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Wyoming Range – Drill The Bridger-Teton National Forest? (Part 2 – 50 Acre Wellpads??)
/in Oil & Gas /by John AmosBut wait, there’s more… Stanley Energy is also asking for Forest Service approval to drill for natural gas in the Wyoming Range. They want to drill from 8 locations just west of Merna, between Lookout Peak and Prospect Peak. They plan to drill multiple wells from each location, or “wellpad,” which helps reduce the environmental […]
Wyoming Range – Drill The Bridger-Teton National Forest? (Part 1)
/in Oil & Gas /by John AmosTwo recent proposals to drill on National Forest land in the Wyoming Range have generated a lot of controversy and some unusual political action. Plains Exploration & Production Company initially applied to the US Forest Service for permission to drill just three exploration wells in the Hoback Rim area, while simultaneously making statements to Wall […]
Upper Green River Valley Time-Series Images
/in Oil & Gas /by John AmosWe’ve just added to our time-series of images showing the spread of drilling in the Jonah and Pinedale Anticline natural-gas fields, located on public lands in western Wyoming’s upper Green River valley — the southern part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The new images are SPOT XS satellite pics taken in September 12, 2006 and […]
Google Earth Now Has Image Dates
/in Oil & Gas /by John AmosHooray! This is a great addition to the virtual sightseeing capability offered by Google Earth. Their just-released upgrade (version 4.3) allows you to see when the images were taken. As you move your cursor around the screen, the image date appears in the gray-shaded “status bar” at the bottom of the image: Knowing the date […]
Natural Gas Drilling Boom Heads East
/in Biodiversity, Climate, Freshwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, Oil & Gas /by John AmosAll you folks living in the mid-Atlantic: intensive Western-style drilling for natural gas is ramping up big-time in your neighborhood. One of the hottest targets is a geological formation known as the Devonian-age Marcellus Shale, which lies underneath a vast area encompassing the Southern Tier of New York, western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, and much […]
Images as Art and Science
/in General /by John AmosHere at SkyTruth we appreciate the sheer beauty and fun of satellite imagery, in addition to it’s intrinsic scientific and educational value. That’s why we spend waaayyy too much time at the California Geographical Survey checking out the excellent work of Dr. William Bowen. He’s built a huge and growing collection of 3-D panoramic views […]