Tag: Fracking
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Merger creates new Colorado oil and gas company
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Colorado oil and gas companies Monday announced a merger that will create one of the biggest players in the state’s Denver-Julesberg (DJ) Basin. Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. (NYSE: BCEI) and Extraction Oil & Gas Inc. (NASDAQ: XOG) will create new company Civitas Resources Inc.…
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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 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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Boulder County passes strictest fracking regulations in the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Boulder County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Thursday to pass strengthened rules and regulations for oil and gas development, including increasing setbacks for fracking sites. From now on, oil and gas well pads in the county will generally have to be at least 2,500…
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Boulder County high schoolers call on commissioners to ban fracking
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Niwot High School environmental club released a video Monday in which students urged Boulder County Commissioners to ban fracking to protect the community’s health and environment. The video was released ahead of a hearing meeting Tuesday where commissioners will take public comment on proposed…