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Regulators Postpone Methane Farming Discussion

The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission decided to hold off on discussing new state rules for methane farming until its next meeting on Sept. 20. The EPA has been paying close attention to the nascent industry to make sure the technique won’t contaminate groundwater.

11Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Consortium Seeks to Find Overlooked Methane

Acording to Tom Doll, supervisor of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, “This pilot project will allow us to demonstrate clear identification of those that should be commercial versus those that should be abandoned. We’re hopeful the data resulting from this and future work will incent operators to focus on our producible gas.”

27May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Betting on Coal-Bed Methane Comeback Despite Industry Bankruptcies

Black Diamond Energy Inc. and Loral Operating, for example, each have failed to put up the full amount of state-mandated “idle well” bonding. Each has also failed to perform required “mechanical integrity testing” to ensure their idle wells do not create environmental or human health hazards.

23Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil and Gas Commission Threatens to Plug Wells

In an unusual display of candor, a financially strapped coal bed methane developer told the WOGCC of the hardships his company faced because of the dramatic drop in natural gas prices over the past three years.

17Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Policy Issues Front and Center –

>> In the Powder River Basin, Ciris Energy Inc. allegedly injected chemicals into the Fort Union coal formation without first obtaining a permit for the action.
>> In the Wyoming Range, time is running out to make comments on the proposed Eagle Prospect and Noble Basin projects in the Upper Hoback Basin, which many sportsmen already oppose.

4Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Wants Money From Company’s Microbe Gas Process

The negotiations were driven by an analysis completed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management early last year that raised the issue as well as concerns about Luca Technologies’ testing and the potential for Luca to block some future coal mine development

23Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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High Plains Gas Buys J.M. Huber’s Coalbed Methane Assets

The company continued its buying spree of of natural gas assets in the Powder River Basin by signing a bew purchase agreement to acquire J.M. Huber’s coal bed methane properties — roughly 313,600 operated acres.

11Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Week in Review –

>> Industry Critical of State’s Royalty Fee Hike
>> Feds Warn Pavillon Residents Not To Drink Tap Water
>> State Seeks Buyers for Abandoned Coal-Bed Gas Wells
>> Wyoming Workplace Fatality Rate Now Third in Nation

3Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Natural Gas Executives See Good Times Ahead

Despite low prices, and the expectation of more layoffs and cost-cutting taking place in 2010, 84 percent of the oil and gas executive surveyed are bullish on natural gas because of the surge in production from plentiful shale and coal bed methane formations.

10Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Gas Glut Threatens Clean Electricity Future

You can’t promote natural gas, though, if energy companies can’t make money selling it. Not only has demand dropped dramatically in the global recession, but the gas industry lacks sufficient infrastructure to moderate the supply it sends to the market.

9Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Energy Headlines for a Friday

>> Methane Drilling in Powder River Basin Halts
>> Forum Focuses on Wind Projects on State Lands
>> Wind Farm Clean-Up Cost at Issue
>> Fairgrounds “Going Green”

31Jul2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Carbon Sequestration: Implications for Wyoming

While capture and underground storage of carbon dioxide may be a viable climate change mitigation option in some states including Wyoming, its potential risks require further study. A USGS talk in Cheyenne next week will tackle this critical issue.

29Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Oil and Gas Dispatches

>> Low Prices Hammer CBM Industry
>> State Soda Ash Producers Fight Recession, Rivals
>> EnCana Profits Drop Less Than Expected
>> Laid-Off O&G Workers Add to Unemployment Rise

26Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Breakthrough Could Boost State
CBM Production

The research has yielded a way to distinguish between groundwater and the water produced with coalbed natural gas. The breakthrough could help regulators ensure that produced water doesn’t contaminate groundwater wells.

30Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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