Denver-Julesburg Basin

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) last month released its first annual report to evaluate the cumulative impacts of oil and natural gas emissions, setting the stage for future evaluations and recommendations.  State Senate Bill (SB) 181, enacted in 2019, is designed to limit the effects of emissions and environmental disruptions from oil…

Colorado’s overall employment should return to pre-pandemic levels for 2022, but the state’s natural gas and oil sector will likely lag behind other industries in regaining jobs, according to a new report from the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). “Improved prices are clearly what’s driving more drilling and increased production,” Richard Wobbekind, associate dean…

Including activity increases in the Denver Julesburg-Niobrara and the Williston Basin, the U.S. rig count inched two units higher to 544 for the week ended Friday (Oct. 29), according to the latest figures from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Net increases of one oil-directed rig and one natural gas-directed rig for the period left the combined…

Last week, Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) went airborne to survey methane emissions at major oil and gas sites in the Denver-Julesburg Basin.  This was the first of many flights scheduled for 2021, according to CDPHE. Aerial monitoring will continue over Boulder, Weld and Larimer counties, with more concentrated aerial surveys in…

Ranger Energy Services Inc. has further boosted its wireline presence in the Lower 48 following the acquisition of PerfX Wireline Services, its second takeover since May.  The Houston-based oilfield services company said last week it had acquired Minot, ND-based  PerfX in an all-stock deal. The deal follows the acquisition of Patriot Completions Solutions LLC in…

Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline LLC has launched a binding open season to gauge interest from crude oil shippers in securing expansion capacity on a section of the 830-mile pipeline. Pony Express has a capacity of roughly 400,000 b/d, and sources crude from the Williston, Denver Julesburg and Powder River basins. The system stretches from Guernsey,…

If all goes to plan, Civitas Resources Inc. could become a giant among giants in the Colorado oil and natural gas world as it looks to merge another Denver Julesburg (DJ) Basin producer into its operations. DJ pure-plays Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. and Extraction Oil & Gas Inc. agreed to merge in early May. That…

NGL Energy Partners LP, which transports oil and also treats, recycles and disposes of water generated as part of the energy production process – said it got off to a slow start in calendar 2021 because of Winter Storm Uri and lingering effects of the pandemic. But the Tulsa-based company sees brighter days ahead with…

Denver-based Taproot Energy Partners LLC said its midstream affiliate plans to construct an oil gathering pipeline at its Platte River property in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin for Confluence Resources LP.  Taproot, which plans to have the project in service by July 1, said it now has more than 325,000 dedicated acres from five separate producers. …