All Posts Tagged With: "EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc"
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
Encana Wants More Time from EPA to Respond to Water Contamination Report
Last Friday the energy company sent a letter to Paul Antastas, assistant administrator of the EPA’s Office of Research and Development. In it, Encana asked the EPA to lengthen the 45-day comment period — which is set to expire on January 27 — for comments on a report the agency issued last month on its study of groundwater contamination near the town of Pavillion.
10Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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
Encana Slams EPA Over ‘Not Factual’
Pavillion Draft Report
In a detailed press release to media, the energy company noted that many of the EPA’s findings from its recent deep monitoring wells, including those related to any potential connection between fracking and Pavillion groundwater quality, “are conjecture, not factual, and only serve to trigger undue alarm.”
13Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Mead Wants Broader Inquiry Into Pavillion Water
State, tribal and federal officials, as well as residents and the natural gas company in the Pavillion area, are already investigating why some water wells there are contaminated.
A separate federal investigation recently discovered high levels of methane, benzene and other chemicals in monitoring wells.
Breaking News — EPA to Regulate Fracking Wastewater Disposal
Federal environmental regulators say they will develop national standards for disposal of the polluted “produced water” generated by hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The agency said it will draft standards for fracking wastewater that drillers would have to meet before sending it to treatment plants.
20Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Encana Division Opens Natural Gas Fueling Station in Riverton
“In building this infrastructure, we are helping to reenergize the American economy. Up to
35,000 jobs are created with every one percent increase in North America’s natural gas production,” said Eric Marsh, Executive Vice-President of Encana Corporation.
Natural Gas Powered Drilling Rigs Improve Air Emissions and the Bottom line
It’s not perpetual motion, but maybe it’s a runner up. The natural gas experts at Encana, along with the engineers from Ensign Energy Services, have developed a new method of running their natural gas drilling rigs on… natural gas.
10Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Encana Plans to Develop Massive New Gas Field
The largest natural gas producer in Wyoming is planning to develop the Moneta Divide field, with production beginning three to four years from now. It could eventually exceed the Jonah Field in Western Wyoming, according to a company spokesperson.
1Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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
Encana Joining Voluntary Fracking Database
Encana coming on board will help the momentum of the new online resource, which industry representatives say will gather steam as more companies join the national database and provide specific well information.
20Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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
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
Encana: Drilling Did Not Taint Water in Pavillion
A company spokesman said government tests on 17 private water wells in the farming town of Pavillion showed low levels of petroleum hydrocarbons, and inorganic substances that naturally occur. Encana is working with the EPA and state authorities to clean up three wastewater pits in the area where the agency found “high” levels of petroleum compounds in groundwater.
18Sep2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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