Tag: Civitas
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Public comment sought on oil drilling near Aurora Reservoir
Oil and gas company Civitas has completed its first application for a drilling site in the Lowry Ranch Drilling Project near the Aurora Reservoir. A public comment period will be open until the beginning of February. Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission voted in August to green light a fracking plan from Civitas near the…
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Falsified data from Colorado oil and gas environmental consultants discovered
The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission reported Tuesday that two environmental consulting companies submitted falsified laboratory data reports for three oil companies’ oil well remediation projects. ECMC officials said that soil, groundwater, inorganic and organic contaminant data for about 350 oil and gas locations in Weld County was manipulated between 2021 and the summer…
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Colorado regulators approve oil drilling, fracking near Aurora Reservoir — with conditions
Colorado’s regulators on Wednesday approved an application to drill for oil and natural gas, including fracking, near the Aurora Reservoir — under certain conditions. Commissioners from Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission voted, 3-1, to green-light what’s called the Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan following hours of testimony from opponents and critics, as well as from…
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Secret deal to impose new fee on oil and gas surprised many in the industry, insider says
A major deal, struck in secret, that would levy a fee on the oil and gas industry to fund Democratic spending priorities came as a complete surprise to many in the industry. The last-minute agreement — which the governor’s office said was hammered out over “hundreds of hours” in conversations among “adversarial parties” at times — has…