IPAMS
Meetings & Announcements
Join over 1,000 other Western
Sportsmen in signing Conservation in Action’s Sportsmen for Responsible Energy
Development Petition
Tired of so-called conservation and
sportsmen’s groups who want to end energy development in the Intermountain West
claiming to speak for you? Help counter the claims of these groups who use
Western sportsmen as pawns in their political agenda! If you are a hunter
and/or fisherman and support responsible energy development in the
Intermountain West, please take just a moment to sign this online petition
and be sure to forward this link to fellow sportsmen.
Update: In its latest attempt to hinder energy
development in the Intermountain West, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation
Partnership (TRCP) filed suit this week to stop drilling projects in
Click here to
view the lawsuit filed “on behalf of Western hunters and anglers”.
Click
here to sign the petition. (http://www.conservationinaction.us/about/sig.php)
IPAMS Natural Gas Luncheon
August 30,
2007
Interested in
understanding flow dynamics on mid-continent and midwestern
pipes as the systems stand currently and post Rockies Express West expansion
1-1-08 and again once the pipe hits Lebanon/Clarington 1-1-09? Please
join IPAMS Natural Gas Committee for a luncheon roundtable discussion on
"issues" (pressure limitations, meter constraints, pipe constraints,
competition with mid-continent production, etc) that producers and shippers
should be aware of once REX volumes reach the different systems.
We have invited participants from ANR, PEPL, NGPL, Northern Natural and
Southern Star to participate.
IPAMS Lunch
& Learn
September
06, 2007
The next IPAMS Lunch &
Learn is Thursday, September 6th (Please note that this date has changed.) at 11:30 a.m. Monica
Deromedi with the Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance will
give an overview of the alliance’s activities in the Intermountain West. Lunch & Learn sessions are conducted in
the John D. Hershner room, in the
Click here to register
for this event.
Energy Finance
Discussion Group—Wayne Williamson with Plexus Capital
September 11, 2007
With the
summer coming to a close, it's time for Energy Finance Discussion Group Breakfast
again. The first meeting of the season will be Tuesday, September 11th at 7:30
a.m. at Restaurant Kevin Taylor at the Hotel Teatro. Wayne Williamson, Managing Partner for Plexus
Capital, will present an overview of capital choices for private E&P companies,
and factors affecting your cost of capital. Following 12 years of intense
schooling, mentoring and high expectations from two of the Denver E&P
community's finest, Don Wolf and Alex Cranberg,
Aaron Harber of
September 13, 2007
Aaron Harber, the host of “The Aaron Harber Show” (previously “Spontaneous
Combustion”), will be the guest speaker for IPAMS next Distinguished Speaker
Series and will address “Why Everyone Hates Energy Companies.” Mr. Harber has
been selected to become the host for “Blind Justice” --- a critical examination
of
Click here to register for this event.
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Other Upcoming
Meetings:
Piceance Basin Working Group – September 6th, 10:00 – 12:00, Ramada Inn, Glenwood Springs
The West
Oversupply still hurting oil producers in Rockies
August 21, 2007
The Bureau of Land Management and
the Forest Service are hosting an interactive satellite broadcast for those
parties involved in preparing documents related to oil and gas development on
Federal public lands at 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Mountain Time,
Thursday, September 13, 2007 at
BLM State and Field Offices The Bureau of Land Management, an agency of
the Interior Department, and the Forest Service, an agency of the Agriculture
Department, are hosting a live satellite broadcast to inform any and all
interested parties about recent revisions to a set of regulations collectively
known as Onshore Oil and Gas Order No. 1. Those responsible for preparing
related documentation, such as Applications for Permits to Drill (APDs), will find the broadcast most useful; however, all
members of the public are invited to attend. Information on new APD
processing timelines, off-lease access, and geospatial databases – as well as
information on how BLM and Forest Service rights-of-way work – will also be
covered during the broadcast, which will include an interactive
question-and-answer session.
The next Northwest Colorado Oil and Gas Forum is scheduled for September 13, 2007, from 10:00 a.m. until
2:00 p.m. at the Garfield County Fairgrounds in Rifle, CO. The NW CO Oil and
Gas Forum is an informal meeting of local, state, and federal government
officials, oil and gas industry representatives, and citizens that has been holding regularly scheduled meetings since 1989.
The purpose of the Forum is to share information about oil and gas development
in the northwest
The
The Annual CLUB 20 Fall Meetings are scheduled for
September 7th and 8th at the Two Rivers Convention
Center-Grand Junction. On Friday will be the CLUB 20 Executive Meeting followed
by CLUB 20’s Board meetings. Policies from many of the 11 CLUB 20 committees
will be presented during the Friday Board Meetings. On Friday evening CLUB 20
will host the always-anticipated CLUB 20 BBQ at Cross Orchards Living History
Farms in
Interview: Meg Collins
August 19, 2007
Meg Collins says one of her priorities in her new position will be
to highlight the economic impact of the energy industry in
Colorado looks at new rules on oil, gas
August 17, 2007
The larger, more diverse commission overseeing
Meis: Put more pieces of mineral pie on table
August 20, 2007
One of the heads of the mineral revenue interim committee’s working group said
he is concerned state agencies are steering the panel’s work away from touching
various parts of Colorado’s mineral revenue receipts. (Daily Sentinel)
Penry wants fair share of energy bucks
August 20, 2007
State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Fruita,
said Saturday that he hopes to push federal lawmakers to consider increasing
the amount of federal mineral leasing dollars returned to energy-affected
states, including Colorado. (Daily Sentinel)
Dunes drilling project to face
environmental impact study
August 17, 2007
A proposal to drill for oil and gas near the Great Sand
Dunes National Park and Preserve will have to go through an environmental
analysis by the federal government. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which
manages the surface of the proposed drilling site at the Baca National Wildlife
Refuge, said earlier this month it would begin the analysis with a public
meeting today in Crestone. (Pueblo Chieftain)
Evaporative ponds the pits, public says;
regulation considered
August 22, 2007
During the Mesa County Commissioners’ recent round of Energy Master Plan
meetings, the public expressed concerns over evaporative pits — open ponds for
waste from oil and gas drilling. (Daily Sentinel)
Energy, mining tax pie tilted
August 22, 2007
Some Colorado counties are getting more
drilling and mining severance tax money returned than they generate, leaving
other, more heavily impacted communities shorted, a state audit has found. (Rocky Mountain News)
Some
Grass Mesa property owners dispute gas plan offer
August 23, 2007
Property owners in Grass Mesa south of Rifle voted to accept an offer
by EnCana Oil and Gas that would speed up the company’s natural-gas drilling
program near and on their property, and give their homeowners association
$375,000 for road maintenance. (Daily Sentinel)
The 26th Annual
Meeting of the North Dakota Petroleum Council will be September 18–20 in
The proposed 2008 rules changes from the Department of Mineral Resources are now available. The public hearing on these changes will be held September 4th at 9:00 a.m. followed by a 10-day written comment period. The North Dakota Petroleum Council will be making comments at the September 4th hearing and we would like to incorporate your thoughts or concerns. Please forward any comments you may have on these changes to Ron Ness (ronness@ndoil.org) by Friday, August 24.
Utah
BLM alters Utah lease sale
August 20, 2007
This week, Bureau of Land Management officials in Utah removed 29 parcels from
its Aug. 21 oil and gas lease sale because of concerns about mule deer and sage
grouse habitat after an appeal by the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation
Partnership. This is the third time this year BLM has removed parcels it
planned to offer and admitted its failure to conduct proper analyses, the
partnership's Tim Zink noted. "It's great they've pulled these parcels,
but why'd it take outside overseers to point out they're not following the
law?" he asked. (E & E News)
Utes
meet to air concerns
August 21, 2007
Two factions of the Ute Indian Tribe at odds with each other held
meetings last week. One group listened to their elected leaders answer
questions and came up with six “recommendations” they will submit to the
governing Business Committee for possible adoption. The other group, identifying
themselves as a “coalition” of concerned tribal members, turned to the tribal
financial advisor John Jurrius for instruction. After
hearing from him they vowed to seek the removal of their elected leaders, going
so far as to collect money to pay for an attorney to jumpstart the process. (
Wyoming
Group sues to block project
August 21, 2007
Concerning the impact to wildlife, there's no disagreement. Yet there is a
lawsuit. The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership filed suit against the
U.S. Department of Interior on Friday over the authorization of 2,000 new oil
and gas wells in south-central
Click here to
view the lawsuit.
Boom brings more drowsy
drivers
August 20, 2007
Energy boom helps boost child support
collections
August 21, 2007
The EPA will hold five public
hearings on the proposed ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’
rule. The EPA is proposing to make revisions to the primary
and secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone to
provide protection of public health. The hearings will be held in
Congress Approval Rating Matches Historical Low
August 21, 2007
A new Gallup Poll finds Congress' approval rating the lowest it has been since
Click here to see the revised northeast NPR-A plan.
Media Watch
Laying waste to
August 19, 2007
You could have bowled me over with a feather. There was
Rehberg
opposes real energy reform
August 21, 2007
I recently surfed over to the congressional Web site of
Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg to see if there was any
news regarding his votes on the major energy bill that recently passed the
House. (Billings Gazette guest column)
BLM should heed protests about leasing
August 18, 2007
Compulsion" is defined as "an irresistible impulse
to perform some act." When the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation
Partnership, a national conservation coalition, recently filed a formal protest
of Bureau of Land Management plans to lease 127 parcels in
Environment and Wildlife
Sign Conservation in Action’s
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development Petition
Tired of so-called conservation and
sportsmen’s groups who want to end energy development in the Intermountain West
claiming to speak for you? Help counter the claims of these groups who use
Western sportsmen as pawns in their political agenda! If you are a hunter
and/or fisherman and support responsible energy development in the
Intermountain West, please take just a moment to sign this online petition
and be sure to forward this link to fellow sportsmen.
Click here to sign the petition.
President orders hunting
focus
August 23, 2007
A new presidential executive order has directed federal agencies to promote
expansion and enhancement of hunting opportunities on federal lands and the
management of game species and their habitat. (Star Tribune)
Click here
to read President Bush’s Executive Order.
Gov to industry: Back wildlife efforts
August 23, 2007
Permits to drill
outside grouse habitat considered first
August 18, 2007
Oil and gas operators who have good sage grouse habitat on land they
want to drill will go to the back of the line for federal permits. (News
Record)
Feds deny petition for bison listing
August 20, 2007
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has
denied a private citizen's petition to list the
Bears by the numbers
August 21, 2007
Whether a grizzly bear becomes famous or infamous, or lives anonymously in some
remote wilderness, often depends on location and luck. (Star Tribune)
Freudenthal urges sage grouse actions
August
23, 2007
Current and past experiences with the Endangered Species Act seem to have
convinced the oil and gas industry to adapt activities to conserve wildlife and
wildlife habitat. (Star Tribune)
Markets
Experts: Pipeline to
boost consumer prices
August 19, 2007
Expansion of a natural gas pipeline from the Rockies to Ohio will likely boost
profits for gas companies and prices for area consumers, an energy market
expert said. (Associated Press)
Company eyes
pipeline expansion
August 22, 2007
The California natural gas market is primed to receive more supply from the
Rockies, and Kern River Gas Transmission Co. is considering an expansion of its
Shell Alaska drilling project blocked by US appeals court
August 20, 2007
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(NYSE:RDS A) must further postpone plans for exploratory drilling off the
northern coast of Alaska. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also indicated
that environmental and Alaska Native groups have a good chance of prevailing in
their effort to keep the energy giant out of the
more
Technology and Alternative and Renewable Energy
Green consumption grew 7 percent last year – EIA
August 22, 2007
The nation's renewable energy consumption grew by roughly 7 percent in
2006, fueled by increases in hydropower, ethanol and wind energy, according to
new Energy Information Administration figures. The preliminary 2006 statistics
show total renewable energy consumption at 6.844 quadrillion British thermal
units, or nearly 7 percent of total
County gets wind farm
proposal
August 23, 2007
Two things are certain in southwest
Industry News and Events
Pioneer sells Canadian operations for $540M
August 23, 2007
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. said today it will sell all of the common stock
of its Canadian subsidiary, Pioneer Natural Resources Canada Inc., to Abu Dhabi
National Energy Co. (ADSM: TAQA) for $540 million. Irving, Texas-based
Pioneer (NYSE: PXD) said it plans to use proceeds from the divestiture
to reduce debt and for other corporate purposes. The deal is expected to close
in the fourth quarter, pending regulatory approval. (E & E News)
The Montana Petroleum
Association’s Annual Meeting will be August 27th – 29th
at the Crown Plaza Hotel in
The Rockies Energy Workforce Collaborative (REWC) (of
which IPAMS is a member) recently met to discuss strategies that address
shortages of skilled workers for energy and process technology jobs in the
Managing
Upstream Project Risks: IMA & Fulbright Breakfast Seminar
September
12, 2007
Risks in upstream oil and gas projects take many forms, and managing
them is a top priority at all levels within an exploration and production
company, including the board of directors, chief executives, operations and
financial officers, legal counsel, landmen and line
personnel. Effective risk management requires careful planning and an
understanding of available risk management tools and techniques. This focused
and timely seminar will analyze and discuss current corporate and project risk
issues facing the upstream oil and gas industry, with practical suggestions for
designing and implementing risk management solutions for transactions in
today’s rapidly growing energy sector. The distinguished panel of insurance and
legal experts will share insights and perspectives on a variety of topics
Air
Quality Challenges Facing the Natural Resources Industry in the Western United
States
Presented by the Rocky Mountain Mineral
Law Foundation , November 1-2, 2007
Click
here for an agenda and registration information.
Sponsorships
needed for energy education effort
“The Energy
Roundtable” is a new television series being produced by USA Talk Network,
Inc. The nonpartisan series already has had SHELL Oil (U.S.A.) President
John Hofmeister and CHEVRON Vice-Chairman Peter
Robertson as guests. The next two programs will seek to educate citizens
about the life cycle of energy products and services so consumers understand
the many extraordinary efforts made preceding their decisions to turn up the
heat, turn on an air conditioner, or fill a gas tank. This educational effort is critically
important to all members of our industry. If you have a suggestion
regarding a topic or a possible guest for “The Energy Roundtable” or would like to arrange a meeting with the producers to
discuss the program, please contact
“The
Energy Roundtable” --- a one-page description of the television program
A letter of endorsement from IPAMS Executive Director Marc Smith
A
letter of endorsement from Energy Literacy Project Executive Director John
Tobin
A letter
from USA Talk Network giving the confidential details of the project
EPA Natural Gas STAR Producers Technology Transfer Workshops This September, the Natural Gas STAR Program will offer Producer Technology Transfer Workshops in two different Colorado locations. These one-day workshops will focus on reducing methane emissions from the natural gas production sector. Participants will engage in a peer-based exchange of technical and economic information on practices currently in use today. Presentations will include detailed information that participants can use to conduct feasibility assessments of these practices at their operations.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO
Workshop Information
September 11th, 2007
7:30 AM-5:00 PM
Hotel Colorado
526 Pine Street
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
(303) 623-3400
Click
here to view the agendas and to register online.
Workshop
Information
September 13th, 2007
8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Strater Hotel
699 Main Avenue
Durango, CO 81301
(970) 247-4431
Click
here to view the agendas and to register online.
The 14th Annual Natural Gas STAR
Implementation Workshop will beheld October 23-24, 2007. This year's
workshop comes at a time of heightened interest in greenhouse gases such as
methane, and is a forum for sharing solutions and optimal ways to reduce
emissions. The workshop will include partner company presentations on new
experiences with reducing methane emissions. Registration and the draft agenda
are now available on the gas STAR web site. To register for this year's
workshop, please click here.
The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG) and
the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) are proud to host a full
day symposium on the topic of Structural Concepts and Applications with regard
to hydrocarbon plays in the Rockies on Friday, September 14th at the
Grand Hyatt, 1750 Welton St.,
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