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

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Initial Production Figures Released for SE Wyoming Oil Push

The well produced nearly 50,000 barrels from January through July of this year, but that information remained confidential until now at the request of SM Energy.

1Nov2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Greens, Oil & Gas Rep Agree: State’s Groundbreaking Fracking Rules Working Relatively Well

More than a month after Wyoming started requiring drillers to list the ingredients of hydraulic fracturing fluids with drill permit applications, the process is, for the most part, going smoothly. That’s the consensus opinion of conservation groups and Tom Doll of the WOGCC.

26Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Rule Change Means Public Can View
Drilling Documents

While the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission doesn’t plan to make special efforts to compile and present the information to the public, agency officials say information relating to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing will be readily available.

31Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Commission Approves Regulations
for Hydraulic Fracturing

Language in the regulation means the industry won’t have to disclose the proprietary chemicals used in the process, still, “This ruling was the right thing to do,” said Western Resource Advocates staff attorney Dan Heilig. “One look at the Gulf of Mexico is proof that things don’t always turn out the way drilling companies expect.”

9Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Joins Other States Debating Colorado-Style Drilling Regulations

From Texas to Wyoming to Pennsylvania, a gusher of environmental rules is facing the natural gas industry in the coming months and years, putting Colorado ahead of the regulatory curve when it implemented strict new drilling regs in the spring of 2009, according to the state’s top oil and gas official.

21May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: Governor Charts Correct Course
on Fracking Rules

Based upon questions about the process that the commission has been asking, the state is headed in the right direction to find a balance between the economic concerns of the energy industry and the public health questions raised by environmentalists and other residents.

21Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Puts Off Fracking Decision

Members of the state’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which includes Gov. Freudenthal, indicated that while they want the new reporting requirements to be user-friendly for the industry, it is unlikely to escape more stringent requirements altogether.

14Apr2010 | 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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Drop in Drilling Permits May Signal a
Slow Year in Wyoming

The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reports that drilling permits were down 28 percent last month compared to the same time period last year. 623 permits were issues in January 2008 compared 446 permits 2009.

5Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Straight Talk:
State’s Energy Industry Meets Standards

Contrary to Ms. Mechels’ hearsay source, oil and gas companies are bound by hundreds of rules and regulations, enforcement and monitoring activities by multiple agencies that ensure the public lands are protected.

15Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Likwartz Looks Forward and Back as He Retires
From the Oil and Gas Commission

“We are going to have to diversify. We produce more energy than any other state in the country. But it is difficult because we are a small state with long distances between populations that are far from markets.”

13Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Registered users can go online to the agency’s site to access forms, APD’s, geological reports, perform electronic filings, obtain data on approvals and completions, drilling rules and statutes, and benefit from a host of other information services.

9Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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After Good Year, Wyoming’s Oil and Gas
Revenues May Be Less

2009 figures to see Wyoming producers continue to receive lower-than-average prices for their products, mainly because of a lack of pipeline space to move it to markets out of the state.

9Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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