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SW Wyoming Gas Development Activity Update November 2009

This update provides an overview of gas development activity in Sublette County, Wyoming. It includes rig counts, natural gas and oil production figures, and information about the Wyoming Range Legacy Act.

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SW Wyoming Gas Development Activity Update November 2009

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  1. SW Wyoming Gas Development Activity Update November 2009

  2. Sublette County WY. Rig Count as of 10/23/09 = 24

  3. Pinedale Field Office Wells as of 10/28/2009 Natural Gas Producing= 3723 Capable of producing= 259 Total= 3982 Oil Producing= 462 Capable of producing= 24 Total= 486 In some state of drilling or completion= 454 Totals are wells administered by BLM. May be more on State and Private Lands. Source: Merry Gamper, Petroleum Engineer, BLM, Pinedale Field Office.

  4. Southwest Wyoming Oil and Gas Associated NEPA • Continental Divide / Creston – Blue Gap = 4200 wells • Normally Pressured Lance = 85 wells • Hiawatha = 4208 wells • Moxa Arch = 3261 wells • PXP = 133 wells • TOTAL WELLS= 11887

  5. Wyoming Range Legacy Act

  6. Wyoming Range Legacy Act Responding to broad-based and bipartisan support from Wyoming residents, in October 2007, Senators John Barrasso and Mike Enzi introduced the Wyoming Range Legacy Act: *Withdraws 1.2 million acres of Bridger-Teton National Forest lands from future mineral leasing, while not affecting valid existing lease rights. * Sets up a process for voluntary retirement of mineral leases. * Ensures that if leases expire or are retired, the area is not available for future leasing. Federal funds may not be used to buy out leases, but other funds can be used. * Is similar to other legislation has been successfully used in the Rocky Mountain Front of Montana and Valle Vidal in New Mexico.

  7. BLM announced it will NOT accept pending bids on 23 natural gas lease parcels totaling 23,757 acres located in the Wyoming Range Withdrawal area of the Bridger – Teton N.F. • 31 lease parcels totaling 20,963 acres are currently suspended pending completion of NEPA analysis. • Original proposal for this project included 8 to 27 wells to be developed. Current proposal includes 8 to 11 wells in the reduced project area. • Total acreage in the project area has been reduced by 46.8 % from the original proposal. • SEIS was scheduled to be released 10/30/2009. SEIS will likely be released this week.

  8. Three government reports show legislation will not impact energy effort. *Independently, the Wyoming State Geologic Survey and the US Geologic Survey have concluded (2008) there is relatively little oil and natural gas resource in the Wyoming Range—-only 1.1–1.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf), especially in comparison to the adjacent Jonah and Pinedale Anticline Fields which hold about 37 tcf. *The federal Congressional Budget Office, which provides research to Congress, issued a report showing legislation “would have no significant effect on the federal budget.” This analysis looked at future revenue from energy development and did not anticipate an impact.

  9. The Wyoming Range Legacy Act enjoys broad support in Wyoming A wide variety of Wyomingites have mobilized to protect the Wyoming Range, including both Republican Senators---Sen. John Barrasso and Sen. Mike Enzi, as well as Governor Dave Freudenthal, Democrat, the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, Wyoming AFL-CIO, Wyoming State Tourism Board, state legislators, local landowners, ranchers, hunters & fishermen, business owners and chambers of commerce.

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