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...
View ArticleSenate 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 ArticleOil & 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 ArticleEncana 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 ArticleEncana 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 ArticleSeismic 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 ArticleOil 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...
View ArticlePavillion 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...
View ArticleSeismic 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...
View ArticleCourt 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...
View ArticleCourt 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...
View ArticleSenate 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 ArticleOil & 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 ArticleEncana 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 ArticleEncana 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 ArticleSeismic 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 ArticleOil 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...
View ArticlePavillion 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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