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 Conrad Swanson
The Denver Post
Colorado can expect tens of millions from the federal government to plug and restore hundreds of orphaned oil and gas wells out of the bipartisan infrastructure bill that Congress passed last year, government officials said.
In all, the infrastructure bil...
Critics of proposed reforms fear bills could fall to taxpayers
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Proposed reforms meant to ensure taxpayers don’t get stuck paying to clean up oil and gas sites could leave the public open to eventually covering billions of dollars in costs, environmentalist...
By Matthew Daly The Associated Press
WASHINGTON » President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan to transform America’s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines, a longtime priority for Western and rural lawmakers from both parties.
Hu...
SAFETY
CONCERNS AMID RECESSION
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Mark Schell’s family has farmed in Colorado since 1906 and even though he works as a certified public accountant, he hasn’t left that way of life behind.
About a year ago, Schell bought a 310-acre farm in Mead that he leases to som...
Shared from the 10/20/2020 The Denver Post eEdition
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Mark Schell’s family has farmed in Colorado since 1906 and even though he works as a certified public accountant, he hasn’t left that way of life behind.
About a year ago, Schell bought a 310-acre farm in Mead t...
By Hiroko Tabuchi, © The New York Times Co., from The Denver Post eEdition, July 17, 2020
The day debt-ridden Texas oil producer MDC Energy filed for bankruptcy eight months ago, a tank at one of its wells was furiously leaking methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. As of last week,...
