Tag: Drilling
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Proposed Colorado drilling regulation could double water-well drilling costs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado landowners who need a water well dug may be paying up to double what it costs now to add one additional inch in the diameter of the hole drilled for the well if a technical regulation under consideration by state water well regulators is…
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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…
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Larimer County commissioners extend moratorium on new oil and gas permits
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Larimer County commissioners Tuesday extended the moratorium on new oil and gas operations permits through most of 2021. The three commissioners voted unanimously to extend the moratorium on new permits through Sept. 15. They also voted unanimously to extend the temporary ban on new “1041…
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Colorado Oil & Gas Commission gets earful on orphaned wells
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Public input started Wednesday to the Colorado Oil & Gas Commission on possible changes to the financial obligations drilling companies must comply with to clean up “orphaned wells.” In February, the COGCC started examining the…
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Colorado Oil & Gas Commission examining industry’s financial obligations to orphan wells
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s Oil & Gas Commission this week started the process for changing the rules regarding the financial obligations drilling companies must comply with to clean up “orphan wells.” An orphaned well is one that is no longer operating for whatever reason, and that must be…
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Colorado reacts to Biden administration’s pause on federal lands for oil and gas permits
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As President Joe Biden’s administration Wednesday provided more details about sweeping reforms to curb pollution from fossil fuels, reaction came quickly in the form of criticism, praise and at least one lawsuit. Colorado oil and…