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As of 2000 he was Chairman of the Wyoming Retirement System Board. [25] Kenneth Lantta owns KDL Consulting, and has worked for the oil and gas industry (Precision Drilling Company, L.P. Wyoming oil & gas industry safety alliance). [26]
Mutual was acquired by the Continental Oil Company in the mid-1920s with most of the field. The refinery closed by 1957. The refinery and another built by Standard Oil in Glenrock and others in Casper were connected to the field by pipelines. [2] [4] Some of the field's wells were developed on land owned by the University of Wyoming. The ...
The mineral extraction industry, including oil and gas, is the main driver of the Wyoming economy, accounting for more than three-fifths of the state's revenues. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Travel and tourism is the second-largest sector in the state, providing $3.3 billion to the state's economy, with $170 million in tax revenues in 2015, along with 32,000 ...
On July 21, 2010, Smith was the medical director in a search and rescue operation to find three separate parties of 17 people who were stranded above 13,000 feet near the summit of the Grand Teton during a lightning storm. It was the largest rescue event to occur in Grand Teton National Park.
Wyoming is a resource rich state with a history of boom and bust cycles. The 1970s energy crisis initiated a coal-mining boom in Wyoming that lasted until the early 80's. The state's latest energy boom (1995–2010) is due to increased development in oil and natural gas production as well as further growth in the coal-mining industry.
The Salt Creek Oil Field is located in Natrona County, Wyoming. [2] By 1970, more oil had been produced by this field than any other in the Rocky Mountains region and accounted for 20 percent of the total production in Wyoming. [3] Petroleum seeps in the area were known before 1880, but oil strikes near Lander led to claims by Schoonmaker and ...
Jonah Field is a large natural gas field in the Green River Basin in Sublette County, Wyoming, in the United States.The field is approximately 790.2 miles (1,271.7 km) west of Iowa City and 906.2 miles (1,458.4 km) north of Dallas in southwestern Wyoming, and is estimated to contain 10.5 trillion cubic feet (300 km 3) of natural gas.
Mesa Natural Gas Solutions (MNGS) is a company based in Casper, Wyoming. Mesa specializes in natural gas or liquid propane powered mobile generators. Most Mesa Generators are currently used in oil and gas applications, including as Flare Gas Recovery Systems (FGRS). [citation needed]