Resource

It’s going to take a village to determine and implement best management practices to protect sage grouse residing in Wyoming’s resource production basins, and the stakes are high for the energy industry as well as the bird. This was the theme of discussion at Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s Sage Grouse Summit held late last month in Casper.

A draft resource management plan (RMP) and final Environmental Impact Statement released recently by the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Casper Field Office recommends “moderate restraints” on oil, gas and mineral leasing in portions of southeast Wyoming, including the Wind River and Salt Creek basins.

A draft resource management plan (RMP) and final Environmental Impact Statement released recently by the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Casper Field Office recommends “moderate restraints” on oil, gas and mineral leasing in portions of southeast Wyoming, including the Wind River and Salt Creek basins.

Following an appraisal of its deepwater Droshky prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, Marathon Oil Corp. estimates the discovery holds mean recoverable resource of 80-90 MMboe. The Droshky discovery is located in 2,900 feet of water on Green Canyon Block 244, about 137 miles south-southwest of Venice, LA. The appraisal process consisted of drilling a down dip sidetrack well and a lateral sidetrack well. The wells are about two miles south of the Troika Field Production System. The initial well was drilled to a total depth of 21,190 feet and encountered 250 feet of net oil pay. The down dip appraisal sidetrack encountered more than 600 feet of net oil pay, while the lateral sidetrack encountered 300 feet of net oil pay. All pay intervals are Upper Miocene in age. Marathon expects to produce the field via subsea completions through the Troika system and Bullwinkle Platform, with terms already in place. The timing of initial production will be dependent upon delivery of key equipment (i.e., drilling rig and subsea equipment) and regulatory approvals, but could be as early as 2010. Marathon holds a 100% working interest in the Droshky prospect and a 50% working interest in the Troika unit.

Following an appraisal of its deepwater Droshky prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, Marathon Oil Corp. estimates the discovery holds mean recoverable resource of 80-90 MMboe. The Droshky discovery is located in 2,900 feet of water on Green Canyon Block 244, about 137 miles south-southwest of Venice, LA.

The Powder River Basin Resource Council has filed pleadings in Wyoming district court in opposition to the governor’s rejection of reforms to the management of coalbed methane (CBM) discharge water. The citizens group said Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s move to block the “thoroughly debated citizen initiative” was “arbitrary, capricious and not in accordance with the law.”

The Powder River Basin Resource Council filed pleadings in Wyoming district court in opposition to the governor’s rejection of reforms to the management of coalbed methane (CBM) discharge water last week. The citizens group said Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s move to block the “thoroughly debated citizen initiative” was “arbitrary, capricious and not in accordance with the law.”

Energy efficiency is no longer considered just a “nice thing to do for society” and is now considered “a real resource,” even a “fifth fuel,” National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Jim Kerr told Congress last Monday.

Energy efficiency is no longer considered just a “nice thing to do for society” and is now considered “a real resource,” even a “fifth fuel,” National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Jim Kerr told Congress Monday.