OIL AND GAS

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Wyoming Rule Change Means Public Can View
Drilling Documents

While the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission doesn’t plan to make special efforts to compile and present the information to the public, agency officials say information relating to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing will be readily available.

31Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Ruby Pipeline to Enhance Natural Gas Markets

Current legal proceedings notwithstanding, the pipeline will bring an additional capacity of 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day, and natural gas producers will, for a time, have more pipe than production, according to the Wyoming Pipeline Authority, when the line is completed next March.

27Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil and Gas TECH FOCUS –
Cost-Effective Artificial Lift for Wells with Low GLR

Because it is easy to install and economical, a plunger lift is a popular method of deliquification for wells with high gas and low liquids. But what about particularly deep wells, or wells with low gas and high liquids? Here’s a solution.

24Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Rex Energy Starts Drilling Program
in Niobrara Shale

“This is the biggest play going on, I would presume, in the Rocky Mountains right now,” said Harold Kemp, assistant director of the state lands mineral leasing and royalty compliance division.

12Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil & Gas Leasing Backlog Starts to Loosen

The 2-year-old delay on issuing federal leases in Wyoming began breaking loose a few days ago as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced it finally will issue 145 leases sold in June 2008.

10Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Big Money Lease Sales Show Interest in Niobrara Shale Still High

All three sales smashed the previous record, dating to the 1980s, of about $8 million, according to Harold Kemp, assistant director of the Office of State Lands and Investments. Wyoming’s share of the monies has been an unexpected boon to its general fund, with $30 million going to the state’s general fund, with most of that to benefit schools.

8Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM lease Sale Generates $3.6 Million for 75 Parcels Throughout the State

The sale attracted attracted bids on more than 77,700 acres in 75 parcels located throughout the state. A total of 76 parcels with more than 79,000 acres were offered for sale.

5Aug2010 | 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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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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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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