From Colorado Public Radio Colorado’s new Democratic majority has vowed to make big changes to how companies drill for oil and gas. Tension between drillers and residents have bubbled for years and culminated in a failed statewide ballot fight last fall over the distance between oil and gas wells and homes and schools. Critics also say the state oil and gas regulator
High court reverses appeals court on view of COGCC permitting priorities On Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court issued its decision on the high-profile case brought to the state judicial system by a group of youth petitioners who sought to stop oil companies from being given drilling permits unless the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission and the drilling applicants could
Groups behind Colorado Prop. 112 want new governor and legislature to change oil and gas commission; soliciting public support for petition Anti-oil and gas industry factions have already sprung out of the gates in 2019 by asking Colorado’s newly elected state legislature and its new governor-elect to reboot the mission of the state’s oil and gas regulator. As it reads
Oil and gas industry, state’s school boards, Colorado mineral owners, conservation groups and the state oil and gas regulator forged a new rule requiring 1,000-foot school setback to now be measured from perimeter of sports fields and outdoor facilities The Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission held a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 18, to consider all final comments by parties
Final draft of proposed rulemaking: new setback specifically addresses schools It’s been a little more than a month since a citizen-led proposal called Proposition 112 would have imposed a blanket 2,500-foot setback on just about all new oil and gas development on private and state land throughout Colorado. If the measure had passed, new drilling permits would have come to
Ballots counted are rising: Colorado Sec. of State reports 801,000 ballots have been received to date – Dems and Republicans close gap to within 1,000 of one another – one week remains With only one week to go before final results are tallied, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s (COGCC) regular meeting on Oct. 29 provided a public platform
From the Denver Business Journal Colorado regulators Monday approved an unprecedented Noble Energy Inc. plan to drill hundreds of oil and gas wells on 100 square miles of Weld County. The plan calls for drilling as many as 772 horizontal wells across 64,133 acres of unincorporated farmland southeast of Greeley, an area where Houston-based Noble (NYSE: NBL) owns 85 percent
From Channel 7 ABC Denver DENVER – The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) will hold its final meetings this week, and it will look at dozens of oil and gas drilling applications set to be approved. Supporters and opponents of Proposition 112 turned Monday’s public comment session into a political rally, with both sides presenting their arguments to
Just 500 feet from the courthouse, a pro-oil rally at the capitol steps asked people to “Vote No on Proposition 112” Below: summary of the Martinez case and breakdown of the oral arguments It was a busy day for oil and gas in Colorado on Oct. 16. At lunchtime, several hundred industry supporters joined a ‘Mayors Against Proposition 112’ rally
Boulder County’s lawsuit vs. Crestone spurs delay, Prop. 112 permitting deadline looms Late last week the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) postponed its scheduled hearing on the Crestone Peak Resources Operating, LLC Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP), following a request to postpone by Boulder County. The postponement of the hearing on the Crestone Peak CDP is pending the outcome of a
Colorado oil and gas regulation: is the State’s task to balance oil & gas development with public health, safety and welfare? Colorado’s high court will soon hear oral arguments in a case whose outcome could reshuffle the criteria the COGCC must use in granting permits to drill oil and gas wells Fall of 2018 will be remembered as the season
State’s regular oil and gas rulemaking process at work On December 6, 2017, the League of Oil and Gas Impacted Coloradans (LOGIC), submitted a Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) petition to conduct a rulemaking to require new oil and gas wells and production facilities be sited no closer than 1,000 feet from the perimeter of a school or
Sign up to receive daily news and stock prices from Oil & Gas 360® directly in your email inbox.
Market Data ©2020–2024 QuoteMedia. Data delayed 15 minutes unless otherwise indicated (view delay times for all exchanges). RT=Real-Time, EOD=End of Day, PD=Previous Day. Market Data powered by QuoteMedia. Terms of Use.
