncertainty in the regulatory arena have exacerbated the problem.

11Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Campbell County’s Evolving Wind Rules

Campbell County now has zoning regulations for wind farms, but the rules may not apply to the company planning to build the first wind farm in the county.

11Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Shale Seen as Transforming Gas Into a
Global Commodity

Speaking at the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s annual Rocky Mountain Energy Conference in Denver this week, several industry experts agreed that shale gas is transforming the North American gas market and that natural gas will eventually become a global commodity.

10Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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