Green River Basin

Green River Basin
Green River Overview: The Green River Basin (GRB) is actually a subset of what the United States Geological Survey calls the Greater Green River Basin, which also includes the Great Divide, Vermillion, and Washakie Basins in Wyoming, and the Sand Wash Basin in Colorado. Read More

Green River Counties: WY: Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater, Uinta Read More

Green River Pipelines (natural gas): CIG, Kern River, Northwest Pipeline, Opal Hub, Overland Trail Transmission, Questar, Questar Overthrust, Rockies Express, Ruby, WIC Read More

ARTICLES

QEP Sells Gas-Rich Midstream Assets to Tesoro for $2.5B

Seeking to improve its financial and competitive positions, Denver-based QEP Resources unit QEP Field Services is selling its natural gas-rich midstream assets to Tesoro Logistic LP (TLLP) in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.5 billion. Read More

BLM Assessing Impact of Oil Spill on Federal Land

Federal and state officials in Utah on Friday were still trying to determine exactly how much oil leaked and what environmental damage has been done, after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was notified early Wednesday of a conventional oil well that failed near Green River, UT, about 182 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Read More

Newfield Signals Plans for 5,700-Plus Wells in Eastern Utah

A proposal to drill up to 5,756 oil and natural gas wells in eastern Utah that could deliver millions of barrels of oil and natural gas, as well as up to 6.9 Tcf from a deep gas development, is being considered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Read More

Drill, Baby, Drill -- Faster Still

The average U.S. onshore drilling rig is producing 2% more wells than it did three months ago, and increasingly, rigs are targeting liquids-rich plays over those known for producing... Read More

Rockies Poised for Resurgence, Says WPX Executive

The Marcellus Shale and other shale plays may continue to lead the U.S. natural gas renaissance in the near term, but the Rockies are primed for a resurgence later in this decade, a WPX Energy Inc. executive said Tuesday. Read More

Lawmakers Seek Fracking Exemption for Wyoming, Other Western States

 The Wyoming congressional delegation Monday asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to exempt Wyoming and other western states currently regulating hydraulic fracturing (fracking) from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) final rule on the practice, saying not to do so would delay permitting and discourage production on public land. Read More

Flaring Draws Renewed Interest in Wyoming, North Dakota

 Wyoming and North Dakota are stepping up statewide assessments of ways to cut down on the volumes of associated natural gas flaring at oil wellhead sites, but the economics for oil/gas operators in some cases are complicating the efforts. Read More

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