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Edge of the Wattenberg: Colorado: Weld County Just Created its Own Oil & Gas Department

BP Wins in Colorado Courts, but Questions Remain

Colorado Supreme Court decision changes tax burden of oil and gas companies

The Colorado Supreme Court found in favor of BP (ticker: BP) in a case that could have major tax ramifications for the state. The court unanimously sided with …

State of Colorado May Owe Oil and Gas Companies Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

State of Colorado May Owe Oil and Gas Companies Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Colorado Supreme Court decision finds in favor of BP with reversal of lower court decision on a severance tax deduction

A decision from the Colorado Supreme Court could entitle a number of oil and gas companies to significant tax refunds …

The Anti-Fracing Battle Heats Up in Colorado

The Anti-Fracing Battle Heats Up in Colorado

A ballot initiative that would create 2,500 foot setbacks is approved for signature collection

Proposed ballot measure 78 was approved for signature gathering by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office Friday. The measure would create a minimum distance of 2,500 …

Colorado House Votes Down Local Oil and Gas Control Bill

Colorado House Votes Down Local Oil and Gas Control Bill

Two House Democrats joined Republicans in stopping the bill

Two Colorado House Democrats, Representatives Paul Rosenthal and Ed Vigil, joined House Republicans in stopping HB 1355 Monday. In a form that passed out of committee last month, HB 1355 granted …

Colorado Drafting Changes to Emissions Rules: April 15 Deadline for Comments

Colorado Drafting Changes to Emissions Rules: April 15 Deadline for Comments

Colorado Air Pollution Control Division is considering rule revisions for Oil & Gas operations

Colorado may face stricter air pollution control rules in the near future as the Regional Air Quality Council considers rule revisions to bring the state into …

March 22, 2016 - 4:00 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Fracing, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Seven More Anti Fracing Initiatives Struck from Colorado’s Ballot

Seven More Anti Fracing Initiatives Struck from Colorado’s Ballot

Dead initiatives focused on setbacks

Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development (CREED), an anti fracing group in Colorado, has removed seven more of its proposed ballot initiatives this week, most of which focused on mandatory setbacks up to 4,000 feet. CREED

Synergy Resources CEO Lynn Peterson: an Exclusive Interview with Oil & Gas 360®

Synergy Resources CEO Lynn Peterson: an Exclusive Interview with Oil & Gas 360®

A new chief executive lands in the Wattenberg: the former Kodiak CEO talks about a new company culture, acquisition strategy and his go-forward road map for the ‘core Wattenberg’

Life before Synergy 

Lynn Peterson was an independent oilman from 1986 …

Anti Fracing Group Removes Outright Frac Ban Attempt from Colorado Ballot

Anti Fracing Group Removes Outright Frac Ban Attempt from Colorado Ballot

Ten anti fracing ballot propositions remain; group hopes one or two make the Nov. ballot

Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development (CREED) has removed one of its eleven anti fracing measures from the 2016 ballot. The measure removed by the group …

Colorado Concludes Rule Making Process after 16 Months of Local Government, Environmental, Industry Interaction

Colorado Concludes Rule Making Process after 16 Months of Local Government, Environmental, Industry Interaction

COGCC passes rules that require extra considerations for “large scale” oil and gas projects

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) approved rules yesterday recommended by a task force organized by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. The final rules came …

January 26, 2016 - 6:06 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Colorado Oil Patch: Trouble is Brewing

Colorado Oil Patch: Trouble is Brewing

New Anti-Energy Development Initiatives Registered with Secretary of State

Eleven initiatives aimed at Colorado’s oil and gas development were issued on December 22, 2015, marking the start of a new chapter in the Centennial state’s ongoing tug of war between …

Colorado Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments concerning Local Control of Oil and Gas Development

Colorado Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments concerning Local Control of Oil and Gas Development

This morning, the Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases where cities sought reinstatement of their bans on hydraulic fracturing and certain other oil and gas related activities within their city limits.

In one case, the Fort Collins, …

Proposed Colorado Oil and Gas Regulations: Concerns about Community Rules Persist at Hearing

Proposed Colorado Oil and Gas Regulations: Concerns about Community Rules Persist at Hearing

Parties spoke today at the COGCC rulemaking hearing in Denver, Colorado

A crowded room listened intently today as several parties shared their concerns with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) over new rules being put in place after …

Local Control: Colorado Releases Draft Regulations

Local Control: Colorado Releases Draft Regulations

New regulations aimed at mitigating effects of oil and gas near urban areas

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) released the draft proposal for two new regulations after more than a year of consideration from the Colorado Oil …

Oil & Gas Drilling: Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Case on Local Control

Oil & Gas Drilling: Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Case on Local Control

Decision could have wide reaching implications for Colorado oil and gas operations

The Colorado Supreme Court announced this week that it will hear cases that will decide the debate on local control on hydraulic fracturing in state. The court agreed …

Sage Grouse Kept Off Endangered Species List

Sage Grouse Kept Off Endangered Species List

Ranchers, energy producers, environmentalists, Feds and 11 Western States cooperated on ways to keep bird’s habitat in tact

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it will not put the greater sage grouse under the protection of …

September 22, 2015 - 5:38 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper Pushes for Approval on 6 Million Ton per Annum Jordan Cove LNG

Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper Pushes for Approval on 6 Million Ton per Annum Jordan Cove LNG

The Jordan Cove project would directly link Colorado to new energy markets – Hickenlooper

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has written to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) chair Cheryl LaFleur in support of …

July 27, 2015 - 6:30 pm LNG, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Black Hills Increasing Capex to Drill in the Piceance

Black Hills Increasing Capex to Drill in the Piceance

Plans submitted to the BLM call for over 100 horizontal wells

Black Hills Plateau Production (ticker: BKH) proposed its development plan for 32,600 acres of federal, private and split-estate lands in De Beque, Mesa County, Colorado, to the Bureau of …

Great Western Oil & Gas Continues Acquisitions in the DJ Basin

Great Western Oil & Gas Continues Acquisitions in the DJ Basin

Great Western purchased 6,000 acres in the Wattenberg Field

Great Western Petroleum, a subsidiary of Great Western Oil & Gas Company, an affiliate of The Broe Group, purchased approximately 6,000 acres and eight producing wells in the Wattenberg Field, according

Utah Joins Wyoming, Colorado and North Dakota in Lawsuit Against Federal Fracing Rules

Utah Joins Wyoming, Colorado and North Dakota in Lawsuit Against Federal Fracing Rules

Utah energy advisor says new regulations are legally and pragmatically faulty

Utah’s Governor Gary Herbert announced that his state will be joining North Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming in their lawsuit against new federal rules regarding new hydraulic fracturing regulations on

Photo by Greg Albrechtsen, Sage Grouse Initiative

Executive Order from Colorado’s Gov. Hickenlooper Could Affect Oil and Gas

New order from the Colorado governor hopes to protect greater sage grouse

An executive order signed by Colorado’s Governor John Hickenlooper last week aims to keep the greater sage grouse off the endangered and threatened species lists. The order puts …

Colorado BLM Lease Sale Nets $32.1 Million

Colorado BLM Lease Sale Nets $32.1 Million

Over 25,000 acres of federal forest land auctioned in recent BLM sale

In its largest oil and gas lease sale in Colorado since 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sold 73 parcels totaling 32,962 acres for $32.1 million last …

Colorado and North Dakota Join Wyoming in Lawsuit v. BLM Rulemaking

Colorado and North Dakota Join Wyoming in Lawsuit v. BLM Rulemaking

Three States are Suing the Federal Government to Preserve State Jurisdiction

A federal judge has decided to allow North Dakota and Colorado to join a Wyoming lawsuit that challenges new rules from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management regarding drilling …

Litigation Moving Forward to Lift Broomfield Frac Ban

Litigation Moving Forward to Lift Broomfield Frac Ban

A district court judge allows litigation to lift a Colorado frac ban to proceed

District Court Judge C. Scott Crabtree has decided not to dismiss a motion from the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) to lift a local moratorium …

April 17, 2015 - 1:00 pm Fracing, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Regulatory
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper

Hickenlooper: We Need One Set of Regional Oil & Gas Regulations for the Western States

An OAG360® Exclusive: Interview with John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado

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Colorado enjoys robust energy development as an integral piece of its economy. It’s the seventh most productive oil state, sixth in natural gas production and …

Colorado Oil Production up 27% in 2014

Colorado Oil Production up 27% in 2014

Numbers from the COGCC shows oil production in Colorado is up 27% year-over-year from 2013

According to the latest data from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), oil production in Colorado is up 27% in 2014 from 2013. …

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EIA – Coal Production Down Throughout the U.S.

The EIA’s weekly coal report shows production has fallen 14%

The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly coal production report for the week ended February 21, 2015, shows continued declines in coal production in the United States. According to the …

February 26, 2015 - 1:23 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Mixed Reactions to Colorado Task Force Decision

Mixed Reactions to Colorado Task Force Decision

The Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force to send nine recommendations to the governor’s office later this week

Last September, Gov. Hickenlooper created the task force as part of a compromise to remove both pro- and anti-hydrocarbon development initiatives from …

February 25, 2015 - 6:15 pm Fracing, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force Holds Final Meeting Today Amid Protests

Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force Holds Final Meeting Today Amid Protests

Will deliver policy recommendations to Gov. Hickenlooper this week

The Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force is holding its final meeting today in order to discuss amendments to the recommendations it plans to send to Governor Hickenlooper later this week. …

February 24, 2015 - 6:07 pm Fracing, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Colorado Oil and Gas Taskforce Votes for More Local Control

Colorado Oil and Gas Taskforce Votes for More Local Control

CORRECTION: The taskforce’s meetings this week decided which proposals will continue on to the next taskforce meeting. None of the proposals have been sent to the governor for consideration at this time.

Last September, Gov. John Hickenlooper created an oil …

February 4, 2015 - 5:04 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Regulatory
New Federal Methane Regulations on Drillers

New Federal Methane Regulations on Drillers

White House looks to EPA to enforce new regulations and avoid Congress

The White House announced yesterday that it will be releasing new regulations to curb the amount of methane generated by drilling operations throughout the United States. How the …

January 15, 2015 - 12:36 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Politics & Opinions, Regulatory