Tag: Colorado
Encana sells Colorado natural gas assets to pay down debt
Encana sale valued at US$735 million Calgary-based Encana corporation announced on Friday a deal to sell its Piceance gas assets to Denver-based Caerus Oil and Gas LLC for USD$735 million. The sale of the assets includes the takeover of 55o,000 leased acres, 3,100 wells and Caerus will take over $430-million worth of contractual pipeline obligations. The […]
Colorado voices support AG’s decision to appeal “Kids’” anti-fracking lawsuit
Key Colorado officials support Coffman’s decision to appeal the ruling by Katie Brown, EnergyInDepth In the week since Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman (R) announced that she will, over the governor’s objections, appeal a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling that would upend the decades-long oil and natural gas regulatory permitting process in the state, key […]
Flawed anti-fracking studies debunked, used by fractivists anyway
TEDX also claimed natural gas wells responsible for dangerous levels of chemicals found in air quality samples Ed. note: EnergyInDepth is an industry-funded and focused website. Despite the bias, we run these op-eds because they are generally well researched and contain plenty of links the reader can follow to do further research and come to their own […]
Colorado court decision may imperil jobs, incomes, energy development
“When it comes to responsible energy development, Colorado has a record to be proud of, a proven tradition of responsible and safe energy development” By Aileen Yeung, EnergyInDepth Pressure is growing in Colorado to appeal a recent court decision that sided with activists seeking to undermine the state’s regulatory framework for oil and natural gas […]
Boulder County approves new oil/gas regulations, wades further into legal quagmire
Colorado Supreme Court ruling last year found local bans on development “invalid and unenforceable” By by Aileen Yeung , EnergyInDepth After being sued by the Colorado attorney general just last month over the county’s extended moratorium on oil and natural gas development, the Boulder Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted yesterday to adopt new oil and natural […]
Colorado Democratic leaders tout benefits of oil/gas, urge ‘collaborative conversation’
“The more discussion, the higher probability we’ll get a solution both sides can live with” By Aileen Yeung, EnergyInDepth At an event sponsored by the Colorado Petroleum Council and the American Petroleum Institute (API) yesterday, Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper (D), Denver Mayor Michael Hancock (D), and API president and chief executive officer Jack Gerard hailed […]
Caught on Tape: D.C. anti-fracking group ‘Working at the local level’ in Colo. to ‘Ban fracking everywhere’
Local elected officials in Boulder spoke out against “anti-fracking” activist agenda by Aileen Yeung, EnergyInDepth If there was ever any question about the involvement of national “ban fracking” groups in Colo. as part of their quest to stop oil and natural gas development nationwide, that matter is now firmly settled. National “ban fracking” groups have […]
Supporting fracking would “Relegate me to the depths of hell” – Colorado State Rep
By Aileen Yeung, EnergyInDepth “Ban fracking” and “keep it in the ground” groups are desperately trying to stay relevant in Colorado politics in 2017. But a rally at the State Capitol last week drew a single lawmaker, State Rep. Joe Salazar (D), rumored candidate for governorship in 2018 and the same politician who stood with […]
For 2nd time, Colorado Health officials disavow research team favored by fractactivists
“McKenzie’s research team is famous for supplying talking points to anti-fracking groups” By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth UPDATE (2/15/17, 5:35 EST) Dr. Larry Wolk, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), has just weighed in on the latest study by Lisa McKenzie. Here’s what he had […]
Discredited anti-fracking researcher pitching herself as “Academic Neutral”
By Courtney Loper, EnergyInDepth According to recent news reports, elected officials in Broomfield have invited controversial researcher Lisa McKenzie – a favorite of anti-fracking groups – to brief them on health issues and oil and gas development later this month. The officials believe McKenzie is an “academic neutral” on oil and gas issues, but they […]
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