All Posts Tagged With: "Pinedale"

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Wyoming Still Has an Ozone Problem

Delaying the implementation of a new ozone standard until 2013 may actually put more pressure on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to move forward with a recommended “non-attainment” designation for all of Sublette and parts of Sweetwater and Fremont counties due to the ongoing ozone problem.

9Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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With ‘Wild Lands’ Canceled, Oil Still Spills
in Wyoming

Which is more politically motivated: Congress or the Interior department? The answer to that question depends on whether your party holds sway in the White House or in Congress.

19Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Condensate Pipeline Proposed Out of Pinedale

Houston-based Ultra Resources, Inc. has proposed constructing a 42-mile pipeline to move condensate out of the Pinedale Anticline natural-gas field to a terminal located south of LaBarge, according to BLM officials.

25Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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GAO Report Chides BLM’s Rush to Drill
in Bush Years

Sloppy wording in the Bush administration’s 2005 Energy Policy Act’s directives to streamline oil and gas development has led to lawsuits, end runs around environmental laws and dirty air in places such asVernal, Utah and Pinedale, Wyoming, a federal agency says.

25Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Defers Leasing Little Mountain Parcel
for Energy Development

The popular recreational area became a flash point for the energy debate in 2007 when Oklahoma-based Devon Energy Co. announced plans to conduct a two-well exploratory drilling project.

8Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy Companies Seek to Overturn
Pinedale Ruling

District Judge Norman E. Young of Lander ruled last year that Shell Rocky Mountain Production and several other companies are bound to share 5 percent of their profits from certain wells in the Pinedale Anticline.

16May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DEQ Issues Ozone Alert for Pinedale

“It just pisses me off that these government agencies that are tasked with looking out for the health, welfare and safety won’t do it,” said Pinedale Town Councilman Dave Smith. “There comes a point when the health and welfare of everybody is much more important than the state’s” oil and gas revenues.”

4Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EnCana, Questar Reducing Drilling Operations in State

Slumping energy prices and lack of pipeline capacity are contributing to the downturn. However, spokesmen with Questar Corp. and EnCana Corp. say the changes will not mean any job losses among their Wyoming employees.

25Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Sued Over Air Quality and Ozone in
Four Corners Area

The groups said concerns about ozone aren’t limited to New Mexico. They point to other parts of the West, including Wyoming, that are experiencing unhealthy ozone levels that they claim are tied to oil and gas activity.

13Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued