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CBNGA RELEASES INFORMATIVE GUIDE ABOUT CBNG DEVELOPMENT
Powder River Basin –June 6, 2008
The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance (CBNGA) just released its first State of the Industry Report. The report provides the current status of, and information regarding coalbed natural gas development in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming.
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POWDER RIVER BASIN COALBED NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT:
UNCONVENTIONAL AND LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES
Powder River Basin –July 27, 2007
In addition to being the cleanest burning fossil fuel, coalbed natural gas (CBNG) development brings several blessings to a once desert-like region known as the Powder River Basin (PRB).
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CBNGA Coordinator’s statement on Montana SEIS
Billings, MT –March 27, 2007
The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance today called for balance from the Bureau of Land Management in their Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement dealing with the development of coalbed natural gas in Southeast Montana.
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CBNG Development Helps Johnson County Fund New Schools
Johnson County –July 14, 2006
A recent tax revenue analysis recognized three new Johnson County schools were funded due to increased mineral development in Wyoming and rapid growth of CBNG development in Johnson County.
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Johnson County Reaps Record-Breaking Taxes From CBNG Development
Johnson County –July 11, 2006
For the 2005 tax year, industry generated record breaking mine product taxes, severance taxes and mineral royalty fees to and from Johnson County.
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THE WATER MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX
What is the Water Management Toolbox?
Powder River Basin–June 6, 2006
THE WATER MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX distinguishes the most commonly used water management tools in the Powder River Basin. The options include: surface discharge, managed irrigation, on and off channel impoundments, injection, treatment various commercial and industrial uses, and emerging technologies.
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The following 4 press releases are examples of stakeholders who use the tools:
Treatment Technologies Bring Opportunities for Water Management in the PRB
Powder River Basin–October 4 , 2006
Operators use treatment as another cbng water management tool in the Water Management Toolbox. Treatments such as ion exchange, reverse osmosis and capacitive desalination were severely limited when the first wells were drilled in the Powder River Basin in the late 90’s. A decade later, operators have tested nearly ten different types of treatment methods all across the Basin.
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CBNG Water Helps Ranchers Make a Living
Powder River Basin–June 6, 2006
Surface discharge is one of the most broadly utilized tools out of THE WATER MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX. When ranchers and operators use surface discharge, water is more available than it was in the past.
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Gillette Rancher Experiments With Reinjection
Powder River Basin–June 6, 2006
A local rancher’s aquifer recharge experiment mirrored the results of a Montana state study. Gillette Rancher Robert Brug determined 25 percent of his shallow gravel aquifer wells had the right rock type to accept water easily. His results were identical to a recent study conducted by the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, which found water replacement, or injection, was possible in 25 percent of the Powder River Basin.
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Transforming Prairie-Dog Land Into Productive Land, The "TOOLBOX" Way
Powder River Basin–June 6, 2006
Managed Irrigation is a strategic beneficial use of coalbed natural gas discharge water. It’s strategic because it’s a science. Thousands of acres in the Powder River Basin have been transformed into productive use by applying a little chemistry to the produced water and adhering to traditional agronomic principles.
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COALBED NATURAL GAS ADVOCATE RECEIVES NATIONAL
LOW-INCOME ENERGY AWARD
Denver, CO–June 13, 2005
Karen Brown, coordinator of the Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance (CBNGA)
and partner of Energy Strategies and Solutions, LLC, was awarded the
National Fuel Funds Network’s (NFFN) highest honor– the Sister
Pat Kelley Achievement Award.
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COALBED NATURAL GAS RECLAMATION - THE NEXT PHASE
Powder River Basin, March 16, 2006
As the life-span of some producing coalbed natural gas wells is rapidly approaching, Wyoming is beginning a promising journey into the next phase of development- reclamation.
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COALBED NATURAL GAS
A Key to the State's Budget Surplus
March 29, 2005
Thanks predominately to coalbed natural gas development, Wyomingites
have a surplus of over a billion dollars.
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CBS MISSES THE POINT
ON COALBED NATURAL GAS
Industry, Landowners Cooperating More
Than Ever
To Secure Needed Domestic Energy Supplies
February 10, 2005
There’s more cooperation than conflict in today’s coalbed
natural gas development, according to ranchers, landowners and energy
experts. The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance said Wednesday’s 60 Minutes
story about coalbed development in Wyoming failed to provide a balanced
perspective about the progress being made to meet today’s domestic
energy needs in a responsible manner.
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Governor
Schweitzer Provides Input on Montana Coalbed Natural Gas Development
February 2, 2005
The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance met with Montana’s Governor Brian
Schweitzer in Billings recently to discuss coalbed natural gas production
in Montana. CBNGA member companies present at the meeting included Yates
Petroleum, Nance Petroleum (a subsidiary of St. Mary Land & Exploration),
Fidelity Exploration & Production Company (a subsidiary of MDU Resources),
and Marathon Oil Company. Also attending the meeting was a Big Horn
County Commissioner and a Wyoming rancher who has experienced CBNG development
on her land.
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Survey
Reports Ranchers’ Opinions of
Coalbed Natural Gas Development
January 18, 2005
The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance (CBNGA) conducted a survey of 450 landowners
who have coalbed natural gas development on their land in an effort
to learn first-hand what they have experienced.
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Independent study counters
NPRC reports
January 10, 2005
The link below is to a news release regarding an independent study which
counters the NPRC Water Management Report prepared by Jim Kuipers completed
in August 2004..
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Coalbed natural gas producer
recognized for environmental stewardship
October 29, 2004
SHERIDAN, WY - Fidelity Exploration & Production Company was recognized
recently with a major environmental stewardship award from the Interstate
Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). The Award was presented at the
IOGCC Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City on October 18, 2004.
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CBNGA Buffalo Education
Fair
September 30, 2004
BUFFALO, WY - The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance and the Buffalo Office
of the Bureau of Land Management hosted an educational fair on issues
and information surrounding coalbed natural gas development.
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Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance
Hosts Appreciation Picnic in Sheridan, Wyoming
SHERIDAN - The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance, in conjunction with
four coalbed natural gas operators and a handful of landowner members,
hosted an appreciation picnic on Monday, June 28, 2004, at the Kendrick
Park bandshell in Sheridan, Wyoming.
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CBNG companies recognized
as environmentally sensitive and
community-oriented
As part of on-going efforts to be stewards of the environment and good
neighbors, several members of the Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance have
been recognized as going above and beyond existing environmental regulations
in their extraction of coalbed natural gas. learn
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New survey yields positive
comments
about oil and gas industry
GILLETTE, WY - Two organizations, some of whose members are involved
in coalbed natural gas development, have released the results of surveys
they conducted during the CBM Fair June 3 and 4, 2004, in Gillette,
Wyoming. The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States (IPAMS)
and the Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance (CBNGA) independently conducted
surveys of fairgoers who stopped by their booths about their perceptions
of the energy industry and coalbed natural gas (CBNG) development.
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New Coalbed Natural Gas
Alliance Web Site
The Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of
their new website at www.cbnga.com.
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