oil and gas
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Fracking’s secret problem: Oil wells aren’t producing as much as forecast
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Thousands of shale wells drilled in the last five years are pumping less oil and gas than their owners forecast to investors, raising questions about the strength and profitability of the fracking boom that turned the U.S. into an oil superpower. The Wall Street Journal compared the well-productivity estimates that top shale-oil companies gave investors…
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INSIGHTS | Oil and gas poised to fight back over rules and politics
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The week after the election, hundreds of members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association had prime rib and coffee in a ballroom inside the Hilton Denver City Center. It was COGA’s annual luncheon, but it had the feel of a victory party salted with a half-time pep talk. In a political fight over moving oil…
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Colorado’s intense fight over oil and gas setbacks could set national precedent
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By Jennifer Oldham, The Washington Post A years-long fight in Colorado over how close oil and gas drilling can safely be to places where people live and work is coming to a head with an unprecedented November ballot measure that would ban such operations within at least half a mile of homes, schools, businesses and…
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SPONSORED: Common Sense Policy Roundtable releases ballot guide
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CSPR examines the economic and fiscal impacts of ballot questions The Common Sense Policy Roundtable (CSPR) released a ballot guide this week to assist voters with some of the most critical issues on the November ballot. “We believe the more informed policymakers and voters are, the better decisions will be made for the benefit of…
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Group behind oil-and-gas setbacks measure cancels rally, citing threats
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Colorado Rising, the group backing Proposition 112 on the November ballot, has cancelled a rally in support of the oil-and-gas setbacks measure that had been planned in Greeley Friday, Oct. 19, saying that tempers are running too hot and some of its supporters are being intimidated. Proposition 112 would bar oil and gas operations within…
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Proposition 112: Oil-and-gas setbacks combatants clash with report, rallies
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With ballots on their way to Colorado voters this week, proponents and opponents of Proposition 112, the statewide measure to expand oil-and-gas setbacks, are making their campaign moves. Those who support the 2,500-foot buffer zone for new oil and gas operations say a new study disputes the dire economic impact the industry says it will…
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Municipal League takes positions on setbacks, transportation
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The Colorado Municipal League has staked out the November ballot with a series of position papers. CML supports a sales tax for transportation, but not an opposing measure to require the legislature to fund transportation without raising taxes. The 95-year-old league, which represents 270 Colorado municipalities, is opposed to both measures related to the oil…
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Polis and Stapleton lay out their energy plans at COGA summit
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Colorado gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis offered their contrasting visions on energy Wednesday at the Colorado Oil and Gas Association’s annual Energy Summit. Democrat Polis favors moving toward renewable energy and has a history of backing more environmental regulations on oil and gas operations. Republican Stapleton wants an evolution to renewable energy in…
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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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Oops, turns out Denver Archdiocese didn’t endorse oil & gas ballot measure
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The Archdiocese of Denver showed up on Colorado Rising’s list of those endorsing Initiative 97, the ballot measure to increase setbacks for oil and gas operations from homes, schools and businesses. That was news to the archdiocese. Spokesman Mark Haas said the archdiocese has no record of O’Grady and had authorized no one to make…
