Flowlines

Colorado Strengthens Oversight of Flowline Mapping, Well Abandonment

As a first in a series of steps required under state Senate Bill 181, Colorado regulators on Thursday adopted protective flowline rules for mapping and abandoning flowlines linked to more than 16,000 oil and gas wells.

November 22, 2019

Colorado NatGas Line Explosion in ’17 Blamed on Incomplete Documentation

Incomplete and unsafe abandonment of natural gas well flow lines, as well as local rules that allowed homes to be built on or adjacent to a former production field with incomplete documentation contributed to two deaths in April 2017 when a home exploded in Firestone, CO, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

October 30, 2019

Colorado Proposes More Stringent Flowline Regulations

As planned, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is proposing to beef up oversight of oil and gas flowlines following a tragic incident in Firestone two years ago.

October 14, 2019