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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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True Oil Seeks to Drill in Bridger-Teton National Forest

True Oil has held leases to the area since 1978, said Tom Walker, a True Oil manager. But it wasn’t until recently that advanced technology allowed drilling to occur horizontally through shale using hydraulic fracturing, which is more conducive and cost-effective in the area, he said.

6Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Bill Barrett Corp Adjusts Spending - More Oil, Less Gas

The energy company said last week it will reduce natural gas drilling activity this year in favor of increased oil development. The company cited lower prices as the reason, and is reducing its activity in natural gas by $120 million.

5Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Albany County Approves Wind Regulations
for Small Systems

The commissioners approved amendments to their small wind energy systems regulations that will change the height, setback distance and noise requirements for noncommercial wind turbines.

11Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Chevron CEO Sees “Energy Renaissance”
With Right Policies

Yet it will only be achieved with federal policies that expand access to domestic oil and gas resources and reduce the regulatory burden on producers, Chevron CEO John Watson said in a speech this week in Houston.

1Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Industry Group Criticizes New EPA
Ozone Proposal

The American Petroleum Institute referenced a study it commissioned that says the EPA statements on health benefits from lowering the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards grossly misrepresent what EPA actually estimates as possible benefits from reducing public ozone exposure.

29Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Western Lawmakers Question Federal Leasing Reforms
for Oil and Gas

Wyoming’s Senators Michael Enzi and John Barrasso signed the letter, which seeks clarification of a process for leasing federal land, and say the master leasing plan process adds unnecessary layers to a process already to a process that is already very thorough and public.

14Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Encana Contribution to Assist Child Development in Sweetwater County

The donated funds will help provide parenting classes, love and logic curriculum, and classes to assist providers in addressing early child mental health, testing and curriculum kits, and counseling for the children.

23May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil Field Near Casper Gets a “Boost”

Elk Petroleum, which owns the Grieve field, has agreed to a deal with Denbury Resources for a pipeline to transport carbon dioxide to the field which for enhanced oil recovery.

15May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Encana Proposes Up to 3,500 New Wells
Near Jonah Field

If approved, the massive project could more than double the number of natural gas wells in western Wyoming’s most prolific fields. The Bureau of Land Management began taking initial public comments on the project this week.

15Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Drilling Applications Withdrawn for Bighorn Basin

The leases relate to the controversial Rocktober Unit project approved by the BLM for two areas of the basin east of Cody. The Bill Barrett Corp can still resubmit its drilling applications within a 10-year time frame.

4Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Recovery Energy Increases Wyoming Assets

The Denver-based energy company said it has applied for permits to drill four horizontal wells targeting the Niobrara oil shale. It plans to begin its program early in the second quarter of this year. The deal includes about 1700 acres in Weld County, Colorado and about 6600 net acres in Goshen County, Wyoming.

2Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil & Gas Deals Impacting Wyoming

The latest news shows a healthy appetite for joint ventures and asset expansion, as well as a robust confidence in the growing role of natural gas for power generation. One deal involves purchase of active oil fields held by a Nevada corporation that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

28Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil Waste Site Near Cheyenne Purchased

According to an R360 press release, the Silo Field facility will handle drilling waste including produced water and drilling mud — the only such facility in the Niobrara Shale play.

19Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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