Federal officials are undoing a Biden-era rule that ended new coal leasing in the prolific Powder River Basin spanning ...

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 68 oil and gas parcels totaling 94,465 acres that may be included in a March ...

The tax bill that Trump signed last week lowered royalty payments from 12.5% to 7% for companies that mine coal on public ...

ODESSA, Texas (AP) — At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was ...

CASPER, Wyo. — Plunging oil prices are prompting companies to shelve expansion plans in the Cowboy State, raising doubts over the future of Wyoming’s fledgling oil boom.

Western tribal groups and environmentalists want to defend the recent ban on permitting of new coal mines in the Powder River Basin, but Trump and Wyoming covet a coal comeback.

Wyoming’s Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute is partnering with private companies to give aging oil fields a new lease on life. The technology is allowing millions more barrels of oil to be squeezed out ...

It was a good legislative session for fossil fuel producers in Wyoming, as well as those who want to produce carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery. Lawmakers passed House Bill 75, "Coal severance ...

The appropriation was added to the budget bill and then SF 17, but the floating amendment was withdrawn when the Wyoming Energy Authority agreed to dedicate $10 million to the effort via the Energy ...

It was a good legislative session for fossil fuel producers in Wyoming, as well as those who want to produce carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery. Lawmakers passed House Bill 75, “Coal severance ...

Gillette, Wyoming-based Cycline Drilling operates a rig in the Powder River Basin. (Courtesy Cyclone Drilling) The Powder River Basin is Wyoming’s busiest oil play right now with about 11 of the state ...

The basin also lies atop a massive geological marvel known as the Green River Formation that stretches into Colorado and Wyoming and contains an estimated 3 trillion barrels of oil shale.