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 Wyoming. TRCP,
taking a page out of the environmental obstructionist playbook, says they are
acting of the behalf of Western hunter and anglers by bringing this suit that
will further limit the development of domestic oil and natural gas supplies. Click here for a
list of organizations that are a part of TRCP. If you are a member of
any of these groups, we encourage you to let them know that they are not
speaking for you in their attempts to stop domestic energy development in the
West. We also encourage you to sign the Conservation in Action
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development.
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.
Click here to register.
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 Wells Fargo
Bank Building,
1700 Lincoln, Denver, CO. There is no charge to attend Lunch & Learn, but
seating is limited so please register. Please
bring a lunch. For more information, contact Jon
Bargas.
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, Wayne
formed Plexus Capital in 2002 to assist companies in sourcing debt and equity
capital. This year, Plexus will surpass $1 billion in cumulative capital
formation. Contact Natalie Willms for more information.
Click here to
register.
Aaron Harber of USA TalkNetwork
to speak at IPAMS Distinguished Speaker Series
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 America’s
Legal System. Since 1998, he also has served as the on-camera Political Analyst
for CW2 of the CW Network (previously Tribune Broadcasting station KWGN/WB2 –
part of the Warner Brothers Network). He is a columnist for the State’s major
political publication, “The Colorado Statesman,” as well as a regular weekly
columnist for The Denver Daily News. Register early to save money on
registration. The regular luncheon fee is $40. If you register after the
cut-off date, September 7th, it is $45 and if you register the day of the event
or at the door registration is $50. The luncheon will be held at the Brown
Palace Hotel in Denver
from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Please contact Natalie Willms with any questions
about this event. IPAMS Distinguished Speaker Series is a bi-monthly
informational luncheon series. Join us in Denver
to hear well-known and engaging speakers and to network with members of the oil
& gas industry in the Intermountain West.
Click
here to register for this event.
2007
Denver Prospect Fair & Technofest
November 05, 2007
The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG), the Denver
Association of Petroleum Landmen (DAPL), the Denver
Geophysical Society (DGS) and the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain
States (IPAMS) invite prospect
exhibitors, software developers, data vendors, and service companies to share
their prospect ideas, new technologies and latest services with oil and gas
professionals. This event will be held on Monday, November 5, 2007 from 9
a.m.-5 p.m. at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.
The admission fee for attendees is $30.00 payable on site. Exhibitors may
also purchase promotional admission vouchers with your booth registration to
distribute to friends, associates—anyone you’d like to invite by your booth!
There is also a new program at the 2007 Denver Prospect Fair & Technofest; The Technology and Prospect Theatre. The
Theatre is a new concept providing a venue for continuous informal
presentations in the exhibit hall as a service to the participants. This is an
opportunity to introduce your company or your new technology to over 1000 oil
and gas industry representatives from the Intermountain West in attendance.
For more
information on exhibiting, sponsoring, advertising or simply attending, please
visit http://www.denverpftf.org/
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the Intermountain West’s oil and natural gas industry. Headlines are updated daily from local,
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Other Upcoming
Meetings:
Colorado Basin Advisors Network – August 29th,
10:00 MDT
New Mexico Basin Advisors Network –
August 30th, 10:00 MDT
Piceance Basin Working Group – September 6th,
10:00 – 12:00, Ramada Inn, Glenwood Springs
Utah Basin Advisors Network
- September 11th, 10:00 at IPAMS.
The West
Oversupply still hurting oil producers in Rockies
August 21, 2007
Rocky Mountain oil producers are still
smarting from an 18-month supply glut that has left their petroleum priced well
below national averages. "It was a
perfect storm that came together and really sent
prices down," said Frazier, who also serves as a Montana representative for the Independent
Petroleum Association of Mountain States. "Everyone pretty much had to
grit their teeth and deal with it."
more
Rocky Mountain Crude Oil Market Dynamics Summit
– The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) Chairman, Governor John
Hoeven, is hosting a summit on the crude oil
bottleneck in the Rocky Mountain Region September 4–5 in Denver, CO.
This summit is the result of interest regarding an IOGCC task force final
report, “Rocky Mountain Region Crude Oil Market Dynamics,” that was produced in
January 2007. All parties with an interest in the region’s crude oil
infrastructure are invited to attend. IOGCC is seeking sponsors
for the summit. The agenda, registration, and sponsorship information is
available at http://www.iogcc.state.ok.us/events.html.
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.
Colorado
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 Colorado
area and to make government officials and oil and gas industry representatives
easily accessible to the public. Currently the meetings are conducted once per
quarter and are co-chaired by COGCC Director Brian Macke and Garfield County
Commissioner Larry McCown. All parties wishing to be
placed on the meeting agenda should contact Jaime Adkins at 970-285- 9000 or
via email at: jaime.adkins@state.co.us.
The Colorado
Greater Sage-grouse Conservation draft plan
is now available for public review and comment. The Division of Wildlife is
hoping that the numerous stakeholders and interested parties involved in
Greater Sage-grouse conservation will take this opportunity to review this Plan.
The review and comment period ends August 31, 2007. (Notice: This deadline has been
extended from July 31, 2007) The purpose of this plan is to
facilitate the conservation of greater sage-grouse and their habitats in Colorado. It identifies
conservation measures and strategies to achieve this purpose. Click
here to view the plan. Contact Andrew Bremner
if you would like to help coordinate IPAMS’ comments.
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 Grand Junction.
Saturday morning’s program will be focusing on Education in Colorado grades P-20. Governor Bill Ritter
will be the luncheon keynote speaker on Saturday. The Governor will be speaking
on his P-20 Education Commission and on his Colorado Promise to Education.
Pre-registration for the event is encouraged and applications for the
two-day event are on line at www.club20.org
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. "We're a $23 billion-a-year
industry, we employ 71,000 people and the average salary is $65,000." (Denver Post)
more
COGA
conference puts global warming on front burner
August 20, 2007
Natural gas could be a big part of curbing
global warming, energy executives were told at the Aug. 13-15 annual conference
sponsored by the Colorado Oil & Gas Association. When burned, natural gas
releases about 25 percent less carbon dioxide per million Btus
than does gasoline and about 45 percent less CO2 than
does coal, according to the federal Energy Information Agency. (Denver
Business Journal)
more
Colorado looks at new rules on oil, gas
August 17, 2007
The larger, more diverse commission overseeing Colorado's surging oil and
gas industry will be balanced and professional and will seek input from the
industry as new regulations are developed, the state's natural resources chief
said this week. (Associated Press)
more
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)
more
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)
more
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)
more
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)
more
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)
more
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)
more
North Dakota
The 26th Annual
Meeting of the North Dakota Petroleum Council will be September 18–20 in Medora, North
Dakota. This year’s meeting begins with an
extra day of golf on Tuesday, September 18 at the Bully Pulpit Golf Course. We
have reserved tee times from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. for you to golf with friends
or business associates. The special rate for Petroleum Council meeting
registrants is $63.50, which includes lunch, green fees, and cart. An
evening reception is planned for Tuesday night at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall
of Fame starting at 6:30 p.m. The Oil Pac Golf Event will be held
Wednesday at the Bully Pulpit. Other activities are available for
non-golfers, such as lunch at the historic Rough Riders Hotel, a tour of the
Chateau de Mores, and horseback trail rides. The Wednesday evening social
will begin in the community center at 6:00 p.m. with the Chairman’s Banquet and
entertainment to follow. Thursday includes a full program of
speakers, including Lynn Westfall, Tesoro Petroleum; Lynn Helms, Department of
Mineral Resources; and Bill Rozett, API. More
details and registration is available at http://www.ndoil.org/content/view/72/93/.
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. (Uinta Basin
Standard)
more
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 Wyoming.
(Star Tribune)
more
Click here to
view the lawsuit.
Boom brings more drowsy
drivers
August 20, 2007
Wyoming's
churning energy economy has yielded riches for entrepreneurs, tax wealth for
the state and lots of jobs. It may also be making state highways more
dangerous. (Star Tribune)
more
Energy boom helps boost child support
collections
August 21, 2007
Wyoming's
energy boom has not only helped the state's budget, it has increased payments
to single parents who collect child support. (Star Tribune)
more
Washington
Watch
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and Los Angeles, California
on Thursday, August 30, 2007, and in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago,
Illinois; and Houston, Texas
on Wednesday, September 5, 2007. All hearings last from 9:00 am to 9:00
pm, but will go longer depending on the number of speakers registered before
9:00 pm. Breaks will occur from 12:30 to 2:00 and 6:00 to 7:30. The
hearing in Houston
will be on Wednesday, September 5, in the Emerald Rooms 4 & 5, Houston
Marriot West Loop by the Galleria, 1750 West Loop South, (713)
960–0111. If you would like to present testimony at the hearings,
please notify Tricia Crabtree, crabtree.tricia@epa.gov, (919)
541–5688.
Congress Approval Rating Matches Historical Low
August 21, 2007
A new Gallup Poll finds Congress' approval rating the lowest it has been since Gallup first tracked
public opinion of Congress with this measure in 1974. Just 18% of Americans
approve of the job Congress is doing, while 76% disapprove, according to the
August 13-16, 2007, Gallup Poll. (Gallup
news release)
more
BLM floats revised
Alaskan drilling plans
August
20, 2007
The
Bureau of Land Management unveiled revised plans today for oil and gas leasing
in the 4.6-million-acre northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
The new draft plan -- prepared in response to a court decision that found an
earlier version deficient -- amends the analysis of how energy development
would affect an area that is rich in wildlife and contains potentially large
volumes of oil. The court last year found BLM's final
plan failed to sufficiently address the "cumulative impacts" of
energy development. (E & E News)
Click
here to see the revised northeast NPR-A plan.
Media Watch
Grand Junction
Daily Sentinel:
Laying waste to Colorado no way to fund government
August 19, 2007
You could have bowled me over with a feather. There was Grand Junction state Rep. Steve King, at the close of a
luncheon hosted by University
of Colorado President Hank Brown
and attended by three dozen or so area residents Monday afternoon, warning that
the state’s system of higher education is likely to face deep, deep trouble not
too many years down the road. (Daily Sentinel column)
more
Click
here to read the Daily Sentinel editorial of October 2, 1995 supporting leasing
on the Naval Oil Shale Reserves 1 & 3 on the Roan Plateau.
Billings
Gazette:
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)
more
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 Montana's Garfield and McCone counties, it
was responding to this kind of overpowering urge. (Billings Gazette guest
column)
more
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)
more
Click here
to read President Bush’s Executive Order.
Gov to industry: Back wildlife efforts
August 23, 2007
Wyoming's
oil and gas producers see the political and literal landscape around them
changing. Though the industry has proven itself adept to technological and
environmental challenges in the field, it hasn't done as well on the political
side, according to Gov. Dave Freudenthal. (Star
Tribune)
more
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)
more
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 Yellowstone
bison as an endangered species. (Associated Press)
more
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)
more
Norway's
Moose Population in Trouble for Belching
August
22, 2007
The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being
blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown
moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year -- equivalent to the CO2 output
resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey. (Spiegel)
more
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)
more
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)
more
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
Wyoming-to-California
pipeline connection. (Star Tribune)
more
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 Beaufort
Sea. (NewsTex)
more
Western oil group eyes assets in Iraq
August 23, 2007
A large
western oil company has offered $700m for oil assets in Iraqi Kurdistan owned
by DNO, the small Norwegian oil
company. The offer signals that international oil companies are willing to put
significant amounts of money into Iraq in spite of the security
problems and lack of a legal framework. (Financial Times)
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 U.S. energy consumption, which is a
slightly higher share than in 2005. Overall U.S. energy consumption declined by
1 percent, largely due to slightly lower consumption of coal, natural gas and
petroleum, EIA said. Hydropower, which represents more than 40 percent of
renewable consumption, had the greatest absolute change with an additional 186
trillion Btu, representing a nearly 7 percent increase, according to EIA data.
But wind power and ethanol, which account for smaller shares of overall
consumption, grew at much faster rates. Biofuels consumption increased by 28 percent and wind power consumption
increased by 45 percent, according to EIA. (E & E News)
County gets wind farm
proposal
August 23, 2007
Two things are certain in southwest Wyoming
these days. The natural gas flows. And the wind blows. (Star Tribune)
more
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 Billings.
The meeting begins on Monday the 27th with a Wildlife Forum
featuring officials from the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks division, US Fish
and Wildlife Service, the BLM, and the DOI; and Renee Taylor, the wildlife
biologist who has conducted research that refutes assertions that energy development
is harming sage grouse in the Powder
River Basin. Other
festivities include fishing on the Big
Horn River,
a golf tournament, and the Petroleum Industry Appreciation Day luncheon.
For room reservations call 800-588-7666 or 406-252-7400 and ask for the Montana
Petroleum Association room block. The room block is released on Monday,
August 1. If the Crowne Plaza
is full, the Clocktower Inn is just a block from the
hotel. Their phone number is 406-238-1797. Please ask for the
Montana Petroleum Association room rate of $72.00. MPA also has a
negotiated rate with the Springhill Suites (Marriott), however it is located
about five miles from the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the
west end. Ask for the “Petroleum Association” rate. For more
information visit the MPA
website or email mpa@montanapetroleum.org.
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 Rockies. The REWC focuses on sharing information on
the existing and emerging needs of the industry, including the number and type
of jobs throughout the region; determining training needs of the region to meet
current and future workforce needs; supporting efforts to leverage training
resources; developing information needed by workforce boards, economic
development groups, education institutions and potential employers; and
fostering cooperative efforts to build a diverse energy talent pipeline through
job fairs, high school presentations, and recruitment within and outside the
region. The REWC region include seven states—Colorado,
Montana, Wyoming,
Utah, New Mexico,
North Dakota, and Texas. The next REWC meeting is
scheduled for November 8 in Price, Utah.
To view API’s Rockies Energy Workforce website, click here: http://www.rockiesenergyworkforce.org/.
To learn more about the Rockies Energy Workforce Collaborative or to
become a member, contact James Crandall with API at crandallj@api.org
or (202) 682-8475.
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
Click here to register.
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 Jon Bargas
at IPAMS --- (303) 623-0987 or jbargas@ipams.org.
We also are asking IPAMS members to consider supporting
the program in some manner. The documents, below, help explain
opportunities for participation. Several IPAMS members already are
participating and can serve as references. Click on the links
below to view some of the background documents for the project:
“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.
DURANGO,
CO
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., Denver.
Advances in structural concepts and applications provide new opportunities for Rocky Mountain
hydrocarbon exploration and development. This symposium will feature
examples of active Rockies Plays with diverse structural aspects. There
will be a morning session summarizing current structural concepts and
introducing new tools, and an afternoon session with presentations of specific
petroleum applications. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Victor Ramos of
the University of Buenos Aires Laboratorio de Tectonica Andina,
who wil discuss ‘Andean insights into the Rockies – the interplay between ridge collision, arc
magnetism, basin formation, and deformation.’ On September 15th,
there will be an optional field trip to the Golden-Boulder Flatirons Area to
view the complex thrust and triangle zone structures of a typical Laramide basin boundary. For more information and
registration, visit www.rmag.org
or call (303) 573-8621.
Click here for information and an updated agenda for
the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Annual Seminar and Golf Tournament
on August 8th.
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