All Posts Tagged With: "wyoming natural gas production"

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Natural Gas Industry Critical of Frac’ing Provision in Energy Bill

Labeled a ‘watered down, disappointing proposal by clean energy groups, the proposed legislation currently under consideration in the U.S. Senate is still drawing fire — this time from the natural gas industry, which is balking at a late addition involving frac’ing chemicals disclosure.

29Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Shale Seen as Transforming Gas Into a
Global Commodity

Speaking at the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s annual Rocky Mountain Energy Conference in Denver this week, several industry experts agreed that shale gas is transforming the North American gas market and that natural gas will eventually become a global commodity.

10Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Study Says Natural Gas Use Likely to Double

The increase, the report concluded, will come largely at the expense of coal and will be driven both by abundant supplies of natural gas — made more available by shale drilling — and by measures to restrict the carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to climate change.

3Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Time Running Out for Company to Cap Methane Wells

If Wyoming Consolidated Gas doesn’t meet some financial and operational standards by the July 1st deadline, state regulators plan to use its reclamation bonds to pay for the process.

23Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Ruby Pipeline Wins Fed Approval to Move Rockies NG to West Coast Markets

The new pipeline runs nearly 700 miles between a natural gas hub at Opal, Wyoming and a connection point close to the Oregon-California border. The 42-inch diameter pipeline has enough capacity to handle the movement of up to 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas on a daily basis.

6Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Oil and Gas Commission Getting Input on Proposed Rule Changes

Doll said he plans to incorporate substantive comments into the rules before they go before the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission next month. One key issue that may be addressed is the process of hydraulic fracturing which is used extensively in gas fields throughout the state.

29Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Big Oil Seeks Gas Shale Deal in Climate Bill

Three oil majors want U.S. senators crafting the climate bill to keep the federal government from regulating shale gas drilling methods that have made vast domestic reserves accessible but have been criticized for polluting water supplies.

26Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Politics of Natural Gas: Ignoring the Obvious

Expanding its role in the nation’s energy landscape should be a policy priority because it is one of the least expensive and biggest payback options on the table. It makes more sense for the $8 billion heading to the nuclear industry to be spent, instead, on developing more natural gas fueling locations, and converting city, county and state fleets to CNG power?

17Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Bloomberg: Natural Gas Glut Continues Despite
Drilling Reduction

Figures compiled by regulators in Texas and Wyoming, the biggest U.S. gas sources, are overstating the drain on supply from rigs idled by producers. “A massive collapse in the gas supply is a pipe dream,” said analyst Subash Chandra.

11Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State’s Gas Production Drops for First Time in Years

For the first time in more than a decade, natural gas production in the industry’s top producing state declined, in large part because of a big drop in demand from industrial companies. Gas production had been steadily increasing from 1998 through 2008, which helped generate billion-dollar budget surpluses.

16Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds Recommend Approval of Two
Rockies Pipelines

Combined, the proposed pipelines would move almost 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day — enough to fuel about 9 million homes. It would amount to a roughly 25 percent increase over current gas exports from Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.

12Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Exxon Bets on Domestic NG Market
with XTO Purchase

The energy giant says it will buy XTO Energy in an all-stock deal worth $31 billion as the oil giant seeks to capitalize on the growing supply of natural gas at home. Major producers see natural gas as a priority fuel source, especially in a reduced carbon economy.

15Dec2009 | 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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House Gives Okay to New Gas Turbines

If Tonko’s bill is passed by the Senate and signed into law, the program likely would mean new research dollars for turbine manufacturers such as GE Energy, Siemens and Pratt & Whitney that are working on ways of eking more power out of burning gas.

3Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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