WPX Energy specializes in producing natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil from non-conventional resources such as tight-sands and shale formations, as well as from coal-bed methane reserves.
•R eceived a Business of the Year award from the Campbell County Fire Dept.
We were previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams. We became a separate, independent company at year-end 2011.
•W PX is a member of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming •C ompleted 150 wells in Wyoming last year on a gross basis
Economic Benefits
Our Local Story
•C ommended by Governor Dave Freudenthal for efforts to protect sage grouse
$30 million Represents the severance and ad valorem taxes we paid in 2012
• L ocal employees appointed by governor to serve on state’s worker safety commission and the coalbed methane working group
$20 million We paid this amount in royalties for our wells on state and federal lands in 2012
We have been active in the state’s Powder River Basin since 2001. Our office in Gillette employs 80 people. This staff oversees our operations across 398,000 net acres in Campbell and Johnson counties. We operate 2,200 wells in this area and hold a joint ownership interest in another 2,900 wells. In southwestern Wyoming, we also have a small working interest in wells located in Sublette County’s Green River Basin.
•W e produce enough natural gas in Wyoming to meet the energy needs of 850,000 homes per day
•S upporters of the University of Wyoming, Campbell County Fair, Johnson County Family YMCA and the Mule Deer Foundation, among others.
CEO Ralph Hill with employees John Atkins and Kris Jacobson who work at our office in Gillette.
$11 million Private landowners received this amount for royalties in 2012 $7.8 million Our 2012 payroll, which includes salaries, overtime pay and bonuses $7 million Our 2012 local investment in drilling and development 470 Our business creates business for others. We have hired more than 470 vendors and service providers in Wyoming.
Powder River Basin
Our Wyoming staff has gone 9 years without a lost-time accident