Tag: Civitas Resources
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Regulators give ‘affected party’ status to group opposed to oil drilling proposal near Aurora Reservoir
Save the Aurora Reservoir (STAR), a nonprofit created to oppose oil and gas operations from company Civitas in areas near the reservoir, was given “affected party” status at the first of two days of public hearings in front of the state’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission. After extensive public comment and backlash against the Lowry…
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Fears of contamination to Aurora Reservoir voiced by area residents
A plan to drill oil and gas wells on state-owned land east of the Aurora Reservoir in Arapahoe County raised the ire of residents to the west. Angry subdivision residents southwest of the reservoir are trying to stop Civitas Resources from drilling up to 191 horizontal well bores from 16 drilling pads on more than…
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Colorado Supreme Court considers the legal status of dormant oil and gas well leases
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments over whether a pipeline maintenance that lasted 122 days in Boulder County meant production actually “ceased” and, therefore, the oil and gas leases were terminated. Boulder County’s had appealed a district court’s ruling that rejected its claim of control over oil and gas well leases…