oil and gas industry

An oil company claims it’s not responsible for plugging oil wells on the Wind River Reservation and is taking that claim to federal court.

Wyoming is at the drawing board for how to reduce pollution from oil and gas production, per a federal mandate. Officials recently heard from Pinedale residents on how to localize the federal requirements. The meeting was part of a statewide information gathering tour hosted by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

New federal rules aim to lower methane pollution, a top contributor to climate change, from oil and gas production. The industry says this could have sweeping impacts on Wyoming.

Wyoming has a new way for testing emissions related to oil and gas production, and the state won an award for it.

Wyoming has sided with the oil and gas industry by moving forward with leasing a parcel of state school trust land in a crucial part of a migration route in Sublette County.

Wyoming is passing up millions of federal dollars that could go toward closing down some low producing oil and gas wells.

The federal government is nearing an almost inevitable shutdown this Sunday, and the oil and gas industry is worried.

The public comment period for a proposed BLM rule on oil and gas leasing ends this Friday. Among other changes, the proposal would increase bonding requirements for cleanup costs and increase royalty rates.

Thousands of Americans are dying prematurely because of pollution from oil and gas, according to a new study from four health and environmental advocacy groups, those include Boston University, University of North Carolina, the Environmental Defense Fund (EFD) and Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Health Energy.

Out of the three top-producing oil and gas states in our region, Wyoming was the only one to report a decrease in spills in 2022. But, some say there is still room for improvement.