Gas-Drilling

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A new study from the Congressional Government Accountability Office says shale gas and shale oil drilling does pose environmental and public health risks, but the extent of those risks is unknown. The GAO also says regulators from eight states report the natural gas process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, doesn't cause groundwater pollution...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A state official says 14 workers have died in Wyoming so far this year. State workplace epidemiologist Mack Sewell says four each died in agriculture and transportation, three died in oil and gas industry-related incidents, two in construction and one in general industry...

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. is unchanged this week, holding at 1,979.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s draft study on Pavillion wells is scientifically questionable and more testing is needed, according to Governor Matt Mead. For several years now residents near Pavillion have complained about their water wells. Due to the number of complaints the state of Wyoming formed a working group to investigate the problem.

Governor Matt Mead has fired back after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it found compounds likely associated with "fracking" chemicals in the groundwater near Pavillion. The Wyoming governor quickly questioned the draft study, saying that it is scientifically questionable and that more testing is needed.

Western Wyoming could possibly see yet another increase in the production of oil and gas wells. Cevron USA, Inc. is proposing to expand the Table Rock Field near Rock Springs. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the proposal.

The University of Wyoming is hosting and sponsoring a forum on the controversial drilling technique "hydraulic fracturing." The forum begins today and concludes on Tuesday September 27th.

Drilling and data collection of a 12,810ft stratigraphic test well has been completed by the University of Wyoming's Carbon Management Institute and industry partner Baker Hughes. The stratigraphic test well will aid researchers in evaluating the Rock Springs Uplift in Southwest Wyoming. The goal is to see if the uplift has the potential of being a geographical carbon dioxide storage site. Read Mo