orphan wells
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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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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…
