Wyoming Energy

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Sinclair Oil has agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine for exceeding air pollution limits at two of its refineries in Wyoming.

HOUSTON (AP) — Kinder Morgan Energy Partners is selling some of its assets to Tallgrass Energy Partners LP for $1.8 billion in cash, a move necessary for Kinder Morgan Inc. to get regulatory approval for its $20 billion buyout of El Paso Corp.

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — The annual Energy Exposition and the International Energy Symposium are being held jointly this week in Gillette.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A quarterly federal auction of oil and gas leases in Wyoming has generated nearly $6.5 million.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming oil and gas officials say they weren’t surprised by findings of new research on fracking dust.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is conducting two feasibility studies on natural gas and coal conversion technologies.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Petroleum companies and investors are about to get a better idea who has struck black gold and who might be in the red as a result of drilling into the Niobrara (NYE’-oh-BRER’-uh) Shale beneath eastern Wyoming.

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will meet with oil and gas operators at the agency’s annual planning meeting in Pinedale on Aug. 9.