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The event is the first of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Fair Virtual Series, which was organized by the University of Wyoming’s Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI).

Currently, the companies are evaluating several potential locations in the state.

Both the new wind farms and the existing developments set to be improved are expected to provide energy for 30 years, Erickson said.

When it comes to energy efficiency, Wyoming ranks pretty low and there's one stat in particular that causes us to plummet.

The plan, totaling some $3.5 billion, will involve significant upgrades to existing wind plants, construction of a 140 miles of transmission line in Wyoming and adding up to 1,100 megawatts of new wind projects -- primarily in Wyoming -- by the end of 2020.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out in May at 404.

The local retail real estate market has been robust, with about 90 percent occupancy and new construction underway.

UW Associate Vice President for Communications Chad Baldwin said that the research is essential in providing a future for the Wyoming coal industry.

Governor Mead says adding taxes to things like wind and groceries to make up for the state's revenue shortfall will "put the entire state into an economic death spiral."

“Building fossil energy-based, world-class research programs that focus upon sustaining a prosperous future for Wyoming oil, gas and coal cannot be achieved alone,” Horner adds.

Cheyenne Democratic Representative James Byrd has announced he's seeking re-election.

Cheney is running for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which will be vacant when Rep. Cynthia Lummis leaves office at the end of her term.