Eight wells are clustered on this single well pad in BP America's Wamsutter field. Such development helped BP earn a rating as the 'best' energy company in Wyoming from the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance. Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer, Star-Tribune.
Louis Meeks holds a jar filled with water from a contaminated well on his property near Pavillion. Meeks and other property owners in the area blame oil and gas drilling for contamination of their drinking water. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
John Fenton and others examine Pavillion neighbor Louis Meeks' water. (Dustin Bleizeffer/Star-Tribune)
Natural gas wellheads and other production facilities are intermingled with farming and ranching operations around the rural community of Pavillion. (Dustin Bleizeffer/Star-Tribune)
EnCana Corp. placed two 2,400-gallon water containers inside this unit on Louis Meeks' property two years ago when water from his well was shown to be contaminated. The containers were removed this month. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
Antelope move across a road near gas-production facilities in the Jonah field last summer. EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. will overhaul 32 of its gas-condensate production facilities in the field later this year. (Jeff Gearino/Star-Tribune)
Natural gas drill rigs within the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field stand against the backdrop of the Wyoming Range near Pinedale earlier this year. Hydraulic fracturing has been instrumental in the development of the Pinedale Anticline and most other natural gas fields in Wyoming. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
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