CBM operator warns of 'threats'

Coal-bed methane gas producers in Wyoming are grappling with a changed political landscape in Washington, D.C. In a newspaper advertisement, Yates Petroleum referred to “substantial threats to the Oil and Gas industry in the Powder River Basin,” and said the industry has been prevented from drilling and building pipelines, roads, water facilities and compressor stations. Yates officials declined to comment further this week. But Bruce Hinchey, president of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, said much of the current slowdown in the coal-bed methane industry can be blamed on economics. Click here for the full story from the Casper Star-Tribune