A natural gas-rich drilling plan across 35,000 acres of Colorado’s Western Slope has been vacated by a federal court, which found that Department of Interior officials had not adequately taken into account the environmental risks. U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Krieger of the District of Colorado ordered the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and…
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Colorado, Utah BLM Leasing Moratorium Decried by Industry
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) moratorium on oil/natural gas leasing in adjacent corners of Colorado and Utah has the Western Energy Alliance (WEA) crying foul.
June 19, 2014
Colorado BLM to Revisit Air Quality on 34 Authorized Drilling Sites
Under a settlement of a pending court case, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in northwestern Colorado has agreed to reevaluate air quality impacts on 34 authorized, but not yet permitted, oil and natural gas drilling projects in the western part of the state.
August 7, 2013
Producers, Colorado to Start Voluntary Groundwater Sampling
A voluntary first-in-the-nation effort to start a baseline groundwater quality sampling program before and after drilling was announced Tuesday as a joint effort among oil/gas producers, Gov. John Hickenlooper and the state Department of Natural Resources at an annual energy conference in Denver hosted by the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA).
August 4, 2011
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