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McGee consistently emphasized the importance of supporting Wyoming's oil and gas industries for national security, economic stability, and energy independence. He warned that rising oil imports and foreign competition threatened domestic producers, urging long-term policies to sustain independent oil companies and reduce dependence on foreign oil.
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 Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC),< formerly the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, is a United States organization, representing the governors of 31 member and seven associate states, that works to ensure the nation's oil and natural gas resources are conserved and utilized to their maximum potential while protecting health, safety and the environment.
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]
The Mowry Shales are estimated to hold 6.6 million barrels of oil and about 2 billion cubic feet of gas. [7] A generalized cross section of the Upper Cretaceous Units shown from west to east along Southwestern Wyoming. The Cretaceous Mesaverde Group supplies much of the gas to GGRB.
Today, busy Interstate 80 bisects the desert's southern region while gas field roads cross the desert. The majority of the Red Desert is public land managed by the Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The region is rich in oil, natural gas, uranium, and coal. An estimated 84% of the Red Desert has ...
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.
The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding.It centered on Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall, who had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. [1]