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  • JOB OPENING: WOGCC INSPECTION SPECIALIST - CASPER, WY The WOGCC is now accepting applications for a drilling inspector.  This position ensures that oil and gas operators comply with agency rules, regulations and orders through field inspections; witness MITs on injection wells and idle oil and gas wells; give plugging orders; perform pre-site inspections and inspect surface reclamation for bond release.For a full job description and what is required, please visit  Wyoming Department of Administration and Information's website, ININ07-06718-INSPECTION SPECIALIST-CASPER.
    Posted Aug 7, 2017, 7:48 AM by Kimberly Mazza
  • WOGCC 2017 INDUSTRY MEETING AND RECEPTION For the last 12 years, the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) has held what has been pegged as the "WOGCC Industry Meeting."  The purpose of the meeting is to provide oil and gas companies information that will assist them in understanding the regulatory processes and procedures required by the WOGCC. This year, the WOGCC's annual Industry Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Wyoming Oil and Gas Fair and Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute Conference, Sept. 13, 8 a.m. - noon, in order to allow attendees an opportunity to participate in the fair.  The Industry Meeting will be at the Casper Event Center with Supervisor Mark Watson and Deputy Supervisor Tom Kropatsch providing an overview of the ...
    Posted Aug 8, 2017, 2:38 PM by Kimberly Mazza
  • POLICY FOR PROTESTED APDs TO START IN AUGUST NEW POLICY FOR PROTESTED APDs TO START IN AUGUST:  Due to the growing number of protested APDs that are continued on a month to month basis, the Protest Policy for Applications for Permit to Drill (APD) will start with the August 2017 hearings on all protested APD applications. You can read the new policy by clicking here. 
    Posted Jul 14, 2017, 2:39 PM by Kimberly Mazza
  • WOGCC Supervisor presents at Joint Minerals and Economic Development Interim Committee WOGCC Supervisor presents at Joint Minerals and Economic Development Interim CommitteeWOGCC Supervisor Mark Watson recently presented before the Joint Minerals and Economic Development Interim Committee on oil and gas development in Wyoming and state primacy. In his presentation, Watson said the WOGCC has seen a notable increase in applications for permits to drill (APDs) during 2017.  The increase is more about companies seeking to secure operatorship of a well versus actual drilling activity.  In Wyoming, when a company receives approval for a drilling and spacing unit (DSU), it is not a guarantee that it will be the operator of the wells in that DSU.  The company that receives the first approved permit for each well in that DSU will ...
    Posted Jul 6, 2017, 2:53 PM by Kimberly Mazza
  • WOGCC Participates in the Energy & Natural Resources Section Summit WOGCC Participates in the Energy & Natural Resources Section SummitRepresentatives from the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission served on a panel at the second annual Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Section Summit in Casper, Wyoming.  The event included a half day of CLE programming and offered an array of informative speakers. The WOGCC panel consisted of Director Mark Watson who discussed Wyoming’s operatorship issues, WOGCC’s orphan well program, the agency’s outreach and education to surface owners that live near areas that have oil and gas activity, and an update of recent federal regulations.  WOGCC’s engineers Sabrina Hamner, Tracye Rauscher and Frank Ingham gave an overview of examiner hearings and what they entail including uncontested spacing ...
    Posted Jun 15, 2017, 3:48 PM by Kimberly Mazza
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