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Boulder County oil, gas leases not terminated after temporary maintenance pause, Supreme Court says
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The Colorado Supreme Court walked back a ruling by the state’s second-highest court on Monday, holding that a pair of oil and gas leases in Boulder County did not terminate simply because the pipeline operator halted production for four months to make repairs. The justices’ ruling had implications for extraction operations throughout the state, with…
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Initiative 108: Opposition ramping up against pro-oil & gas ballot measure
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Opposition to Initiative 108, a proposed measure for Colorado’s November ballot, is heating up two days before petitions for the measure are expected to be turned in to the Secretary of State. Initiative 108 would amend the state constitution to say that governments can’t slash the value of private property – such as by restricting…
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Lawsuit alleges energy company cut safety budget before fatal Colo. blast
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A shareholder lawsuit alleges that energy company Anadarko Petroleum was focused on keeping oil and gas flowing from older wells, not fixing potential safety problems, in the months before a fatal house explosion in Colorado linked to an Anadarko well. The lawsuit cites former company employees as saying Anadarko had slashed its safety budget and…
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Colorado Oil and Gas Association does some good for abused kids
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The oil and gas industry gets kicked around by community activists who don’t like fossil fuels or their operations nearby, but there is a great upside to the industry. It rains tax revenue on the state and local communities alike, generates jobs and gives politicians another thing to argue about. And last month it had…
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Colorado oil and gas companies give $10 million to Hurricane Harvey relief
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Oil and natural gas companies that do business in Colorado are investing in a lot more then drilling, pumping, support services and politics. Members of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association have donated about $10 million, and climbing, to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. “Houston, in many…
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Noonan: Oil and gas ‘sides’ need to move forward to secure public safety
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Both “sides” in the arguments over oil and gas development say the other is “taking advantage” of the explosions in Firestone and Mead. This should not be a time for sides. This should be a time for serious analysis. It can also provide an opening that should, for the sake of everyone in the state,…
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In light of recent gas patch events, Boulder casts Coffman court case as absurd
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Boulder County’s moratorium on new oil and gas drilling expires in three days — but the lawsuit seeking to lift that moratorium will continue, for now. On Wednesday, Boulder District Judge Norma Sierra denied the county’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed early in the year by state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and…
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Colorado drilling commission pressed on fatal Front Range gas patch home explosion
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The fact that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission held a press conference Thursday to address the deadly house explosion that rocked Firestone last week was the main news to emerge from the meeting. The April 17 explosion killed two men. There is no evidence linking the explosion to oil and gas operations. But…
