Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

UPDATE: Fracking Disclosure Rule PASSES

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Video, Mandatory Fracking Fluid Disclosures, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Colorado Oil and Gas, Denver News

In August, Colorado Governor Hickenlooper told oil and gas workers to expect heavier regulations on fracking fluid in the state by the end of the year...

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Oil And Gas Industry Engaged In Hydrogen Sulfide Coverup?

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Hydrogen Sulfide Leak, Environmental Protection Agency, Fracking, Oil and Gas Regulations, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Global Community Monitor, Oil and Gas Hydrogen Sulfide, Hydrogen-Sulfide, Bucket Brigade, Denver News

When it comes to oil and gas news, it's hard to beat 'fracking' for a more buzz-worthy topic. Add 'hydrogen sulfide gas' to the headline, though, and...

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5.6 Million Gallons Of Oil And Gas Fluid Spilled In Three Counties

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Weld County, Colorado Oil Spills, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Denver Oil, Garfield County, Bull Moose Sportsmen Alliance, Wyoming, Rio Blanco County, Utah, Oil Spills, Mesa County, New Mexico, Hunting, Governor Hickenlooper, Angling, John Hickenlooper, Colorado DIvision of WIldlife, Colorado Hunting and Angling, Denver News

Three northwestern Colorado counties have reported 5.6 million gallons of spilled oil and gas fluids from 2001 to 2010, according to a report released...

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Bill To Alter Colorado Oil And Gas Conservation Commission Makeup Clears House Committee

Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Colorado Legislature, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Colorado Oil, Denver News

The House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee approved a Republican-sponsored bill on Monday that would alter the makeup of the sta...

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Colorado Petroleum Association Drops Petition To Roll Back Controversial State Rule

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Colorado Oil Rules, Colorado Petroleum Association, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Pit Liners, Colorado Oil and Gas, Denver News

The Colorado Petroleum Association (CPA) today dropped its bid to get the state to roll back its rule for proper disposal of pit liners used in the oi...

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Ground Zero Law Firm Sues Over Colorado Drilling

David Frey | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Natural Gas Drilling, Diana DeGette, Fracking, Oil Drilling, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Durango-Colorado, Denver News

A New York law firm that won a major settlement for World Trade Center rescue workers is representing residents of Colorado's Western Slope who say th...

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EPA Looks At Local Formation As Case Study For National Fracking Investigation

The Coloradoan | Bobby Magill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Colorado Fracking, Fracking Study, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Fracking, Niobrara Shale, Denver News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency might use oil and gas development tapping the Niobrara shale formation near Cheyenne, Wyo., as a case study i...

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1.3 Million Gallons Of Diesel Fuel Into The Ground? State Looking Into Accusations

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Ed Markey, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Fracking, Dave Neslin, Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Diana DeGette, Henry Waxman, Diesel Fuel, Denver News

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is investigating claims made in a congressional report regarding the injection of diesel fuel...

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State Rules Fracking Did Not Cause Water Well Contamination

The Denver Post | Mark Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking Water Contamination, Tracy Dahl, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Fracking, Pioneer Natural Resources, Denver News

The controversial oil-industry technique known as fracking went on trial at the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Tuesday -- and frackin...

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State Report: Silt Mesa Water Well Is Not Affected By Drilling

Glenwood Springs Post Independent | John Colson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Pollution, Drilling Water Pollution, Silt Mesa, Fracking, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Denver News

The Strudley family's water well on Silt Mesa has not been contaminated by nearby oil and gas drilling activities, according to a recent report by the...

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Colorado Gas Regulators Question 'Gasland' Documentary

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gasland, Cogcc, Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Fracking, Denver News

When the HBO documentary 'Gasland' debuted in the summer of 2010, it brought widespread attention to the natural gas extraction method known as hydrau...

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County Says State's Gas Laws Not Tough Enough To Protect Public Health

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Dennis Webb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Gas Health Affects, Cogcc, Antero Resources, Oil and Gas, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Garfield County Colorado, Denver News

thatGarfield County has told the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in a legal filing that its new rules "fail entirely" to address cumulati...

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Williams

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Williams, Cogcc, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Benzene-Contamination, Denver News

A dubious record will likely be set when the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) meets over the next two days in Adams County: the hi...

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Colorado Nuke Drilling Experiment Still Concerning Citizens 41 Years Later

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Noble Energy, Nuclear Drilling, Nuclear Bomb, Natural Gas, Energy Department, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Parachute-Colorado, Radioactive Natural Gas, Denver News

PARACHUTE, Colo. — It may go down as one of the most bizarre nuclear experiments ever tried. In 1969, the government detonated a subterranean n...

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Colorado Oil And Gas Spills: Millions Of Gallons Of Drilling Liquids Spilled Over Last 2 1/2 Years

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Spills, Colorado, Oil and Gas, Fracking, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Dave Neslin, Denver News

Oil and gas companies have reported almost 1,000 spills to Colorado regulators over the past 2 1/2 years, totaling 5.2 million gallons of drilling liq...

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Bill Ritter, Oil And Gas Companies Strike Deal To Protect Piceance Basin

AP | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Williams, EnCana Corp., Oil and Gas, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Bill Ritter, Piceance Basin, Exxon Mobil, Denver News

DENVER — Gov. Bill Ritter and energy companies announced agreements Tuesday that are intended to minimize the impacts of oil and gas drilling on...

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Dick Wadhams, Dan Maes Trash Bill Ritter For Saying Oil Spill Shows Importance Of Regulations; McInnis Stays Silent

KDVR | Eli Stokols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dick Wadhams, BP Oil Spill, Scott McInnis, Colorado Governor's Race, Bill Ritter, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Dan Maes, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Denver News

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. - All is quiet on the western slope, at least on the subject of regulating oil and gas development -- but that's about to change. ...

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Colordo Oil And Natural Gas Drilling Could

KDVR | Heidi Hemmat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weld County, Natural Gas, Colorado, Oil and Gas, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Methane Contamination, Denver News

FORT LUPTON, Colo. - They say they are living with a ticking time bomb. Karen Androvich and her husband have so much methane gas in their water their ...

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Colorado Natural Gas Regulations Now Being Emulated By Other States

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott McInnis, David Neslin, Colorado Gas Regulations, Natural Gas, Colorado, Oil and Gas, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Denver News

From Texas to Wyoming to Pennsylvania, a gusher of environmental rules is facing the natural gas industry in the coming months and years, putting Colo...

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Colorado Oil And Gas Conservation Commission Backlogged With Gas Contamination Cases Dating Back Years

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oxy USA, Marathon Oil, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Dave Neslin, Berry Petroleum, Denver News

Despite a record fine of $390,000 levied last month against Oxy USA, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) has a backlog of unresol...

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Oxy USA To Pay

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: EnCana Oil, Colorado Gas Industry, Oil and Gas, Oxy USA, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Denver News

Oxy USA has agreed to pay fines totaling nearly $650,000 for pit leaks that caused oil and gas contamination of spring waters northwest of Parachute. ...

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Antero CEO Decries Environmental Activism, Even As Methane Leaks May Be Poisoning Colorado Water

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Barrett Corp., Antero Resources, Oil and Gas, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, West Divide Creek South of Silt, Methane, Colorado, Denver News

Even as one oil and gas company, Antero, railed against community activists with the audacity to push for responsible drilling practices in and around...

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Williams Exploration and Production Has Big Plans For Piceance Basin, Says Regulations Won't Stop Them

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Piceance Basin, Williams Exploration and Production, Denver News

PARACHUTE -- Colorado's Piceance Basin remains the No. 1 investment for Williams Exploration and Production, which could more than double its drilling...

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Battlement Mesa Citizens Taking On Oil And Gas Industry And Winning

Glenwood Springs Post Independent, | John Colson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exxonmobil, Garfield County, Battlement Mesa, Antero Resources, Battlement Concerned Citizens, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Piceance Basin, Denver News

BATTLEMENT MESA, Colorado �" As in the cinematic fables of Rocky Balboa versus Apollo Creed, or the Mighty Ducks against the Hawks, the controversy ...

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WATCH: Flaming Faucets A Consequence Of Drilling In Colorado

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Benzene, Fracking, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Cancer, Air Pollution, Colorado, Water Bursting Into Flames Colorado, Colorado Drilling Water, Denver News

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