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CHEYENNE — Oil spewing at a new well east of Cheyenne could be good news for other companies preparing to drill into the Niobrara Shale.
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality said oil surged through the well owned by Denver-based SM Energy Co. on Friday and sprayed from a flare stack for eight hours, blackening 15 acres of ranch land. SM Energy says it’s cleaning up the site.
