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Energy Plays Key Role in State of the Union

For the third year in a row energy played a central role in President Obama’s State of the Union address, with the president leaning hard this year on the twin themes of increased domestic oil and gas production and the need to invest more in renewable sources.

25Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Millions at Stake for Wyoming in
Natural Gas Price

Natural gas prices will remain below $4 for the next three years, resulting in less revenue for the state and local communities like Laramie, according to a statewide report released this month.

24Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Shale Gas Development — A Special Report From the Bipartisan Policy Center

The in depth study articulates opportunities associated with newly accessible and economically recoverable domestic shale gas resources, and highlights the critical need to develop those resources efficiently and responsibly.

23Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA Seeks Pavillion Peer Review Panel

The agency is looking for experts to review a controversial draft report released last month that linked drilling operations in Pavillion, Wyoming, to water contamination in the area. Encana, the operator of the natural gas field, had requested a peer review of EPA’s findings.

18Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal To Natural Gas - It’s Happening Now
in the Power Industry

The most optimistic projections describe an abundant domestic energy source that will create enormous numbers of jobs and lead to cleaner skies. Nationwide, the electricity generated by gas-fired plants has risen by more than 50 percent over the last decade, while coal-fired generation has declined slightly.

16Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Revenue Projections Down
$100 Million

Continued lower natural gas prices could force state lawmakers to impose spending cuts on state agencies in the legislative session that starts next month, Gov. Matt Mead said Friday. Because of the lower revenue projects, lawmakers will undoubtedly push agencies to trim their existing budgets.

14Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil & Gas CFOs Cite Unconventional Energy Sources as Greatest Investment in 2012

The discovery of new resource plays such as the Niobrara here in Wyoming and Colorado is driving overall oil and gas industry growth in 2012, according to a new study released by BDO USA, LLP. Energy executives are focusing their attention and capital on unconventional resources.

11Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Group Says Study Needed on Shale Gas
Health Effects

Advances in hydraulic fracturing drilling techniques have revolutionized the natural gas industry, but researchers said more must be done to evaluate what the shale boom means for the those living near wells.

10Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Forecast for Energy Efficiency in 2012:
Mostly Sunny

Looking forward into 2012, I see more reasons for optimism than pessimism. Many states and utilities are committed to ramping up their energy efficiency programs this year and even more are considering similar steps.

8Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Oil and Gas officials: Safety Report is
a Call to Action

Nearly all of the state’s oil and gas industry deaths were due to a failure to follow existing safety procedures, former state occupational epidemiologist Timothy Ryan said in a memo last month to Gov. Matt Mead.

6Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Regional Update — Shale Priming The West’s Energy Industry

France energy giant Total SA is joining the domestic shale rush with a $2.3 billion investment in Chesapeake Energy. Meanwhile, China Petrochemical Corp. is ponying up $2.5 billion in a joint venture with Devon Energy to explore oil and gas projects from the Niobrara in Colorado to the Tuscaloosa Marine shale in Alabama and Mississippi.

5Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Duke-American Acquires Zephyr Project for Wyoming Wind Power

The newly formed joint venture says it is commited to using at least 2,100 MW of the transmission line’s capacity to provide wind power to California and the southwestern United States from the wind-rich areas of eastern Wyoming

4Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Industry: Pavillion Report Won’t Affect Niobrara Play

As many continue to question the scientific conclusions of the findings, both the EPA and industry representatives say the specific concerns raised in the report are not applicable to southeast Wyoming — because the Niobrara formation is geologically much different than the Pavillion area.

4Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming’s Share of Federal Coal Lease Sales
Surpass $2 Billion

Thanks to Arch Coal’s successful $300 million bid in the Powder River Basin earlier this month,the state’s share of lease revenue jumped to $2.08 billion. What’s more, the lease of the federally-owned coal by an Arch subsidiary came out to $1.35 per mineable ton, a new state record.

29Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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