Tag: Fracking
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Arapahoe County conditionally approves Lowry Ranch fracking application
Arapahoe County conditionally approved another oil pad in the Lowry Ranch fracking plan that will go on State Land Board property near the Blackstone neighborhood in Aurora. The Secret Stash facility, from GMT Exploration Company LLC, was approved by the county’s Public Works and Development Department, the county announced in a news release Tuesday. It…
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Commissioners urged to reject well pad for fracking near Aurora Reservoir
More than 400 people who filled a venue overlooking the plains of Arapahoe County on Thursday urged the Energy and Carbon Management Commission to reject a well pad for the Lowry Ranch fracking plan. The ECMC voted in August 2024 to green light the fracking plan, which includes 32,000 acres of proposed subsurface mineral development…
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Well pad application in Lowry Ranch fracking plan open to public comment
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The next well pad in the Lowry Ranch fracking plan is open to public comment through late August, Arapahoe County officials announced Wednesday. Until 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 25, the public can submit comments via this web form on the State Wetterhorn-Handies oil and gas facility.…
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Trump’s pick for energy secretary, Colorado’s Chris Wright, says the real crisis is ‘energy poverty’
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Energy, Colorado’s Chris Wright, views the world divided between the haves and have-nots — with a specific eye toward access to energy, arguing that, instead of a “climate” agenda, America should focus on ensuring a wide array of cheap, abundant and sustainable energy sources that include geothermal, nuclear, oil…
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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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Climate activists propose Colorado ballot initiative to ban oil and gas drilling by 2030
A coalition of environmental groups and activists is proposing a Colorado ballot issue to ban all permitting of oil and gas wells after 2030. In a press release, the coalition announced that it has submitted language to the Colorado Legislative Council to place a ballot measure on the 2024 statewide ballot “to rein in fracking…
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‘Puffery’ or illegal? State Supreme Court evaluates statements made by Denver energy corporation
When Jagged Peak Energy Inc. began publicly selling shares of its stock in 2017, it allegedly misrepresented key aspects of its extraction operation to investors and overstated its ability to produce oil and gas. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether the 8,000-person Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System may sue Denver-based Jagged Peak…
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Denver-based Bayswater increases oil and gas holdings in Weld County
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Denver-based oil and gas company Bayswater Exploration & Production inked a deal to secure more acreage and drills in the Denver Julesburg Basin in Weld County, according to a news release. The “asset purchase agreement” with Nickel Road Operating LLC includes 2,752 net leasehold acres, 161 net mineral acres and 17 producing wells. All are…
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Polis signs new law mandating disclosure of fracking chemicals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis Thursday signed legislation that requires manufacturers and users of hydraulic fracking chemicals to disclose to the state each chemical in their products. The new law mandates that the list of ingredients be made available on a publicly accessible website, which the Colorado…
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Commission levies $2 million-plus fine against K.P. Kauffman oil company
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver-based oil company K.P. Kauffman Company must pay $2.01 million in fines to the state of Colorado after its Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ruled the company engaged in a “pattern of violation” concerning spills, leaks and well site cleanups in Weld County. The commission…