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European Industry Flocks to U.S. to Take Advantage of Cheaper Natural Gas

Among those most affected are energy-intensive industries such as steel and chemicals, because they use natural gas as a raw material and power source. With Europe lagging in energy production, manufacturers on the continent warn that a chain reaction could shift more and more investment to U.S. shores.

2Apr2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Cheyenne Company Building Project Aimed at Revolutionizing Wind Industry

If Cheyenne’s Winhyne Energy has its way, the future of the industry — both in Wyoming and globally — will be below ground. It will be in gas and pipelines and, eventually, constant, steady and reliable generation.

1Apr2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil CEO Blasts Obama’s Energy Security

President Barack Obama’s latest proposal to use oil royalties to pay for research into alternative energy touched a nerve with Chris Faulkner, CEO of Dallas-based Breitling Oil & Gas. He sees this as government intervention, picking winners and losers, rather than letting the free market take its course.

28Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Huge Wyoming Wind Farm Delayed

Power Company of Wyoming, the organization behind what would be the country’s largest wind energy project, said it will wait until next spring to seek key state permits, likely pushing project construction back until fall 2014.

28Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Official Says Efficiency Funding to Focus on Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Energy will increasingly focus dwindling energy-efficiency and renewable-energy funding on projects to make the nation’s manufacturing more energy efficient, and to develop energy technologies that can be built domestically, a senior DOE official said this week.

28Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Regional News: Natural Gas Driving Change
at Denver Auto Show

Among the vehicles ANGA will display at the show, being held at the Colorado Convention Center, will be a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado and Tahoe and a Honda Civic. Natural gas vehicles also will participate in the Green Car Parade at the Colorado State Capitol on Sunday, March 17.

21Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Obama Urges Creation of Energy Security Trust

He said the only way to “break this cycle of spiking gas prices for good” is to find alternative sources of energy for vehicles. “We went through another spike in gas prices, just like last year, and the year before that. It happens every year. It’s a serious blow to your budget—like getting hit with a new tax coming right out of your pocket.”

18Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Address Pollution From Fracking Operations

Sponsors say the BREATHE Act would close a loophole in the Clean Air Act that currently allows the oil and gas industry to release large amounts of dangerous pollution into the air, and lists hydrogen sulfide as a hazardous air pollutant.

15Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Niobrara Shale Drives Colorado Oil Production to 50-Year High

The 48 million barrels-level hasn’t been seen in Colorado since 1960, and its thanks mainly to the bounty being pulled from the Niobrara. “The Niobrara is the King Kong,” said Pete Stark, vice president for industrial relations at IHS, a Denver consulting firm that tracks energy.

12Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Commission Names Finalists for Wyoming Oil and Gas Supervisor; Interviews Tomorrow

The list of finalists for the position, obtained by the Star-Tribune on Friday, includes the former head of an oil and gas commission in another state, the president of an environmental remediation company and two current employees of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

11Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Water is the Next Great Wyoming Energy Resource

Each project will require large amounts of a certain precious resource — water. Water which may or may not be in some way related to what you drink. Each plan is sure to draw attention from people both in favor of and opposed to such development, especially when it could threaten present or future drinking water. Both sides are likely to throw out claims
about the water’s quality and potential as a drinking source.

8Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Emission Questions Loom Large Over Oil and Gas Industry

Regulators and natural gas producers desperately want to understand the recipe that triggers a wintertime ozone event. Future gas development here, or at least the pace of future gas development, may depend on it.

6Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Debunking Rhodium: Natural Gas, Not Renewables, Drives Historic Emissions Declines

It has been rapidly replacing coal power in recent years, driving down U.S. emissions faster than in any country in the world. But to some renewable energy advocates who have long prophesied that solar and wind are on the cusp of replacing coal, such a reality can’t possibly be happening.

4Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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WOGCC Might Soon Conclude Supervisor Search

“I’m hopeful we can vet a couple of candidates, and I hope we can come to a point where we can make an offer,” said Ryan Lance, the state’s director of lands and investments and a commission member. “You can’t sit on qualified applicants very long.”

3Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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