Press Releases
2012
- 02/01/2012 – Congressmen Matheson and Tipton Cross State, Party Lines In Energy Telephone Town Hall
- 02/01/2012 – API & Western Energy Alliance Call For a Better Approach to Responsible Policy for Onshore Domestic Energy Production
- 01/31/2012 – Fractured Science: Western Energy Alliance Calls for Better Oversight of EPA Science
- 01/30/2012 – Bipartisan Team of State Legislators Unite Behind Blueprint for Western Energy Prosperity
- 01/27/2012 – Western Energy Alliance Announces Blueprint for Western Energy Prosperity Week
- 01/24/2012 – President’s Stated Goal Conflicts with Record
- 01/04/2012 – Western Energy Alliance Announces New President
2011
- 10/21/2011 – Western Energy Alliance to Present to the Society of Environmental Journalists
- 10/14/2011 – Western Energy Alliance To Testify Before Utah Public Utilities & Technology Interim Committee
- 09/27/2011 – Western Energy Alliance To Testify at EPA Hearing
- 09/26/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Releases FY2011 Federal Leasing Analysis
- 09/21/2011 – Economic briefing on President’s budget plan with API and Western Energy Alliance
- 09/07/2011 – Impact of Categorical Exclusions on Jobs, Revenue and Energy
- 08/15/2011 – Rejected: Judge Denies Secretary Salazar’s Rewrite of Energy Policy Act
- 08/10/2011 – Oral Argument in Western Energy Alliance v. Salazar, Rewrite of EPACT
- 07/11/2011 – Blueprint for Western Energy Prosperity: West Poised to Displace Imports from the Middle East, Venezuela and Russia
- 06/28/2011 – Oral Arguments in Western Energy Alliance v. Salazar
- 06/01/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Applauds Secretary Salazar’s Local Wilderness Initiatives
- 05/17/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Challenges Feds on Categorical Exclusions
- 05/11/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Responds to FWS Settlement
- 05/04/2011 – Oil and Natural Gas Companies and Wildlife Organizations Partner to Preserve Bat Habitat in Colorado
- 05/02/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Challenges DOI Breach of Federal Law
- 05/01/2011 – Neal Stanley Honored as 2011 Wildcatter of the Year
- 04/25/2011 – Hydraulic Fracturing: Safe and Critical to Nation’s Energy Supply
- 04/04/2011 – Western Energy Alliance to Testify at BLM Budget Hearing
- 03/31/2011 – Western Producers to Dispel Leasing Myths on Capitol Hill
- 03/30/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Response to President Obama’s Speech on America’s Energy Security
- 03/29/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Response to Department of Interior Report on Unused Oil and Gas Leases
- 03/18/2011 – Western Energy Alliance on Hand for Unveiling of Governor Herbert’s Strategic Energy Plan
- 03/17/2011 – Top Ten Ways the Government is Preventing Production on Federal Onshore Leases
- 03/14/2011 – Western Energy Alliance: Non-producing Leases the Result of Bureaucratic Red Tape
- 02/14/2011 – Obama Budget Targets Western Jobs
- 01/26/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Applauds State of Union Pledge to ‘fix unnecessary burdens’ on industry
- 01/04/2011 – Western Energy Alliance Commends Montana BLM on Timely Action
2010
- 12/09/2010 – Updated: Western Energy Alliance Releases “Dashboard” Showing Trends in Western Oil and Natural Gas Development
- 11/09/2010 – Xcel Energy Vice President Provides Insight on Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act
- 10/18/2010 – Oil and Natural Gas Producers to Utah Policymakers: Federal policies are jeopardizing state’s economic success, job creation
- 09/13/2010 – Montana BLM Leasing Analysis Shows No Impact on Climate Change
- 09/02/2010 – Judge Rules that Decision to Withdraw 77 Utah Leases was Wrong
- 08/02/2010 – Media Advisory: Western Energy Alliance To Testify Before EPA, Western producers lead by voluntarily supplying scientific data to reduce air emissions
- 07/14/2010 – Western Energy Alliance Calls on Salazar to Reinstate Utah Leases
- 07/12/2010 – Media Advisory: Western Energy Alliance To Testify Before EPA
- 07/12/2010 – IPAMS Becomes Western Energy Alliance
- 05/21/2010 – Colorado’s Natural Gas Producers Stress Importance of Access to Political Process for Energy Workers
- 05/17/2010 – DOI Onshore Policies to Further Slow Down Western Energy Development
- 05/15/2010 – Peter Dea Named IPAMS 2010 Wildcatter of the Year
- 04/21/2010 – Media Advisory: Will Federal Oil & Gas Policies Hurt the West?
- 03/05/2010 – IPAMS Statement on the Sage Grouse Decision
- 02/25/2010 – America’s Independent Natural Gas and Oil Producers Take to Capitol Hill
- 02/08/2010 – IPAMS Announces New Director of Membership and Events
- 02/02/2010 – Obama Administration Targets Western Jobs
- 01/27/2010 – Western Producers to Obama: Punitive Tax Hikes Will Cost Jobs and Limit Economic Growth
- 01/26/2010 – Lack of Policy Guidance at Interior Leaves Western Producers in the Dark
- 01/15/2010 – Interior on Track to Realize Even Less Leasing Revenue in 2010
- 01/11/2010 – Bipartisan Outcry Over Misguided DOI Changes
- 01/08/2010 – Western Energy Producers to Salazar 0.07% is One Small Piece of Candy!
- 01/06/2010 – DOI Again Favors Additional Analysis and Delay Over More American Clean Energy
2009
- 11/24/2009 – IPAMS Responds to DOI Press Conference
- 11/19/2009 – Stiles over Substance, IPAMS Analysis: DOI Study Based on Nine Days of Field Work Ignores Seven-Year Planning Process
- 11/18/2009 – IPAMS Highlights Irregularities in DOI Leasing Program
- 11/16/2009 – IPAMS Letter to DeGette Sets Record Straight on Hydraulic Fracturing
- 11/06/2009 – Western Congressional Members Defend Use of Categorical Exclusions
- 10/20/2009 – Utah’s Natural Gas Producers Tout Affordable, Clean and Domestic Resource to State Policymakers
- 10/12/2009 – IPAMS Hosts Discussion on Government Policies, OTC Commodities & Financial Risk Management
- 10/08/2009 – DOI Chooses Redundant Analysis Over Domestic Energy Development
- 10/01/2009 – IPAMS Challenges Mischaracterization of GAO Report
- 09/16/2009 – IPAMS to House Natural Resources Committee: ‘Let Us Develop Clean, Abundant American Energy!’ (Congressional Testimony Included)
- 09/14/2009 – IPAMS to Testify Before House Natural Resources Committee On Harmful Effects of ‘CLEAR Act’
- 08/18/2009 – IPAMS Calls on Congress to Recognize Benefits of Abundant, Clean-Burning American Natural Gas
- 08/03/2009 – Western Energy Producers Applaud Sens. Udall and Bennet for Rejecting Punitive Tax Measures Aimed at Independents
- 07/31/2009 – IPAMS Releases Uinta Basin Air Quality Study
- 07/07/2009 – IPAMS Announces 2009 Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Hall of Fame
- 06/10/2009 – IPAMS Congratulates Abbey on BLM Nomination
- 06/04/2009 – Hydraulic Fracturing: Safe, Reliable and Vital to the Rockies
- 05/26/2009 – Misinformation Skews Public Debate on Energy Development
- 05/07/2009 – IPAMS Statement on Obama Budget: Punitive tax increases could devastate small independents who produce 82% of U.S. natural gas
- 05/02/2009 – Jim Lightner named IPAMS 2009 Wildcatter of the Year
- 04/30/2009 – Media Advisory: IPAMS Representative Available for Response to Salazar Meeting
- 04/09/2009 – IPAMS Says ‘Nyet’ to Russian Natural Gas
- 03/24/2009 – IPAMS Members to Travel to DC to Fight Obama Tax Proposals
- 03/09/2009 – IPAMS and COGA Call on PUC to Recognize Benefits of Abundant US Natural Gas Supply
- 03/05/2009 – IPAMS: Reinstatement of Bureaucratic Hurdles Will Hinder Energy Development, Make Obama’s Energy Goals Unachievable
- 03/03/2009 – Media Advisory: IPAMS to host industry expert Gary Stewart in a presentation on “Crude Oil: The New Reality”
- 02/27/2009 – IPAMS Applauds Proposal to Power Capitol Plant with Clean Natural Gas
- 02/17/2009 – Economic Stimulus Package Ignores Western Natural Gas
- 02/04/2009 – Cancellation of lease sale contrary to Administration’s energy goals
- 01/14/2009 – First Week: Congress Deals Blow to Energy Security, Climate
2008
- 12/18/2008 – IPAMS Supports BLM Utah Lease Sale
- 12/16/2008 – IPAMS Congratulates Senator Salazar on Interior Nomination
- 12/15/2008 – IPAMS to host “explanation of natural gas and oil taxation”
- 12/10/2008 – Truth & Consequences: Commodity Prices and the Capital Crunch
- 12/05/2008 – IPAMS to Host 2009 Legislative Preview
- 12/04/2008 – “How Did We Get Here and How Bad Will It Get?”
- 12/01/2008 – Guest Commentary: Hydraulic fracturing is safe, key to energy goals
- 11/17/2008 – Unlocking the Mysteries of “Fracing”
- 11/11/2008 – Industry Expert to Discuss Future of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Markets
- 10/30/2008 – IPAMS Applauds BLM for Approval of RMP’s in Energy-Rich Utah
- 10/13/2008 – Utah’s Natural Gas Producers Discuss Importance of Industry with Lawmakers
- 09/29/2008 – ND Petroleum Council President to Discuss Bakken Play
- 09/08/2008 – Senate ‘Gang of 16’ Proposal Will Do Little to Solve Energy Challenges
- 09/02/2008 – Senator Ken Salazar to Headline IPAMS 2008 Rocky Mountain Energy Technology Conference
- 08/27/2008 – IPAMS Calls on Congressional Leaders to End Dishonest Claims
- 08/25/2008 – Natural Gas—Silent Partner to Renewable Energy
- 08/22/2008 – IPAMS Letter to DNC Platform Committee
- 08/19/2008 – IPAMS Ads to Highlight Importance of Intermountain West to Nation’s Energy Woes
- 08/19/2008 – The Western Energy Challenge: More Energy with Fewer Impacts
- 08/15/2008 – How new technologies are reducing environmental impacts
- 08/13/2008 – Ten Years Later: BLM Finally Implements Congressional Mandate
- 07/30/2008 – America’s Energy Supply Depends on Access to Federal Lands
- 07/29/2008 – IPAMS Executive Director to Testify Before House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
- 07/29/2008 – Independent Natural Gas Producers Stress Importance of Access to Political Process for Energy Workers
- 07/16/2008 – Obstructionist Groups, Out-of-Control Regulatory Process to Blame for Un-developed Leases
- 06/19/2008 – Domestic Energy Producers to Congress: ‘Let Us Produce
- 05/29/2008 – Independent Study Finds U.S. Senate Climate Bill Would Harm American Consumers
- 04/26/2008 – Mick McMurry Receives IPAMS’ Wildcatter of the Year Award
- 03/30/2008 – Independent Natural Gas Producers Stress Importance of Intermountain West in Renewable Energy Future, Carbon-constrained World
- 03/21/2008 – ‘Even in Boulder: The Boulder Oil Field, 1901 – Today’
- 02/27/2008 – Media Advisory/Dag Nummedal
- 02/20/2008 – IPAMS Executive Director to Discuss ‘Myths and Realities about Energy Development in the Intermountain West’
- 02/15/2008 – IPAMS: Proposed Tax Increase Harmful to Consumers, National Security
- 01/17/2008 – Shell, Questar, Ultra to Discuss ‘Balancing Resources on the Pinedale Anticline’
2007
- 12/17/2007 – COGA President to Outline 2008 Legislative Challenges
- 12/07/2007 – IPAMS to Host 2008 National Legislative Preview
- 12/06/2007 – IPAMS Hails Removal of Public Land Access Provisions in Energy Bill
- 12/05/2007 – IPAMS: Energy Development vital to Utah’s rural economy
- 11/06/2007 – Williams Production to Discuss Cluster Planning
- 11/02/2007 – Prospect Fair & Technofest Offers Unique Opportunity for Investors
- 10/23/2007 – IPAMS Rep Named to BLM Resource Advisory Council
- 09/04/2007 – Coalbed Natural Gas Alliance Director to Discuss ‘Link to Landowners’
- 08/21/2007 – REX and the Rockies—what to expect in natural gas supply, storage and transportation issues
- 08/16/2007 – Colorado’s 3 Largest Newspapers Support IPAMS Stance on Roan
- 07/31/2007 – IPAMS: Congressional leadership ‘dead wrong’ on Energy Bill, Roan Plateau
- 07/30/2007 – IPAMS Letter to Congressman Salazar
- 07/30/2007 – IPAMS ad: House Energy Bill will delay renewable energy transition
- 07/25/2007 – IPAMS Executive Director to sit on Congressional Quarterly Energy Panel
- 07/18/2007 – Quantum Resources Chairman & CEO to address
- 07/18/2007 – IPAMS Board Elects New President
- 07/16/2007 – IPAMS Bicycle Club raises $45,000 for energy assistance, wildlife protection
- 06/28/2007 – Results of Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership survey ‘encouraging’
- 06/13/07 – IPAMS Challenges Salazar’s basis for fighting Roan plan
- 06/13/2007 – Congress takes step in wrong direction on Energy Policy
- 06/08/2007 – IPAMS Applauds BLM Records of Decision on Roan Plateau
- 06/05/2007 – Rahall bill pushes America towards higher energy prices
- 05/10/2007 – COGA President to discuss 2007 Colorado Legislative Session at IPAMS Lunch & Learn
- 04/28/2007 – William W. Ballard Receives IPAMS’ Wildcatter of the Year Award
- 04/26/2007 – Natural Gas Producers Brace for Colorado Congressional Hearing
- 04/24/2007 – IPAMS to Honor ‘Wildcatter of the Year’ on Saturday
- 04/24/07 – Natural Gas Under Roan Plateau Could Help State’s Budget Woes
- 04/23/2007 – Wyoming energy companies boost job market, local coffers
- 04/12/2007 – IPAMS Calls on Senators to Restore R & D Funding
- 04/05/2007 – Utah energy companies boost job market, local coffers
- 03/27/2007 – Dear Chairman Rahall and Ranking Member Don Young
- 03/23/2007 – IPAMS D.C. Ads Tout Wildlife Protection, Renewable Energy Future
- 03/21/2007 – Independent Energy Producers Fear Congressional ‘Friendly Fire’
- 03/07/2007 – Indian Tribes, Energy Companies Discuss Partnerships
- 03/06/2007 – St. Mary Chairman to Speak on ‘Lessons Learned’
- 03/05/2007 – National Forest Foundation Joins Conservation in Action
- 03/01/2007 – Colorado energy companies boost job market, local coffers
- 02/27/2007 – IPAMS, CERT, IEED to Host Indian Lands Energy and Prospect Conference – February 27, 2007
- Salazar and Udall Undermine Public Process
- 02/20/2007 – IPAMS Letter to Rep. John Salazar – February 20, 2007
- 02/14/2007 – Utah energy companies boost job market, local coffers
- 01/18/2007 – Proposed Tax Increase Harmful to Consumers, National Security
2006
- Western Lands Key to Lower Natural Gas Prices
- 10/11/2006 – Improved Access to Public Lands Benefits Consumers
- 09/26/2006 – IPAMS Rep Named to BLM Resource Advisory Council
- 09/07/2006 – Experts to Congress: Natural Gas Key to Renewable Fuels Intermountain West leading the way in meeting America’s energy challenges
- 06/27/2006 – IPAMS Lauds Energy Policy Act of 2005 to U.S. Senate Act has increased supply, helped consumers
- 06/06/2006 – Special Interests File Petition That Will Hurt Small Business
- 05/30/2006 – IPAMS Announces New Manager of Communications – Jon Bargas to Lead Community Outreach and Communications Efforts
- 05/25/2006 – IPAMS 2006 Wildcatter of the Year, Harry A Trueblood
- 02/03/2006 – Correction & Clarification – Den. Post Article “Royalties Not in line with profits”
- 01/13/2006 – Correction & Clarification – Den. Post Article “Surge Seen in Oil, Gas Drilling”
- 01/13/2006 – Interview Opportunities re: The Energy Hog at the National Western Stock Show
- 01/10/2006 – Media Advisory – Interview Opportunities re: High Energy Prices and Consumer Options Now And In The Future
- 01/06/2006 – IPAMS and Energy Outreach Colorado Partner at National Western Stock Show to Tackle High Energy Prices
IPAMS Releases Uinta Basin Air Quality Study