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COGA gives $332k to the Tennyson Center for Children
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Before oil and gas gets muddy in politics, its trade association shows that the industry has its heart and its dollars in the right place. The Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) recently gave the Tennyson Center for Children a check for $332,000 to help kids choose a positive path after suffering severe abuse, neglect…
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COVER STORY: The fight over forced pooling — should drilling-without-consent law be changed?
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From her front porch in Broomfield’s Wildgrass subdivision, Jean Lim looks out on a park and the Rocky Mountains beyond. There she sits, waiting for an oil and gas driller to use a state law to get the mineral rights beneath her home she doesn’t want to lease. “We are just waiting to be pooled,”…
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Oil and gas bill helps and hurts Colo. mineral owners, critics say
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A bill before the Colorado legislature that would sharply limit the chances of a mineral owner sharing in the production profits of an oil well is slated to be heard in the state Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee Wednesday. The legislation – Senate Bill 230, sponsored by Sen. Vicki Marble, R-Fort Collins, and…
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Oil and gas money flows into local elections seeking a bang for the buck
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Money from the oil and gas industry and its supporters has been flowing into municipal elections in the suburban oil patch north of Denver -but while the bucks have been big by local standards, so far the bang has been small. The most recent foray into community elections came in Erie on April 3, when $55,000…
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Firestone tragedy unlikely to shake up Capitol oil and gas politics
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A lot has changed in the wake of the oil and gas industry-linked explosion at the end of April in Firestone that killed two. Anadarko Petroleum shut down 3,000 wells. Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director, spoke about conducting “an ongoing conversation about new safety measures” of one kind or another. Gov.…
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Boulder County planning for the era after drilling moratorium ends
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Plans on how to approach new oil and gas development are proceeding in Boulder County as the May 1 expiration date for the county’s drilling moratorium draws near. The County Commission Friday announced a public meeting on the topic to be held Tuesday, April 25. In a statement, the commissioners announced they plan to “discuss…
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Updated: Trump fracking answer leads industry to pledge education
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Updated: 8/1/16 11:41 a.m. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Colorado on Friday and said he supports the practice of hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas wells. But he also favors the ability of communities to ban the practice, known as fracking. In an interview with KUSA-TV’s Brandon Rittiman, Trump said he favors fracking,…
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Effort to recall Thornton city councilor for ties to oil industry fails
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Jan Kulmann, a city councilor of Thornton’s Ward 4, who was facing a recall effort from anti-fracking group, North Metro Neighbors for Safe Energy, will not be subject to a recall election this year. According to the Denver Business Journal, the effort from North Metro Neighbors group has all but “fizzled,” out. In an email…
