Gas and Oil

Regional News

Chevron spill largest since at least 2015; full clean-up may take 5 years

Company has recovered at least 3.8 million gallons of liquid from a Weld County site

May 16, 2025

Local News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe criticizes company over gasoline spill response

A pipeline south of Durango burst in December, spilling 23,000 gallons of fuel

May 8, 2025

Outdoors

White House to reverse rule promoting conservation on BLM land

Lands Act put restoration on equal footing with ranching and drilling

April 21, 2025

Regional News

Study suggests proximity to oil and gas wells increases risk of childhood leukemia

Colorado’s energy industry strongly disputes findings

March 25, 2025

Local News

Details scant as operators remains tight-lipped about pipeline failure south of Durango

Enterprise Products, the company responsible for the spill of 23,000 gallons of gasoline, has refused to answer questions

February 20, 2025

Regional News

Trump picks oil and gas advocate from Colorado to lead Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen Sgamma now leads Denver-based trade group Western Energy Alliance

February 13, 2025

Local News

23,000 gallons of gasoline spilled into their yard; now, this Durango couple can’t go home

A pipeline burst in La Plata County in December, contaminating several wells

February 3, 2025

AP New Mexico

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflects on tough choices during a historic tenure

Haaland was the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary

January 20, 2025

Regional News

Investigators haven’t found a motive for falsified environmental data filed at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites

The newly reorganized Colorado Oil and Gas Commission planned to meet Tuesday and will later begin rewriting state rules to…

December 15, 2024

Local News

Is energy permitting reform still on the table?

would speed up renewable, hydrocarbon developments on public lands

December 12, 2024

Local News

Seven homes evacuated for large-scale gasoline leak south of Durango

least 1,000 gallons of fuel escaped pipeline, saturated ground

December 6, 2024

Local News

EPA celebrates $4.9 million grant to Southern Ute Tribe to cut air pollution

Program will cut greenhouse gas emissions from tribal natural gas sources by 29%

October 1, 2024

New Mexico

Chaco Canyon buffer zone in the crossfires of Project 2025

The U.S. Interior Department said on Nov. 15 that oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National…

September 20, 2024

Local News

La Plata County’s gas drilling rules just turned one – are they working?

one operator has fully complied with the new rules, but stakeholders say they’re working through the kinks

September 15, 2024

Local News

What happens when a natural gas company doesn’t pay a $12 million La Plata County tax bill?

LLC has outstanding debt of $9.2 million

August 31, 2024

Regional News

Colorado awarded $12.6 million federal grant to plug methane-emitting oil and gas wells

A natural-gas well pad sits in front of the Roan Plateau near the Colorado mountain community of Rifle. Natural gas…

August 24, 2024

Local News

Durango gas prices begin to dip, but remain high

spokesman, Visit Durango don’t expect much reprieve this month given summer’s ‘last hurrah’

August 2, 2024

Local News

Southern Utes take federal regulatory authority of minor air pollution sources

is first in the nation to do so, EPA official says

July 14, 2024

Regional News

Oil production rebounds in Colorado, drillers optimistic

The sun sets behind an oil pump jack and the Rocky Mountains near Fredrick. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe adopted…

July 7, 2024

Regional News

The cost of gas is about to spike in Colorado. How high will it go?

EPA is forcing Colorado to switch to reformulated gas as ground-level ozone hits ‘severe’

May 21, 2024

Regional News

Colorado environmental groups threaten to sue EPA for failing to crack down on oil and gas permits

of suit says federal agency should act after state regulators missed deadline

May 14, 2024

Regional News

The deal behind Colorado’s oil and gas deal: No new drilling policies until 2028

A drilling rig south of Durango works at an existing well pad near U.S. Highway 550. A bill killed Monday…

May 5, 2024

AP New Mexico

New Mexico reaches record settlement over natural gas flaring in the Permian Basin

flared gas would have been enough to supply nearly 17,000 homes for a year

April 29, 2024

Regional News

Ballot proposal to protect furnaces and gas stoves in Colorado is dead – for now

Political group did not file petitions by April 18 deadline to put measure on ballot

April 19, 2024