K2 Radio » Natural Gas http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:14:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 No Injuries In Wyoming Natural Gas Blast http://k2radio.com/no-injuries-in-wyoming-natural-gas-blast/ http://k2radio.com/no-injuries-in-wyoming-natural-gas-blast/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:58:56 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=277381 A natural gas storage site in southwestern Wyoming has exploded in flames, but no one is hurt.

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]]> http://k2radio.com/no-injuries-in-wyoming-natural-gas-blast/feed/ 0 Chovee, Flickr SourceGas Warning Wyoming Customers Of Gas Scam http://k2radio.com/sourcegas-warning-wyoming-customers-of-gas-scam/ http://k2radio.com/sourcegas-warning-wyoming-customers-of-gas-scam/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:54:56 +0000 Rich Denison http://k2radio.com/?p=263471 Officials with Colorado-based SourceGas are urging customers to be mindful of a nationwide billing scam targeting utility customers. According to a statement from the company, the scams range from an individual trying to obtain personal information from a customer to attempts to illegally obtain payments from customers
Scammers have been known to try and use fake employee names and or fake employee ID numbers when contacting customers

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]]> http://k2radio.com/sourcegas-warning-wyoming-customers-of-gas-scam/feed/ 0 eastpole, flickr Billions in Gas Drilling Royalties Transform Lives http://k2radio.com/billions-in-gas-drilling-royalties-transform-lives/ http://k2radio.com/billions-in-gas-drilling-royalties-transform-lives/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:52:38 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=211952 Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming some lives even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy.

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]]> http://k2radio.com/billions-in-gas-drilling-royalties-transform-lives/feed/ 0 Bills To Encourage CNG Vehicles In Wyoming http://k2radio.com/bills-to-encourage-cng-vehicles-in-wyoming/ http://k2radio.com/bills-to-encourage-cng-vehicles-in-wyoming/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:13:33 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=185681 CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Two bills headed for introduction in the Legislature this winter would attempt to encourage more use of natural-gas powered vehicles in Wyoming.

One bill would transition up to half of the state's vehicle fleet to run on compressed natural gas by 2017. The othe

]]> http://k2radio.com/bills-to-encourage-cng-vehicles-in-wyoming/feed/ 0 Wyoming Governor Joins 12 Others To Call For Natural Gas Vehicles http://k2radio.com/wyoming-governor-joins-12-others-to-call-for-natural-gas-vehicles/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-governor-joins-12-others-to-call-for-natural-gas-vehicles/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 19:12:01 +0000 Brian Scott http://k2radio.com/?p=88158  

Governor Matt Mead joined 12 other Governors in promoting wider use of natural gas. The Governors sent a letter to automakers requesting information on procuring natural gas vehicles for state vehicle fleets. The

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-governor-joins-12-others-to-call-for-natural-gas-vehicles/feed/ 0 Alex Wong, Getty Images News Natural Gas Prices Rise, Oil Steady at $104 http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-rise-oil-steady-at-104/ http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-rise-oil-steady-at-104/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:31:11 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=86891 NEW YORK (AP) — Natural gas futures are rising off 10-year lows Thursday as drillers cut production in response to lower prices and utilities use more of the cheap fuel to generate electricity.

The U

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]]> http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-rise-oil-steady-at-104/feed/ 0 David McNew/Getty Images Natural Gas Prices Hits Another 10-Year Low http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-hits-another-10-year-low/ http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-hits-another-10-year-low/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:07:36 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=85410 NEW YORK (AP) — The price of natural gas has dropped to the lowest level in a decade as U.S. supplies continue to grow.

Natural gas futures fell 3 cents to $1.919 per 1,000 cubic feet in New York

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]]> http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-hits-another-10-year-low/feed/ 0 Natural Gas Falls Below $2 http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-falls-below-2/ http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-falls-below-2/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:38:30 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=83223 NEW YORK (AP) — The price of natural gas has fallen below $2 per 1,000 cubic feet for the first time in more than a decade.

The U.S. supply of natural gas is growing so fast that analysts worry the country's underground storage facilities could be full by fall and lead to further price declines

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]]> http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-falls-below-2/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt/Getty Images Wyoming Watches Natural Gas Prices Slide http://k2radio.com/wyoming-watches-natural-gas-prices-slide/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-watches-natural-gas-prices-slide/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:55:33 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=80949 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming continues to monitor slumping natural gas prices that officials say threaten to cost the state millions in lost tax revenues.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports (http://bit

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-watches-natural-gas-prices-slide/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt/Getty Images Natural Gas Price Drops To A 10-Year Low http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-price-drops-to-a-10-year-low/ http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-price-drops-to-a-10-year-low/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:37:48 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=79135 NEW YORK (AP) — The price of natural gas is at a 10-year low after a surprising jump in supplies.

Analysts expecting the nation's supplies to grow last week. But the government says natural gas inventories expanded more than expected following a recent production boom

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]]> http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-price-drops-to-a-10-year-low/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt/Getty Images Natural Gas Prices Fall On Spell Of Balmy US Weather http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-fall-on-spell-of-balmy-us-weather/ http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-fall-on-spell-of-balmy-us-weather/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:36:36 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=74328 Natural gas prices are falling again as balmy weather stretches across most of the nation and supplies remain plentiful.

Natural gas dropped 5 cents to $2.215 per 1,000 cubic feet in trading in New York

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]]> http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-prices-fall-on-spell-of-balmy-us-weather/feed/ 0 Wastewater Linked To Earthquakes http://k2radio.com/hydraulic-fracturing-linked-to-earthquakes/ http://k2radio.com/hydraulic-fracturing-linked-to-earthquakes/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:31:01 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=73198 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio energy regulators say injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth almost certainly a series of small earthquakes as they announced a series of tough new regulations for drillers

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]]> http://k2radio.com/hydraulic-fracturing-linked-to-earthquakes/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt/Getty Images Natural Gas Price Drops 2.5% On Supply Report http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-price-drops-2-5-on-supply-report/ http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-price-drops-2-5-on-supply-report/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:54:23 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=68664 NEW YORK (AP) — The price of natural gas is down 2.5 percent after the government said supplies remain significantly higher than average levels for this time of year.

Natural gas futures on Thursday fell 7 cents to $2

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]]> http://k2radio.com/natural-gas-price-drops-2-5-on-supply-report/feed/ 0 Oil Prices Climbing Above $101 As Natural Gas Prices Tumble To $2.56 http://k2radio.com/oil-prices-climbing-above-101-as-natural-gas-prices-tumble-to-2-56/ http://k2radio.com/oil-prices-climbing-above-101-as-natural-gas-prices-tumble-to-2-56/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:06:21 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=65725 NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are above $101 per barrel as Greece and its creditors continue to work on plans to trim massive debts. Natural gas prices jumped as bargain hunters snapped up contracts that are still the cheapest in 10 years

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]]> http://k2radio.com/oil-prices-climbing-above-101-as-natural-gas-prices-tumble-to-2-56/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oil-Gas Lease Sale Nets Millions http://k2radio.com/oil-gas-lease-sale-nets-millions/ http://k2radio.com/oil-gas-lease-sale-nets-millions/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:56 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=63978 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal oil and gas lease sale in Cheyenne brought in more than $22 million for the federal government and state of Wyoming.

Tuesday's sale brought in bids ranging from the federally mandated minimum of $2 an acre on up to a high bid of more than $2,600 per acre

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]]> http://k2radio.com/oil-gas-lease-sale-nets-millions/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Mead Says He's Concerned Gas Prices Could Go Lower http://k2radio.com/mead-says-hes-concerned-gas-prices-could-go-lower/ http://k2radio.com/mead-says-hes-concerned-gas-prices-could-go-lower/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:44:04 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=63859 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead says he and state lawmakers are watching slack natural gas prices with concern as they consider how to craft the state budget for the coming two-year funding cycle

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]]> http://k2radio.com/mead-says-hes-concerned-gas-prices-could-go-lower/feed/ 0 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead New Gas Flaring Rules http://k2radio.com/new-gas-flaring-rules/ http://k2radio.com/new-gas-flaring-rules/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:34 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=62927 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's top elected officials have approved more oversight of the practice of flaring, or burning off excess gas from oil and gas wells on state land.

The purpose is to charge royalties on at least some of that gas

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]]> http://k2radio.com/new-gas-flaring-rules/feed/ 0 Joem Polkey, Getty Images Wyoming Natural Gas Price Drops To $2.75 http://k2radio.com/wyoming-natural-gas-price-drops-to-2-75/ http://k2radio.com/wyoming-natural-gas-price-drops-to-2-75/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:33:08 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=62250 LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming natural gas prices have dropped even more.

The state's Economic Analysis Division said Tuesday that gas at Wyoming's Opal Hub is selling at $2.75 per thousand cubic feet

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]]> http://k2radio.com/wyoming-natural-gas-price-drops-to-2-75/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt/Getty Images 8 States On Board With Natural Gas Vehicle Push http://k2radio.com/8-states-on-board-with-natural-gas-vehicle-push/ http://k2radio.com/8-states-on-board-with-natural-gas-vehicle-push/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:39:50 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=58200 DENVER (AP) — Eight states have now signed up in an effort to encourage U.S. automakers to develop affordable vehicles that run on natural gas.

The governors of Colorado and Oklahoma announced in November that their states, along with Pennsylvania and Wyoming, intended to seek proposals to replace vehicles in their state fleets with ones that run on natural gas

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]]> http://k2radio.com/8-states-on-board-with-natural-gas-vehicle-push/feed/ 0 Gov. Budget Includes $1M For CNG Vehicles At UW http://k2radio.com/gov-budget-includes-1m-for-cng-vehicles-at-uw/ http://k2radio.com/gov-budget-includes-1m-for-cng-vehicles-at-uw/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:18:32 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=50774 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead's proposed budget includes $1 million to convert several University of Wyoming vehicles to run on natural gas.

Funding also would go toward building a natural gas filling station on the UW campus in Laramie

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