Powder River Basin

Crestwood Plans for Future Without DAPL, Expects Shut-In Volumes to Fully Return in 4Q

Crestwood Plans for Future Without DAPL, Expects Shut-In Volumes to Fully Return in 4Q

Crestwood Equity Partners LP is taking a three-pronged approach to ensuring its Bakken Shale customers are able to move their crude oil volumes to market in the event that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) shuts down, either temporarily or permanently. On the second quarter earnings call held Tuesday, CEO Bob Phillips said the commercial and…

August 5, 2020
Finally Toppled by Debt, Chesapeake in Bankruptcy

Finally Toppled by Debt, Chesapeake in Bankruptcy

Chesapeake Energy Corp., once a symbol of the American natural gas industry’s revival and a disruptive leader that helped spark the nation’s unconventional boom, filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sunday to wipe out $7 billion of debt.  The move follows months of speculation and years of cost-cutting initiatives at the Oklahoma City-based independent, which…

June 29, 2020

Wyoming BLM to Revise Environmental Assessment on Sand Creek Drilling Proposal

A Wyoming unit of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has reversed the environmental assessment (EA) process to consider possible climate change impacts on a proposed 156-well drilling project by Houston-based EOG Resources Inc. in the Powder River Basin (PRB).

June 5, 2019
DJ, PRB Infrastructure Expanding as Natural Gas, Oil Production Increases

DJ, PRB Infrastructure Expanding as Natural Gas, Oil Production Increases

With natural gas production topping 5 Bcf/d in the Niobrara formation of the Rocky Mountains, including the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming and the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin of Colorado, the region is becoming a new center for infrastructure build-out.

November 15, 2018

Evolution Midstream Buying Natural Gas System in Wyoming PRB

Denver-based Evolution Midstream LLC is buying the Rowdy natural gas gathering system in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB) from Dallas-based Lucid Energy Group. The price was not disclosed. Closing is expected July 1.

June 7, 2017
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