OIL AND GAS
West Slope Miners Protest Coal Bill
“You might wonder why I got all the applause,” he said speaking to a crowd of hundreds. “It’s (because) I’m just one of the coal miners here. I’m one of the ones … afraid this bill is going to do away with my job.” Winey was one of several coal miners who spoke to members of the Colorado PUC yesterday in Grand Junction during a public input session on the fallout of the Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act.
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Energy-Moving Forward 2010 Conference Presented by UC Denver Global Energy Managment Program
The GEM Program is presenting its first-annual energy forum on September 14th, bringing together key players from across the energy spectrum to discuss how we can collectively drive forward solutions to the energy challenges facing the western regions of the U.S.
23Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Oil and Gas TECH FOCUS –
Cost-Effective Artificial Lift for Wells with Low GLR
Because it is easy to install and economical, a plunger lift is a popular method of deliquification for wells with high gas and low liquids. But what about particularly deep wells, or wells with low gas and high liquids? Here’s a solution.
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In-The-Field Data Capture Just Got Easier
For CartoPac clients in a wide range of industries including oil and gas, natural resource management, federal agencies, and state and local municipalities and utilities, the new features further reduce project time by increasing support for effective in-field decision-making.
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State’s Oil and Gas Activity Heats Up
All 14 parcels offered by the BLM at Thursday’s lease sale were sold, generating $2,038,560, or an average of $207 per acre. A Mesa County parcel received the highest per-acre bid at $1,090 for 157 acres north of Collbran. In total, Colorado is on pace to issue 6,500 permits this year, the second most ever.
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DU Offers New Certificate in Petroleum Land Management
The PLM certificate program is designed for landmen, lease and title analysts, attorneys, and others with or without experience in the land management industry who are looking for formal training or to upgrade their skills.
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Anadarko to Sell Colorado Pipeline Assets
Western Gas Partners’s $498 million purchase of the Wattenburg system includes 1,734 miles of pipelines that gather natural gas from producing wells, as well as a plant that can process 105 million cubic feet of fuel a day.
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Energy Bill’s Late Frac’ing Provision Draws Fire From Natural Gas Industry
Although labeled a ‘watered down and very disappointing’ bill from clean energy groups, the proposed legislation making the rounds in the U.S. Senate is now drawing fire from the natural gas industry, which is balking at a late addition to the measure.
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Delta Sells Non-Core Assets in Colorado and Elsewhere
The Denver-based oil and gas company’s $130 million deal with Wapiti includes all of its 31% working interest in the Garden Gulch field in the Piceance Basin and DJ Basin fields in Weld County.
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State Honors Outstanding Oil and Gas Operations
Williams Production RMT, Encana Oil & Gas (USA) and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation were each recognized today by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for operational excellence in a range of oil and gas-related programs during 2009.
12Jul2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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.
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Startup Bear Tracker Energy to Get $200 Million
The company launched last year by CEO Bob Clark, said the investment will come from Blackstone unit GSO Capital Partners LP and from Bear Tracker’s management. The funds will be be used to develop North American midstream assets.
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Forest Managers Propose New Plan for
Oil and Gas Drilling
It would cut off roughly 1.5 million acres of land in the White River National Forest to drilling that had been previously approved in the early 1990’s. The proposal would also bar oil and gas drilling on roadless national forests, but would allow for companies to drill directionally from adjacent, existing roads.
5Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Reeling BP Looks to Resume Colorado Drilling, Wind Projects
A BP America spokeswoman this week said the company is eyeing a resumption of coal-bed methane drilling in La Plata County this fall, although the decision has more to do with a hoped-for rebound in natural gas prices and some resolution with regard to local drilling regulations.
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Garfield County Wants State to Reconsider
Drilling Concerns
Garfield County’s oil and gas liaison, Judy Jordon, argues that the state is more interested in discrediting consultant and geologist, Geoffrey Thyne, than resolving issues around drilling in the West Divide Creek area south of Silt.
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Oil and Gas Rich Wyoming Approves Frac’ing Rules — Will Colorado Be Next?
The question now is whether Colorado, which has its own vocal critics of the hydrualic fracturing process, will follow suit. “This ruling was the right thing to do. One look at the Gulf of Mexico is proof that things don’t always turn out the way drilling companies expect,” said Western Resource Advocates staff attorney Dan Heilig.
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Why is Dirty Energy Still So Cheap?
The clean tech sector has experienced remarkable success in the past few years, yet there still remains one huge roadblock from mass implementation – cheap fossil fuels. Some may think this is simply a matter of free-market capitalism at work. The real truth is that petroleum and coal industries continue to receive massive subsidies from governments around the world, while renewable energy firms receive only a small fraction of that amount.
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