Archive for February, 2012

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Commentary: Wyoming Lays Groundwork for What? Secession?

Granted, it’s worthwhile to prepare for interruptions in food distribution, shortfalls in the state budget, earthquakes, forest fires raging through our dead forests, terrorist attacks, tornadoes and other disasters. But if the Federal Reserve Bank fails, I don’t think we can create a Wyoming Reserve Bank to take its place.

28Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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ROCKIES Oil & Gas Conference Set for April 12-13th

The 6th annual event will take place at the Grand Hyatt in Denver. Niobara and Bakken production, infrastructure and market outlook are the key areas of focus for the impressive speakers line-up. Learn more …

27Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Coal to Asia Plan

A company is proposing to build a $600 million terminal in southwest Washington to export 44 million metric tons of Powder River Basin coal to Asia each year, a total that would make it the largest such facility in North America.

24Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Dis-United States of Gas Prices:
Why Fuel Is So Cheap in Denver

Gas prices have been on the rise for the past two months, as the international game of chicken between the West and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program has sent global price of crude oil up above $120 a barrel. Yet, thanks to America’s overwhelmed oil pipelines, some lucky drivers in the Rockies are getting a big discount on gas.

24Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Turbine Construction Lags Behind Permitting

Specifically, he said legal and environmental issues such as sage grouse habitat, financial concerns, tax uncertainty, legal and transmission constraints have slowed construction of wind turbines.

22Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Senators Make Bipartisan Push to Extend Wind Energy Tax Credit

The Colorado and Kansas lawmakers have filed an amendment that would extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) for one year to a bill currently under debate in the U.S. Senate. The extension of the wind PTC is fully paid for. Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) is a cosponsor of the amendment.

21Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Promise of the Gas Revolution

Neither the political instability in the Middle East nor last year’s winter of sustained cold and record snowfall significantly affected natural gas prices in the United States, which remained relatively low and stable. We must put this abundant resource to good use.

20Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Utility Seeks OK for Wyoming Power Plant Upgrades

At issue is whether the utility will be allowed to extend the life of the 700-megawatt plant near Kemmerer with upgrades, whose cost will eventually get passed on to consumers, to make sure the plant meets greenhouse gas emissions standards.

20Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Power to The People; New Interactive Site Features Cowboy State’s Electrical Generation

Among the offerings is a map of electrical generation facilities and an extensive database of each facility ranging from the Happy Jack windfarm in Laramie County to the 2-megawatt capacity Old Faithful fuel-oil facility in — you guessed it — Yellowstone National Park.

19Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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First-Ever Fed Fracking Rules Draw Mixed Wyo Reviews

A Wyoming oil and gas industry representative says not-yet-released federal rules for the practice, also known as fracking, look similar to state rules and could burden operators if enacted.

17Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Appeals Court Rejects Wyoming’s Roadless Rule Challenge

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Wyoming’s request to reconsider a decision upholding a 2001 rule barring development on nearly 50 millions of acres of roadless areas in national forests.

17Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Production Tax Credit Not Part of Tax Bill

Despite the best efforts of the renewable energy industry, its lobbyists and supporting politicians, the payroll tax cut extension Congress is finalizing this week will not include a key subsidy for renewable energy. Uncertainity reigns in the offices of wind energy officials as they look to 2013.

16Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Powder River Basin Coal to Ship From Gulf Coast

St. Louis-based Arch Coal, owner of a number of Powder River Basin coal mines, signed a deal with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP to ship coal from the company’s mines to customers in Europe and elsewhere from the Gulf Coast

12Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Americans Gaining Energy Independence With
U.S. as Top Producer

The country is the closest it has been in almost 20 years to achieving energy self-sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo triggered a recession and led to lines at gasoline stations.

10Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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