colorado oil and gas conservation commission
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Colorado Supreme Court rules, 4-3, state’s oil and gas regulators not empowered to resolve contract dispute
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By 4-3, Colorado’s Supreme Court on Monday ruled the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission does not have the authority to resolve a contract dispute between a well operator in Garfield County and those who are owed royalties from the extraction operations, putting a stop to a half-decade of ping-ponging between venues. The majority’s decision…
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Polis signs major oil and gas reform bill
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis today signed one of the legislative session’s biggest and most controversial bills: A measure that remakes the way the state regulates oil and gas, giving local governments more control. At the afternoon signing ceremony, Polis said the measure will “end the oil and gas wars in Colorado.” Supporters says the legislation…
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Colorado regulators boost oil and gas setbacks from school and daycare playgrounds
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Tuesday unanimously approved new rules to increase setbacks between new oil and gas operations and schools as well as child care facilities. But some anti-fracking activists said the change will not keep them from pursuing legislation in 2019 or another ballot measure to increase oil and gas buffer…
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Colo. oil and gas commission works on new safety rules
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will focus this fall on developing financial and safety guarantees for wells, orphan wells and flow lines in rule makings and working groups, Julie Murphy, the commission’s executive director, said Tuesday. Most of the initiatives stem from the home explosion in Firestone caused by a cut oil and…
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Initiative 97 would gut oil and gas development, devastate Colorado’s economy
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Two years ago, Bridget was a single mom with plenty of worries, but few opportunities. She was on public assistance, with no place to call her own. Then, she found a job working in Greeley for an oil and natural gas company. The job gave her a good paycheck, health benefits, and a retirement plan.…
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Initiative 97: Oil and gas combatants argue over rules
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The two sides around Colorado’s oil and gas fracas took different tacks this week as an Aug. 6 deadline looms to get on the November ballot. The industry noted that only about half the money to support Initiative 97 appears have been raised in Colorado. (Never mind that most of the industry is based outside Colorado.)…
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Gov. Hickenlooper signs order to tackle orphan oil & gas wells
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Gov. John Hickenlooper Wednesday signed an executive order that directs the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) to ramp up its efforts to clean up some of the state’s more than 530 “orphan” oil and gas wells around the state. Hickenlooper said Wednesday that the problem of orphan wells – abandoned wells that have been…
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NOONAN | Does Colorado tilt toward grass roots or establishment? Primaries will tell
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The state attorney general and state treasurer primary races will reveal the most about the left and right forces on Democrats and Republicans. These primary races, even with independents voting, will give the sharpest snapshots of how progressive/moderate Democrat or establishment Republican/Trump Republican the parties are. State Democratic Rep. Joe Salazar, running for attorney general,…
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Forced pooling bill providing oil & gas leasing protections passes legislature
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A bill giving Colorado homeowners more protections when oil and gas drillers seek to obtain their mineral rights has passed the state Senate, its final hurdle in the legislature, and now goes to Gov. John Hickenlooper. Senate Bill 320 earlier was passed by the House of Representatives, with both the industry and environmentalists supporting it.…
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Once again, Colorado leads the nation in safeguards for oil and gas development
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For the past decade, Colorado has led the country when it comes to regulating the oil and gas industry – from air rules and fluid disclosures, to water monitoring and spill reporting requirements. And now, we also have the most comprehensive flowline regulations in the nation. In response to the tragic events in Firestone one…
