CO State commission looks at proposals on getting companies to close or plug wells
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Proposed rules intended to ensure that companies have the money needed to close and clean up oil and gas well sites in Colorado are too weak and won’t protect taxpayers from having ...
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
A new study that looks at Pennsylvania’s rules for locating oil and wells, and which notes Colorado’s new regulations, found that the distance between buildings and wells didn’t significantly change when the rules were tightened because exemptions were allowed.
Th...
By Thomas Covert and Ryan Kellogg
Guest Commentary
The U.S. federal government owns vast acreage of resource- rich public lands; $25 billion of oil and gas was produced from federal lands in 2019 alone. But thanks to decades of stagnant policies, these resources are being all but g...
Shared from the 2/28/2020 The Denver Post eEdition TRUMP ADMINISTRATION By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press
WASHINGTON»The Trump administration moved Thursday on a water-recycling push it says could get good use out of more of the wastewater that industries, cities and farms spew out...
CO State commission looks at proposals on getting companies to close or plug wells
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Proposed rules intended to ensure that companies have the money needed to close and clean up oil and gas well sites in Colorado are too weak and won’t protect taxpayers from having ...
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
A new study that looks at Pennsylvania’s rules for locating oil and wells, and which notes Colorado’s new regulations, found that the distance between buildings and wells didn’t significantly change when the rules were tightened because exemptions were allowed.
Th...
By Thomas Covert and Ryan Kellogg
Guest Commentary
The U.S. federal government owns vast acreage of resource- rich public lands; $25 billion of oil and gas was produced from federal lands in 2019 alone. But thanks to decades of stagnant policies, these resources are being all but g...
Shared from the 2/28/2020 The Denver Post eEdition TRUMP ADMINISTRATION By Ellen Knickmeyer
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON»The Trump administration moved Thursday on a water-recycling push it says could get good use out of more of the wastewater that industries, cities and farms spew out...
