Natural gas projects in Wyoming

Proposed Wyoming energy development on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land. (click to view)
Proposed Wyoming energy development on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land. (click to view)

Emission questions loom large over oil and gas industry | Natural gas projects in Wyoming

Normally Pressured Lance Formation

  • TARGET: Deep natural gas
  • LOCATION: Adjacent to Jonah field in Sublette County
  • OPERATOR: EnCana Oil & Gas USA Inc.
  • PROJECT AREA: 141,000 acres
  • ESTIMATED WELLS: 3,500
  • ANALYSIS: Environmental Impact Statement
  • BLM Contact: Kellie Roadifer, Pinedale Field Office (307) 367-5309.

LaBarge Platform Infill

  • TARGET: Natural gas
  • LOCATION: Straddling the Green River and the Sublette and Lincoln counties border
  • OPERATORS: EOG Resources Inc., Exxon Mobil, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Wexpro Co.
  • PROJECT AREA: 218,000 acres
  • ESTIMATED WELLS: 838 wells from 463 pads
  • BLM contact: Lauren McKeever, Pinedale Field Office (307) 367-5352.
  • Project website

Moneta Divide Field

  • TARGET: Deep natural gas
  • LOCATION: Eastern Fremont County
  • OPERATORS: EnCana Oil & Gas USA Inc., Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP and Noble Energy Inc.
  • PROJECT AREA: 265,000 acres
  • ESTIMATED WELLS: 4,250
  • BLM contact: Chris Krassin, Lander Field Office (307) 332-8452.
  • Project website

Beaver Creek

  • TARGET: Coal-bed methane
  • LOCATION: Nine miles south of Riverton
  • OPERATOR: Devon Energy Production Co.
  • PROJECT AREA: 16,518 acres
  • ESTIMATED WELLS: 208 coal-bed methane on 40-acre spacing, and 20 conventional natural gas.
  • BLM contact: Curtis Bryan, Lander Field Office (307) 332-8415.
  • Project website

Moxa Arch Infill

  • TARGET: Natural gas
  • LOCATION: West of Green River, bisected by Interstate 80
  • OPERATORS: EOG Resources Inc., with some other interests
  • PROJECT AREA: 476,300 acres
  • ESTIMATED WELLS: 1,861 new wells, of which 1,226 would be drilled in the “core” area (in addition to prior authorization for 1,400 wells)
  • ANALYSIS: Full environmental impact statement
  • STATUS: Beginning work on supplemental draft
  • BLM contact: Michele Easley, Kemmerer Field Office (307) 828-4503.
  • Project website

Hiawatha Project

  • TARGET: Natural gas
  • LOCATION: South of Rock Springs, straddling the Wyoming-Colorado border
  • OPERATORS: QEP Resources and Wexpro Co.
  • PROJECT AREA: 157,335 acres
  • ESTIMATED WELLS: 4,208
  • BLM contact: James Speck, Rock Springs Field Office (307) 352-0358.
  • Project website

Continental Divide-Creston (infill) Project

  • TARGET: Natural gas
  • LOCATION: Wamsutter area, straddling Interstate 80
  • OPERATOR: BP America Production Co., and Devon Energy Corp.
  • PROJECT AREA: 1.1 million acres
  • ESTIMATED WELLS: 8,950
  • BLM Contact: Eldon Allison, Rawlins Field Office (307) 328-4267.
  • Project website

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