All Posts Tagged With: "Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission"

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Wyoming Groups Sue Over Fracking Fluids

Since Wyoming adopted regulations that require well operators to disclose identities of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the Commission has approved some 50 chemical secrecy requests by Halliburton and other service companies.

28Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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First-Ever Fed Fracking Rules Draw Mixed Wyo Reviews

A Wyoming oil and gas industry representative says not-yet-released federal rules for the practice, also known as fracking, look similar to state rules and could burden operators if enacted.

17Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA Draft Links Fracking, Groundwater Contamination in Pavillion

The finding set off calls for tighter rules on the fracking process. But Governor Mead called for more research, warning the EPA study could have “a critical impact on the energy industry and the country. He called the draft study
as “scientifically questionable,” and said more testing
is needed.

9Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Regional Focus: Oil And Gas Regulatory War Heating Up

Speaking in Denver last week, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said the federal government has a role in regulating oil and gas drilling activity – establishing ozone levels for hydraulic fracturing emissions, providing guidance on water issues – but that state
and local governments must take the lead.

7Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Regulators, Industry Examine
Gas Flaring Rules

The owner of the well was asking permission to flare 850,000 cubic feet a day of gas for up to six months. At current prices, that would mean the state, which gets a cut of the value of gas taken from state resources, could stand to lose more than $104,000 in value from the flared gas over the six-month period.

17Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy Companies Agree to Higher Royalty Fee

The previous rate is 16.6 % on production, but the operators said “yes” to paying 18.7 percent in exchange for longer leases, the level recommended by staff at the Office of State Lands and Investments — but not approved when the oil and gas lease form was updated this summer.

10Oct2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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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Niobrara’s Slow Start Not Cause For Worry

“You want to get as much data as possible so you don’t drill a $3 million to $4 million dry hole,” he said. “My expectation is (the companies) want to have another tool of using that additional science to have a better opportunity to drill a productive well.”

18Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Methane Detection Company Gets
Cash Infusion

Laramie-based WellDog has picked up $5 million in new debt and equity financing from investors for its work with state agencies to extract coalbed methane from wells in the Powder River Basin.

13Jun2011 | 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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Eastern Wyoming Getting More Attention
From Drillers

While the headlines may be going to the Niobrara Shale play, other areas are getting a fresh look from energy companies for the first time in decades. So far this year, the commission has issued 124 permits for Converse, Natrona and Campbell counties, compared to 87 for Larimie, Platte and Goshen.

15Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Public Meeting Scheduled to Discuss Pavillion
Groundwater Contamination

The April 20 meeting in Riverton will be hosted by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

6Apr2011 | 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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Landowners in SE Wyoming Get Lowdown
on Niobrara Play

One of the seminar’s speakers, Attorney Matt Romsa, said one question he’s been asked several times in the last eight months is what happens if a landowner doesn’t sign an oil and gas lease? “You’re obviously not obligated to sign a lease,” he said. But that has consequences …

12Nov2010 | admin | 15 comments | Continued
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