Powder River Basin
BUFFALO — When it comes to plugging oil and gas wells in the Powder River Basin, what comes to mind first is often heavy machinery, loads of concrete and taxpayer money being funneled straight into the ground.
But for the team at the Bureau of Land Management Field Office in Buffalo, the trick to...
An oil and gas drilling rig in Wyoming BLM’s High Desert District. (Wyoming BLM/FlickrCC)
FROM WYOFILE:
Federal minimum bonds began to stagnate in 1951. In a win for environmental groups, the Biden administration wants to hike some and do away with another.
The Bureau of Land Management is moving to modernize federal bonding requirements meant to ensure the cleanup of abandoned oil...
Overturned railroad cars loaded with coal block a road crossing near Lusk after a derailment on July 10, 2023. (James Santistevan/Niobrara County)
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Back-to-back disruptions to Powder River Basin coal exports threaten an already underperforming rail service for one of the state’s top revenue industries.
Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, the largest coal-producing region in North America, suffered two major coal supply disruptions...
A covey of sage grouse scurry over alpine vegetation at an elevation above 10,000 feet in the Absaroka Range. (Mike Koshmrl/WyoFile)
FROM WYOFILE:
State sage grouse group is considering significant expansions and alterations to Wyoming’s core areas. Stakeholders will hammer out details starting Thursday in Lander and the public can comment until late July.
Sizable new swaths of Wyoming’s greater sage grouse domain —...
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Six were hospitalized for injuries, and a ‘massive’ cleanup job remains at Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle mine.
Hundreds of workers escaped serious injury, though six required hospital treatment, when a tornado ripped through the North Antelope Rochelle coal mine in...
KEMMERER — Microsoft billionaire and TerraPower Chairman Bill Gates toured the Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer on Friday and saw where TerraPower will build a nuclear reactor before conducting a press conference that afternoon.
“Getting things right here will be a big part of how we keep...
GILLETTE (WNE) — Black Hills Energy will be using Powder River Basin coal to research hydrogen generation.
Black Hills Energy was recently awarded a grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority to conduct a feasibility analysis on hydrogen generation using coal from Wyodak Mine.
The ongoing research...
Fort Phil Kearny Regulars fire the cannon during a reenactment of the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands at Fort Phil Kearny in Story. The Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands, also known as the Fetterman Fight, was a battle during Red Cloud's War on Dec. 21, 1866, between the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho American Indians and soldiers of the United States Army. The Fort Phil Kearny Regulars are a living history group that presents programs and demonstrations of life as it was during the 1860s to 1880s, with a special focus on Fort Phil Kearny and the Bozeman Trail. Photo by the Buffalo Bulletin.
BUFFALO — For decades, staff at the Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site have provided visitors with context on the Bozeman Trail, life on the frontier in the 1860s and the day-to-day operation of a fort in such an isolated location.
But starting this summer, Fort Phil Kearny will have something...
Utilities building up stockpiles for power
CASPER — Wyoming coal’s market value has jumped — again. The average spot price for coal mined in the Powder River Basin climbed more than a dollar, from $14.65 per short ton to $15.75 per short ton, between April 21 and April 28, according to federal data...
Lower natural gas prices expected to temper demand
CASPER —This year is off to a solid start for both of the major companies mining coal in Wyoming.
Arch Resources and Peabody Energy announced net first-quarter income of $198.1 million and $268.5 million, respectively, during separate calls with...
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