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Oil-Gas Lease Sale Nets Millions

By Associated Press February 8, 2012

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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Category: Agriculture, Associated Press, Economy, Energy, Wyoming News Tags: BLM, drilling, Natural Gas, Oil

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BLM Oil, Gas Auction In Wyoming Raises $22 Million

By Associated Press February 8, 2012

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An auction of oil and gas leases on federal land in Wyoming has raised about $22.1 million.

The Bureau of Land Management auction Tuesday sold leases on a total of 168,737 acres in 185 parcels

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: auction, BLM, Gas, Oil

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New Gas Flaring Rules

By Associated Press February 3, 2012

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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Category: Agriculture, Associated Press, Education, Energy, Wyoming News Tags: Energy, flaring, Natural Gas, Oil, wyoming

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Glenrock Company Faces Fine In Fatal Blast

By Associated Press February 2, 2012

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming workplace safety regulators are seeking $13,500 in fines against a Glenrock company for an oil facility explosion that killed three workers northeast of Casper.

The Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division released the citations Thursday

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Category: Associated Press, Casper News, Energy, Wyoming News Tags: deadly, Fatal, fine, Glenrock, Oil

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Wyoming Oil And Gas Jobs Rises In November

By Associated Press January 2, 2012

The latest figures from the state Economic Analysis Division show that there were more than 18,000 people working in the field in November.

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: Gas, jobs, November, Oil, wyoming

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Proposed Oil Pipeline Spanning From Canada To The Texas Coast

By Associated Press September 26, 2011

TOPEKA, Kan. — State Department officials are traveling to Kansas and Texas to launch what they're calling a series of listening sessions over a proposed oil pipeline spanning from Canada to the Texas coast

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Category: National Buzz, National News Tags: Energy, Oil