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Court hears case on disclosure of secret fracking chemicals

Several environmental groups went to district court today in Casper to argue that the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission must disclose information about chemicals being used in hydraulic...

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Senate amends bill to protect land surface owners from mineral exploration...

The Wyoming Senate continued work on a bill that would require companies doing seismic exploration for minerals to post bonds or negotiate a contract with the surface owners.Proponents say seismic...

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Oil & gas inspectors not keeping up with growing energy development

The Western Organization of Resource Councils says inspections of active oil and gas wells in the West are falling behind the industry’s quick growth. The new report says the number of active oil and...

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Encana allowed to pump wastewater into aquifer

During its hearing today/Tuesday, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reaffirmed its earlier decision to grant Encana an exemption that permits them to pump produced water deep into the...

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Encana allowed to pump wastewater into aquifer

During its hearing today/Tuesday, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reaffirmed its earlier decision to grant Encana an exemption that permits them to pump produced water deep into the...

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Seismic exploration company fails to reclaim land damage

Seismic exploration company, GeoKinetics, has been fined for failing to properly reclaim land damaged during work it did with Fidelity Exploration and Production Company in southeast Wyoming.Last May,...

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Oil and gas operators flaring more gas, paying no taxes or royalties

Oil development in the state is bringing up natural gas along with the oil, but some of the gas is getting burned off in flares and the state is missing out on taxes and royalty payments. The reason...

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WY Oil and Gas Conservation Commission prepares to draft rules for baseline...

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Pavillion report tentatively to be released this year

The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission says it hopes to file a report about well bore integrity in Pavillion by the end of the year.The report will be part of a larger effort to figure out the...

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Seismic testing rattles surface owners in Carbon County

For most of Wyoming's history, mineral rights have clearly taken precedence over surface rights. But in 2005, the Legislature passed a split estate law which, for the first time, gave surface owners...

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Court hears challenge to fracking chemical trade secret exemption

The Wyoming Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday challenging the state’s process for exempting fracking chemicals from public disclosure. Wyoming was the first state in the nation to adopt a disclosure...

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Court hears case on disclosure of secret fracking chemicals

Several environmental groups went to district court today in Casper to argue that the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission must disclose information about chemicals being used in hydraulic...

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Senate amends bill to protect land surface owners from mineral exploration...

The Wyoming Senate continued work on a bill that would require companies doing seismic exploration for minerals to post bonds or negotiate a contract with the surface owners.Proponents say seismic...

View Article


Oil & gas inspectors not keeping up with growing energy development

The Western Organization of Resource Councils says inspections of active oil and gas wells in the West are falling behind the industry’s quick growth. The new report says the number of active oil and...

View Article

Encana allowed to pump wastewater into aquifer

During its hearing today/Tuesday, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reaffirmed its earlier decision to grant Encana an exemption that permits them to pump produced water deep into the...

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Encana allowed to pump wastewater into aquifer

During its hearing today/Tuesday, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reaffirmed its earlier decision to grant Encana an exemption that permits them to pump produced water deep into the...

View Article

Seismic exploration company fails to reclaim land damage

Seismic exploration company, GeoKinetics, has been fined for failing to properly reclaim land damaged during work it did with Fidelity Exploration and Production Company in southeast Wyoming.Last May,...

View Article


Oil and gas operators flaring more gas, paying no taxes or royalties

Oil development in the state is bringing up natural gas along with the oil, but some of the gas is getting burned off in flares and the state is missing out on taxes and royalty payments. The reason...

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WY Oil and Gas Conservation Commission prepares to draft rules for baseline...

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Pavillion report tentatively to be released this year

The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission says it hopes to file a report about well bore integrity in Pavillion by the end of the year.The report will be part of a larger effort to figure out the...

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