Alliance

Western Energy Alliance’s (WEA) board of directors has selected Tim Wigley to be the trade association’s new president. Wigley comes to WEA from PAC/WEST, where he managed the firm’s Washington, DC, operations. From 1998-2002 Wigley served as president of the Oregon Forest Industries Council, an organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the interests of industrial forestland owners. WEA represents 400 companies engaged in all aspects of environmentally responsible exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the West.

Western Energy Alliance’s (WEA) board of directors has selected Tim Wigley to be the trade association’s new president. Wigley comes to WEA from PAC/WEST, where he managed the firm’s Washington, DC, operations. From 1998-2002, he served as president of the Oregon Forest Industries Council, an organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the interests of industrial forestland owners. WEA represents 400 companies engaged in all aspects of environmentally responsible exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the West.

Three researchers at Cornell University say a controversial study, conducted by their colleagues and stating that shale gas activities posed a more serious threat to global warming than coal, contains serious flaws and should be revisited.

A business and government alliance is emerging to back TransCanada Corp.’s contested plan to increase Ontario natural gas pipeline service, confirming western producer fear that the scheme caters to eastern consumer desire to shop for U.S. gas supplies.

A business and government alliance is emerging to back TransCanada Corp.’s contested plan to increase Ontario natural gas pipeline service, confirming western producer fear that the scheme caters to eastern consumer desire to shop for U.S. gas supplies.

A unit of S&T Bank has formed an alliance with Oklahoma-based Heritage Trust Co. to provide financial services for landowners who lease their property to natural gas drilling companies in the Marcellus Shale. S&T Wealth Management services will include lease and lease renewal offers and negotiation; negotiation of surface damage rights; and verification, monitoring and administration of royalty payments. Indiana, PA-based S&T Bank operates 51 offices in 10 counties in western and central Pennsylvania, including Allegheny, Butler and Westmoreland counties.

America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) has tapped Tom Hassenboehler as vice president of policy development and legislative affairs. He joins ANGA after nearly a decade on Capitol Hill, serving as minority counsel to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and as counsel on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Hassenboehler previously worked in the offices of former Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-LA) and Bob Riley (R-AL). “[His] knowledge of energy and environmental policy, coupled with his deep understanding of Congress and the many benefits of natural gas, will be a tremendous asset to ANGA’s efforts to promote greater utilization of this clean, domestic energy source,” said ANGA President Regina Hopper. Hassenboehler earned a bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate from Louisiana State University.

America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA), the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the American Exploration & Production Council said Thursday they support a recently announced effort to disseminate information on chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

The Western Energy Alliance, which represents more than 400 natural gas and oil operators as well as six producers, last week filed a lawsuit to force the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to award 118 leases in Utah and Wyoming worth an estimated $4.5 million.