Tag: Uinta Basin
12 months ago
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Uinta Basin gas company caught polluting the air, EPA alleges

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a deal with a Utah natural gas company accused of violating re...

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about 1 year ago
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UDOT contractor razes trees for Provo Canyon trail

UDOT has started construction on the $44.5 million Provo River Parkway trail project, razing hundreds of trees in Pro...

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about 1 year ago
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Utah counties to issue $2 billion in bonds to support oil railroad

A group of Utah counties is poised to issue $2 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of an 85-mile ...

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about 1 year ago
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As production surges Uinta crude now clogs Indian Canyon

Utah lawmakers divert millions to pave oil tanker routes from Uinta Basin to rail loadouts in Carbon County.

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over 1 year ago
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Texas company acquired 100 oil and gas wells in Utah, then disappeared into bankruptcy

Operated by a bankrupt LLC called WestStar Exploration, unproductive wells on Utah's public land should have been plu...

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over 1 year ago
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Utah’s handling of Tabby Mountain sale draws rebuke from Ute Tribe

Ute tribal officials issued a statement denouncing Utah state officials handling of their proposed sale of Tabby Moun...

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over 1 year ago
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Proposed sand mine near Dinosaur shelved by unlikely allies — red tape and sage grouse

A proposed sand quarry on public land near Dinosaur National Monument has been sidetracked into a bureaucratic inquir...

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almost 2 years ago
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Utah’s proposed oil railroad clears final regulatory hurdle

Utah's proposed oil-hauling Uinta Basin Railway cleared its final regulatory hurdle when the Forest Service rejected ...

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about 2 years ago
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BLM wants bidders to reclaim unplugged wells as condition for getting oil and gas leases

If you lease public lands for oil and gas, you may be on the hook for plugging old wells under reforms unveiled last ...

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over 2 years ago
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Uinta Basin is hemorrhaging methane as leaks go undetected

As much as 8% of the Uinta Basin’s natural gas production escapes into the atmosphere, an indication that the basin’s...

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over 2 years ago
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Feds release Uinta rail environmental impact statement as environmentalists ramp up opposition in...

An oil-hauling railway for the Uinta Basin took a big stride forward Friday with the release of an environmental impa...

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