GILLETTE, Wyo. — While natural gas production continued its downward trend in 2023, oil production was slightly above the previous year but remains below pre-pandemic levels, according to the Wyoming State Geological Survey. Since 2009, natural gas production has been steadily decreasing, a trend that continued in the first half of 2023 and is expected […]
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State to back carbon storage, microreactor projects with $19M
The projects are the first to potentially win awards from the $150 million taxpayer-supported Energy Matching Fund.
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Black Hills Energy moving to reduce electric, natural gas utility emissions
Black Hills Energy has plans in the works to reduce green house gas emissions from its electric utilities by 70% by 2040 and achieve net zero emission from natural gas by 2035.
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Wyoming officials respond to new power plant rules from EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has proposed new carbon pollution standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants.
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(PHOTOS) Stakeholders brainstorm Powder River Basin business, energy solutions at conference in Gillette
GILLETTE, Wyo. — Participants in the Carbon Ore, Rare Earth Element, and Critical Mineral, or CORE-CM, project, are working together to promote business development around energy resources in the Powder River Basin. Stakeholders met Aug. 30 and Sept. 1 at Gillette College Technical Education Center to support economic development around these resources. Through networking and discussion sessions, participants […]
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BLM offers draft for Moneta: font of revenue, pollutants
April 19, 2019 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile The Bureau of Land Management published Thursday its analysis of four options for expanding the Moneta Divide oil and gas field — a project that has stirred local debate over its potential for significant economic and environmental impacts. The federal agency’s draft environmental impact statement on the proposed 4,250-well project […]
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Residents fret about oilfield dumping plan for Bighorn River
April 5, 2019 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile Residents downstream of Boysen Reservoir — where state officials want to OK the discharge of tons of oilfield pollutants — say they weren’t given adequate notice and time to comment on the plan. At least six groups — two local governments, two conservation groups and two agricultural interests […]
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Victim of the times, Kemmerer coal-fired generator shuts down
January 30, 2019 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile KEMMERER — Operators at PacifiCorp’s Naughton Plant will shut down Unit 3 today, a giant furnace and electrical generator that consumed 165 tons of coal an hour. Part of the three-unit Naughton Plant outside this town of 2,747, Unit 3’s warren of conveyor belts, robust coal grinder, towering […]
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Refinery group brought Wyoming “critical infrastructure” fight
January 29, 2019 by Andrew Graham, WyoFile A trade association representing oil refineries and petrochemical manufacturers across the country brought the controversial critical infrastructure bill to Wyoming, said lobbyist Matt Micheli. The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, brought the bill to Micheli’s law firm Holland & Hart last year, Micheli told WyoFile. The law firm […]
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UW Researcher finds common ground among citizens on energy issues
Americans may be less divided on national energy issues than one might think, research led by a University of Wyoming marketing professor has found.
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Study shows Wyoming population declined slightly for 3rd year
The State’s population is showing its third year of decline.
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Wyoming delegation urges Trump to help complete Keystone XL
U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and Congresswoman Liz Cheney signed a letter to President Trump to urge any immediate action necessary to move construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline forward.
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Westmoreland Coal managers face bonuses while Kemmerer faces uncertainty
December 4, 2018 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile KEMMERER — Westmoreland Coal Company’s Nov. 26 bankruptcy motion that seeks to pay bonuses to mid-level “valued employees” is a “disgusting, despicable” act that ignores actual miners, a union official said last week. Westmoreland is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to let it reward 243 of […]
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Markets sink as tech and retail fall; oil drops 7 percent
Nov 20, 2018 By MARLEY JAY , AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are skidding Tuesday as weak results from retailers and mounting losses for big technology companies push the market back into the red for the year. Energy companies are slumping because of a 7 percent plunge in the price of oil. […]
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Believe it or not- historic fossil cabin to be relocated
Rocky Mountain Power and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company have announced a combined grant to relocate the historic Como Bluff Fossil Cabin to Medicine Bow.
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Analysis: Westmoreland bankruptcy shows county vulnerability
October 16, 2018 by Andrew Graham, wyofile.com Westmoreland Coal Company’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week could leave Lincoln County holding the bag for millions in unpaid taxes — making them the latest Wyoming community caught between lenders and a delinquent energy company. According to remarks the Lincoln County treasurer made to a conservation […]
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Dakota Access pipeline developer defends racketeering claims
The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline says environmental group Greenpeace should be held legally accountable for violating federal racketeering laws.
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US ‘likely’ has taken over as the world’s top oil producer
The United States may have reclaimed the title of the world’s biggest oil producer sooner than expected.
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National rig count down by 4 to 1,044; West Virginia loses 3
Wyoming gained two rigs
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$2.5 Million Gift Advances UW Petroleum Engineering, Tier-1 Engineering Initiative
A gift from UW alumnus David D. Le Norman, of $2.5 million, will support the University of Wyoming’s engineering, energy and STEM programs.
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US launches national security probe into uranium imports
he Commerce Department has started an investigation into the impact of uranium imports on U.S. national security, a move that could result in tariffs and add another front to the Trump administration’s trade fight.
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2018 American Solar Challenge stops in Casper (PHOTOS)
Spectators gathered at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Monday afternoon to watch as the Solar Car Challenge competitors arrived in Casper.
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Ruffatto gets 18 months, $14.4M penalty for Two Elk fraud
June 27, 2018 by Rone Tempest PITTSBURGH — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Two Elk power plant promoter Michael J. Ruffatto to 18 months in prison and three years probation for stealing $5.7 million from a 2009-2010 Department of Energy stimulus grant for a study of carbon storage potential in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Ruffatto […]