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Colorado Governor Appoints Brand New Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

May 17, 2019

At first meeting new COGCC will consider SRC Energy’s Comprehensive Drilling Plan for Weld County Colorado’s new governor, Jared Polis (D-Boulder), announced his appointments who will take over as new Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioners effective today. The group was handpicked by him to manage the state regulation and oversight of oil and gas well permitting and operations in

Colorado: COGCC Can’t Use ALJs to Help with 6,300 Drilling Permit Applications

Colorado Energy Overhaul Law: Objective Criteria Items that will Trigger Further Review of Oil & Gas Applications

April 24, 2019

COGCC memo identifies the “Objective Criteria” that will trigger further review, could delay final determination of specific permit applications to ensure they comply with SB 19-181’s intent in advance of new rulemaking 10-day written comment period ends April 29 The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission issued a document on Friday entitled “SB 19-181 Draft Required Director Objective Criteria.” This

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New Era for Colorado Oil and Gas Permitting and Regulation Starts Now

April 16, 2019

Colorado Governor Jared Polis held a brief bill signing ceremony today at which he signed Senate Bill 19-181 into law. The act that overhauls much of Colorado’s energy regulation landscape became law today, effective immediately after being signed into law by Gov. Polis. The bill was enacted by the Colorado Legislature in recent weeks. It was signed by the president

Amendments to Colorado’s Oil and Gas Overhaul Bill Take SB 19-181 Back to the Senate for Another Vote on Tuesday, April 2

April 1, 2019

Colorado’s controversial energy overhaul bill, a slate of sweeping changes that would upend how the oil and gas industry is regulated in Colorado, received passage in both houses, with the Colorado House voting in favor of the bill as amended last Friday. However, the bill with the amendments attached to it during its travel through the House last week requires

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Colorado Energy Overhaul Bill Passes House, Heads Back to Senate for Final Vote

March 29, 2019

Sweeping changes to the COGCC mission and composition, mandate for new rulemakings, new permitting layers, and involvement of local governmental approvals will usher out ‘business as usual’ for Colorado’s oil and gas industry The bill that lays out the language that will overhaul Colorado’s oil and gas rules, Colorado’s Senate Bill 19-181, has now jumped over the next to last

Colorado Energy Overhaul Bill Speeds Through All Six Committees, Next Up – Second Reading and House Vote

March 28, 2019

Bill may finish its journey this week The 2019 Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature has toggled Senate Bill 19-181 through six committees in both houses at record speed. The bill, which seeks to give the siting and permitting decisions for new wells and other oil and gas operations to local governments, a function that has been reserved for the State of Colorado

Colorado Energy Overhaul: After Sprinting through the Senate in 5 Days, Energy Bill Leaps to the House

March 15, 2019

Colorado House Energy & Environment Committee will hear SB 19-181 on Monday Revised Fiscal Note looks at oil and gas production and tax revenues Colorado Democrats own all three branches of government in 2019. It’s been a head-spinning week watching the controversial and highly contested energy overhaul bill zoom through the Colorado Senate. SB 19-181 was introduced on March 8

COGCC Acting Director Issues Well Location ‘Red Flag List’ to Permitting Staff

March 12, 2019

Drilling permit protocol memo flags 15 location criteria “subject to additional review by Director” By Bevo Beaven, Editor, Oil & Gas 360 A significant increase in the number of drilling permit applications submitted last year in the lead-up to the Nov. 6 election, and with it the looming possibility that Proposition 112 might become law, resulted in 6,307 oil and

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