Conservation

Despite a recent industry victory by another company in Wyoming’s rich oil and natural gas region, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) on Tuesday denied Ultra Petroleum Corp.’s application for increased density drilling in the Pinedale Field.

Ten conservation groups last Wednesday sued the Bush administration for extending 37 undeveloped oil and natural gas leases off the Central California coast after concluding that no significant environmental harm would result from the action.

Ten conservation groups on Wednesday sued the Bush administration for extending 37 undeveloped oil and natural gas leases off the Central California coast after concluding that no significant environmental harm would result from the action.

A conservation group claims in a new study that treating coalbed methane (CBM) wastewater through reinjection and injection is “practical and affordable,” and could lead to “more responsible” development practices in the Powder River Basin. The study was commissioned by the Northern Plains Resource Council, based in Billings, MT.

The impact of Alberta’s crude bitumen conservation policy on natural gas production and the gas companies operating in the shut-in area has been minimal, said Lehman Brothers analysts Thomas Driscoll and Phillip Skolnick. Only about 95 MMcf/d out of a possible 232 MMcf/d of Alberta gas production has been shut in on an interim basis as a result of the policy handed down this summer by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB).

The impact of Alberta’s crude bitumen conservation policy on natural gas production and the gas companies operating in the shut-in area has been minimal, said Lehman Brothers analysts Thomas Driscoll and Phillip Skolnick. Only about 95 MMcf/d out of a possible 232 MMcf/d of Alberta gas production has been shut in on an interim basis as a result of the policy handed down this summer by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB).

The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board made it official last week, confirming independent reports that the province, the mainstay of Canadian natural gas, has passed a historic turning point, with aging fields past their prime entering a long-range decline. At the same time the province moved to shut in some gas production to protect its oil potential.

The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board made it official last week, confirming independent reports that the province, the mainstay of Canadian natural gas, has passed a historic turning point, with aging fields past their prime entering a long-range decline. At the same time the province moved to shut in some gas production to protect its oil potential.

Barely visible in this time of extreme budget constraints, the California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority (power authority), will reemerge in Sacramento later this month to set the stage for establishing a 22% electricity reserve target for the state next month in one of its first rulemakings as an neophyte state agency spawned by the now long-gone electricity crisis of 2000-2001. One quarter to one half of the new target would come from demand-side management, according to a draft proposal.