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BLM Extends Comment Time for Wyoming Gas Drilling DEIS

BLM Extends Comment Time for Wyoming Gas Drilling DEIS

The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in Rawlins, WY, announced that it will hold a public open house next Tuesday and extend the public comment period into March on a draft environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of natural gas drilling in two counties.

January 9, 2013

Wyoming Well Blowout Blamed on Mechanical Failure

Wyoming state investigators said Thursday a mechanical failure in the well was the main cause of a natural gas well blowout late in April at a Chesapeake Energy Corp. drilling site. However, operating errors also contributed. The incident lasted about three days; no one was injured (see Shale Daily, April 30).

May 14, 2012