Colorado

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Thursday issued initial guidance for implementing Senate Bill 181 enacted earlier this year, which requires regulators to revamp some oil and gas rules.

An ad hoc group of opponents to Colorado Senate Bill 181 said it will not attempt to overturn the controversial measure this year.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) has asked for public input over a draft set of objectives and a guidance document to a new state law that calls for fundamental changes to the agency.

Denver-Julesburg Basin producer HighPoint Operating Corp. agreed to pay fines and spend $3 million to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Colorado.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed into law the fast-tracked and controversial oil and natural gas reform bill, which revises oversight and instills increased power in local governments.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed into law a controversial oil and natural gas reform bill, which revises oversight of the industry and instills increased power in local governments.

The Colorado General Assembly on Wednesday passed an amended oil and natural gas reform proposal that was fast-tracked in a month’s time by the new Democratic majority and forwarded to Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who is expected to sign it into law.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by not taking a hard look at the indirect impacts from onshore oil and natural gas production when it approved drilling on nearly 20,000 acres in the Piceance Basin, a federal judge in Colorado ruled Wednesday.

Officials in two of Colorado’s largest oil and natural gas producing counties are pushing a ballot measure that would repeal reform legislation on the fast track to the governor’s desk.