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Feds Punt on Leadership Over Fracking Rules, Experts Say

Compared to existing state regulations, the federal rule is in the “middle of the pack,” said Bruce Baizel, senior staff attorney at Earthworks, a nonprofit that advocates for responsible oil and gas drilling. “It’s not a model leader but it’s also not stepping back either.”

21May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Gaining a Stake in The Niobrara Shale:
Is it the Next Bakken?

Conference producers say the Tight Oil Niobrara Congress & Gala Dinner 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Denver on Thursday will be the first dedicated forum combining geological and completions disciplines to address how operators can unlock the play’s potential within an economically viable framework.

19May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Speed Up Permitting Process for Public Lands Urges Leading Oil and Gas Trade Group

The president and CEO at the American Petroleum Institute said the “shale revolution” is providing jobs and energy security to the United States. Instead of regulating the process, Washington should make it easier for energy companies to move forward.

14May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Regulator: No Fines Even if Workers Caused Gas Well Blowout

Well owner Chesapeake Energy Corp. and drill rig-owner Trinidad Drilling Ltd., won’t face any citations for the blowout, which didn’t cause any injuries but vented up to 2 million cubic feet of explosive gas and 31,500 gallons of drilling fluid into the air and around the drill site near Douglas, Wyoming.

14May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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WEA Study Cites Lost Benefits From Delayed Utah, Wyoming Projects

Outstanding projects delayed for more than three years in the two states represent 22,835 proposed wells, or about 1,631 wells/year, the study said. “Federal government delays to these projects are preventing the creation of 64,805 jobs,
$4.3 billion in wages, and $14.9 billion in economic impact every year,” it said.

10May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Fast Track for Ryckman Creek Gas Storage Facility
in Southwestern Wyoming

Ryckman Creek Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of Peregrine Midstream Partners LLC, has started gas injections at its new high-deliverability, multi-cycle (HDMC) Ryckman Creek Gas Storage Facility in southwestern Wyoming near the
Opal Hub.

9May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Previewing the NIOBRARA REPORT

The E-zine launches later this month with the premiere edition being delivered to subscriber inboxes. If you haven’t already signed up for your copy, click the banner to the right to receive every bimonthly edition for free. In the meantime, here are some excerpts from the issue …

9May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Unsafe Ozone Level in Southwestern Wyoming as Gas Booms

The EPA included the Upper Green River Basin in its list of areas nationwide exceeding an ozone standard set in 2008 during the administration of President George W. Bush. Wyoming until today was the only state where all counties had met the federal ozone limit.

2May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Update: Chesapeake Well Finally Plugged

Updated: Workers at a blown Chesapeake Energy Corp. oil well in eastern Wyoming took advantage of changing winds Friday to plug the well with mud and end a powerful, three-day eruption of potentially explosive natural gas.

27Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Congressional Trio: Big Government Holding Up American Energy Production

H.R. 4381, Planning for American Energy Act would require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a strategic plan every four years … and that plan would have to include oil, natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, oil shale, and minerals necessary for energy development.

25Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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WPX Energy Sets Safety Mark in
Powder River Basin

Over the past nine years, WPX employees around Gillette have worked 2.1 million hours and driven 16.2 million miles without incurring a work-related injury that causes an employee to miss work. It is welcome news for an oil and gas industry in Wyoming that has seen too many accidents in recent years,

24Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA Tightens Emission Regs for New Wells - But Gives Industry More Time to Comply

The new rules require drillers to capture emissions of certain air pollutants from new wells, but operators have been given more time to comply. The EPA says they can burn pollutants at the well head until the start of 2015.

19Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Survey: Expanded Drilling Fuels Higher Wages
for Oil and Gas Workers

On average, energy professionals reported a three percent increase in average compensation to $99,175 in 2011 from $96,588 the previous year. Those working on a rotational schedule earned more than $112,000 last year, a six percent increase from 2010.

18Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Niobrara Update - Three Heavyweight Companies to Develop New NGL Pipeline to Serve Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin

The new Front Range Pipeline will help producers in the DJ Basin maximize the value of their NGL production by providing reliable takeaway capacity and market access to the Gulf Coast, the largest NGL market in the US.

12Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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