All Posts Tagged With: "Powder River Basin"

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Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells on the Rise in Wyoming

There are some 1,200 “orphaned” wells in Wyoming that have not been properly plugged and reclaimed, creating potential risks to the environment and human health, according to Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data.

10May2013 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Flaring, An Oil Producer Necessity, Falls Into Regulatory Gap

Infrastructure hasn’t kept up with the drilling. By the time some wells are active, there’s no line to transport gases associated with the basin’s oil, a much more attractive resource.

30Nov2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Threatens to Pull Coal-Bed Methane Permits

There are about 500 nonproducing CBM wells on state trust lands, Lance said. The wells are spread across about 200 leases held by 35 operators. The notices tell operators they have a year to bring the inactive wells back into production and compliance.

17Sep2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Northern Portion of Niobrara Play Sees More Drilling Permits

A look at the latest data on drilling permits furnished by the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission shows that the industry is focused more on the northern section of the Niobrara than in or around Laramie County.

28Aug2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Niobrara Production, Permitting on the Rise

“In the Powder River Niobrara play, we’ve finally cracked the code with numerous recent wells” into newly identified drilling areas, said Steven Dixon, Chesapeake’s chief operating officer and vice president of operations and geosciences.

20Aug2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Chesapeake Puts Niobrara Assets on the Block

The area includes both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, and last year Chesapeake sold acreage there to China’s Cnooc Ltd. (CEO, 0883.HK). The sale will not impact the company’s joint venture with CNOOC because all Niobrara drilling has been refocused into the Powder River area of the play.

29May2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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WPX Energy Sets Safety Mark in
Powder River Basin

Over the past nine years, WPX employees around Gillette have worked 2.1 million hours and driven 16.2 million miles without incurring a work-related injury that causes an employee to miss work. It is welcome news for an oil and gas industry in Wyoming that has seen too many accidents in recent years,

24Apr2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Coal to Asia Plan

A company is proposing to build a $600 million terminal in southwest Washington to export 44 million metric tons of Powder River Basin coal to Asia each year, a total that would make it the largest such facility in North America.

24Feb2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Powder River Basin Coal to Ship From Gulf Coast

St. Louis-based Arch Coal, owner of a number of Powder River Basin coal mines, signed a deal with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP to ship coal from the company’s mines to customers in Europe and elsewhere from the Gulf Coast

12Feb2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming’s Share of Federal Coal Lease Sales
Surpass $2 Billion

Thanks to Arch Coal’s successful $300 million bid in the Powder River Basin earlier this month,the state’s share of lease revenue jumped to $2.08 billion. What’s more, the lease of the federally-owned coal by an Arch subsidiary came out to $1.35 per mineable ton, a new state record.

29Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal Extraction Poses Climate Challenge for Obama Administration

Since taking office nearly three years ago, it has restricted coal-mining waste from being dumped into streams and imposed new pollution controls on coal-fired power plants. But on the fundamental question of whether the government should halt federal leasing, Obama’s answer has been: not yet.

26Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal Tax Change Could Cost Wyoming Millions

State legislators will take a look at breaking that connection, a move lauded by the mining companies but one that will likely cost the state millions of dollars in lost revenue over the coming years.

24Oct2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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State Data Shows Coal Production in Strong Position

The Powder River Basin leads the surge in coal production, with train deliveries up from that region by 2.7 percent from this time last year. But the report was not all positive. Sales and use tax collections are off to a slow start in the new fiscal year.

22Sep2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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High Plains Forms Gas Services Subsidiary

The Gillette-based company has formed a new wholly-owned field services and oil and gas construction subsidiary intended to expand the company’s development capabilities, create cost savings and provide a new revenue stream.

3Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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