Oil Seminars

The High Plains Economic Development District, which coordinates economic development in southeast Wyoming, has been hosting Southeast Wyoming Oil Seminars in Cheyenne, Torrington and Wheatland. Oil exploration has begun in southeast Wyoming, northern Colorado, and western Nebraska with companies examining the viability of extracting oil from the Niobrara shale formation. The goal of the seminars was to provide information to policymakers and the general public about what is happening, what industry needs and challenges are, and what communities can anticipate might happen if exploration continues. The sponors of the seminars were the Goshen County Economic Development, Noble Energy, and Platte, Laramie, and Goshen counties, in partnership with Cheyenne LEADS, Platte County Economic Development, and Building the Wyoming We Want: The High Plains Initiative.

PRESENTATIONS FROM PART II ( Nov. 3 in Cheyenne and Nov. 4 in Wheatland and Torrington)

Landowner: Steve Barbour- A little history of coal bed methane (Click here to download Steve Barbour’s presentation)
Terms of Oil and Gas Lease and Surface Damage Agreement – McGuffey & Romsa (Click here to download the McGuffey & Romsa presentation)
State Engineer’s Office – Groundwater (Click here to download the State Engineer’s Office presentation)

PRESENTATIONS FROM PART I (Aug. 31 in Cheyenne and Sept. 1 in Torrington and Wheatland)

Introduction – Anja Bendel, High Plains Economic Development District (Click Here to Download the PDF)
Niobrara Formation, Technology, Industry Challenges and Economic Impact – Jeff Schwarz, Noble Energy (Click Here to Download the Noble Energy PDF)
Environmental Considerations - Todd Parfitt, Wyoming Department of Enivormental Quality (Click Here to Download the PDF)
Thomas Doll/Mark Watson, Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (Click Here to Download the PDF)
Socio-Economic Impacts Presentation – Dan Kirkbride/ Tom Johnson, Wyoming Business Alliance (Click here to download the PDF)
Kevin Burke, Frontier Refinery Inc. (Click here to download the PDF)
High Plains Intiative – Anja Bendel (Click Here to Download the PDF)