LAND RECLAMATION WORKSHOP ROCK SPRINGS, WY, MAY 31, 2009 Wyoming - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
1 LAND RECLAMATION WORKSHOP ROCK SPRINGS, WY, MAY 31, 2009 Wyoming Pipeline Authority, Colby Drechsel What is the WPA? 2 Board of Directors appointed by Governor Mission (i) to promote the infrastructure necessary to produce oil
Wyoming Pipeline Authority, Colby Drechsel
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Board of Directors appointed by Governor Mission (i) to promote the infrastructure necessary to
produce oil and gas assets of the state and (ii) to promote access to high value markets
If it can move in a pipeline, its within our charter Not a regulatory, enforcement, rate making or policy
setting body
3 Net Supply for Export Capacity Surplus
MMcfd
Source: El Paso Corporation
HH 3.63 Opal 2.55 ∆ -1.08
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Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08
$ Per MMBtu
Cheyenne Plains +160 REX +1,400 Kern +965
Source: Platt’s Daily Price Guide
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20 out of 23 counties produce NG 50% state revenues derived from NG
$1 differential = $236 million for 2008
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commitments since 2001
commitments pending proposed projects, Fall 2008
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Name Sponsor Capacity
1 Kern Kern 145 2 Ruby El Paso 1300+ 3 Bronco Spectra 1000 4 Sunstone Williams /TCPL/Sempra 1200 5 Bison TCPL (frmly NB) * 6 Pathfinder TCPL 1200 7 Rockies Alliance Alliance/Questar 1300 8 Chicago Express Kinder Morgan 1200 9 Grasslands Williston Basin PL 75
Not all of these projects will be built
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
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* Bison (406 MMcfd) rolled into Pathfinder
Proposed Additions to Capacity out of Wyoming (as of March 2009)
Cost of skilled labor Materials Price of commodity Gas on gas
competition
EA EIS Drilling permitting ROW Creative writing for
redefining multiple use
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H.R. 146 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
Formerly S. 2229, withdraw federal land from the
Wyoming Range/BTNF, retires ‘select’ leases
Roan Plateau, CO
NEPA paralysis
918 Bcf 39 MMBO 57.3 MMB NGL
Source: USGS, February 2004
Undiscovered potential
9 Tcf recoverable natural gas
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Source: Questar Pipeline Company
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Source: Questar Pipeline Company
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Source: Piceance Basin Expansion Project, Final EIS, August 2005
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Source: Brian Jeffries photo
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Source: Brian Jeffries photo
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Source: Brian Jeffries photo
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Play matchmaker Regulatory support Financial support Legislative support
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