Tag: Ecmc
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Oil and gas operators alleged to have falsified remediation records
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Notices of alleged reporting violations were issued to seven oil and gas operators in Weld County after an 8-month investigation into falsified data on contamination and remediation at hundreds of well sites. The Energy and Carbon Management Commission determined that the data manipulation affected soil,…
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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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Regulators postpone closing statements, decision in oil drilling proposal near Aurora Reservoir
After two full days of hearings, the Energy and Carbon Management Commission on Friday delayed closing arguments and a decision on the Lowry Ranch CAP until next week. The hearing, on whether to move forward with an oil and gas comprehensive area plan near the Aurora Reservoir, began Tuesday morning and lasted about nine hours,…
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Oil and gas company sues Colorado, argues $113 million remediation price tag is illegal
An oil and gas developer shut down last February by a state commission has filed a lawsuit claiming the latter’s demand for $113 million in financial assurances for well remediation is unfair and illegal. K.P. Kaufmann Co., a family-owned business that employs more than 150 people, is suing over a ruling by Colorado’s since-renamed Energy…