With immediate demands high for domestic energy, PureWest Energy plans to resume its drilling operations in the Pinedale Anticline in the next couple of weeks, using local contractors wherever possible.
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SUBLETTE COUNTY – With immediate demands high for domestic energy, PureWest Energy plans to resume its drilling operations in the Pinedale Anticline in the next couple of weeks, using local contractors wherever possible.
PureWest is the rebranded name for Ultra Resources, which bought out and accumulated the vast majority of Anticline oil and gas holdings.
On Wednesday, Dec. 8, PureWest CEO Chris Valdez announced the private company’s return-to-drilling plans to bring 14 new natural gas wells online “and prioritize local contractor support for the drilling project.”
“In response to the rising demand for U.S.-produced energy and the upcoming winter season, PureWest plans to drill for a 6-month minimum term, with deployments beginning mid-December 2021,” he said in a release.
So far PureWest has contracted one rig – a Calgary-based Ensign’s low-emission natural-gas-powered rig.
“The PureWest team looks forward to working with local partners to meet growing domestic and global demand for responsible and reliable natural gas,” Valdez said.
PureWest Senior Vice President Kelly Bott affirmed the operator’s commitment.
“We are getting contracts for service companies in place and have reached out to several local companies,” she said Thursday. “We plan to use as many local people as possible for this work and are working hard to navigate supply chain and labor pool issues. We will be monitoring market conditions and well performance as we look to make decisions about future drilling plans.”
ESG honor
On Nov. 29, Hart Energy held its first Energy ESG Awards Conference in Houston to recognize “top performers” in the arena of “environmental, social and corporate governance.”
PureWest was recognized as the industry leader in the Private Exploration & Production Companies category, according to Hart Energy.
Kelly Bott is PureWest’s ESG, land and regulatory senior vice president and emphasized the company’s teamwork.
“PureWest holds itself to a high standard and it’s an honor to be recognized for our team’s hard work focused on sustainable value creation for all of our stakeholders,” said Bott. “We’re deeply dedicated to making progress toward our goals of achieving ever-higher ESG performance because we know it matters to our customers, our employees and our communities. Thank you to Hart Energy for this recognition, and congratulations to the team at PureWest, who helped us achieve this accomplishment.”
PureWest is Wyoming’s top natural gas producer, operating about 3,400 wells on 126,000 acres mainly in the Anticline as well as the Jonah Field. It has earned “platinum” ratings from independent Project Canary for 493 wells and noted as “best in class” for monitoring and lowering methane emissions. PureWest plans to have another 368 wells certified by year’s end.
