Gas and Oil

Colorado lawmakers start on contentious oil, gas overhaul

The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee plans to hold the first hearing on a bill that would dramatically shift the…

March 5, 2019

Local News

Durango’s gas man plans to retire

42 years at Peerless Tires, Sammy Denham is ready to be a granddad

March 4, 2019

Local News

Polis wants to grant local control over oil and gas development

‘There is not a one-size-fits-all approach,’ governor says

February 28, 2019

Southwest Life

Western Slope leaders call for stricter regulations on oil, gas pollution

Elected officials want restrictions similar to Front Range

February 14, 2019

Regional News

Conservation group sues over federal oil, gas leases in Utah

Advocates for the West filed the suit Wednesday in federal court in Utah on behalf of Friends of Cedar Mesa,…

February 8, 2019

Regional News

After years of simmering tug-of-war, Colorado Democrats eye action on oil and gas

Greeley residents Lowell and Margie Lewis stand on their back porch. Behind them is the well pad infrastructure for Extraction…

February 6, 2019

Regional News

Acting Interior secretary to visit New Mexico oil region

A department spokeswoman says Bernhardt will visit residents and federal workers in Hobbs, where oil production has led to a…

February 6, 2019

Local News

Worker dies in explosion at natural gas site in Southwest Colorado

of mishap under investigation

January 22, 2019

Local News

Kinder Morgan plans for new well near Goodman Point

Project is testing for CO2 reservoir to meet demand

January 13, 2019

Local News

Kinder Morgan plans for new well near Goodman Point

Project is testing for CO2 reservoir to meet increased demand

January 12, 2019

Regional News

Colorado agency seeks drill limit near big game

Gov. John Hickenlooper raised concern last year in a letter to the BLM about its December 2018 lease sale, and…

January 6, 2019

Local News

Democrats could break longtime logjams at state Capitol

Legislature may address high Western Slope health costs

December 28, 2018

Local News

Denver firm completes sale of San Juan Basin assets

Acquisition expected to boost company’s production

December 28, 2018

Regional News

New Mexico nets $13M in monthly oil and gas lease sale

The State Land Office says most of the proceeds from the December sale will go to public schools and the…

December 19, 2018

Local News

Gas well leaks wastewater in Canyons of Ancients National Monument

valve causes produced water to overflow tank

December 10, 2018

Local News

Hesperus gas station closes for remodeling

may reopen in the spring

November 28, 2018

Regional News

New Mexico marks record for monthly oil and gas lease sale

Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn says the November sale represents the highest single-month yield in the agency’s history. The previous monthly…

November 23, 2018

Regional News

Backers of oil and gas drilling setbacks in Colorado lost at the ballot box, but are looking to a new blue statehouse

shift could change the fracking equation

November 12, 2018

Regional News

Energy company drops plans to drill under lake, dog park

The Denver Post reports Highlands Natural Resources Corp. also dropped its application for 14 proposed wells under the Westminster Hills…

November 9, 2018

Regional News

US again backs off plan for drilling on Colorado public land

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Friday some of the land is in big game habitat and some is…

November 2, 2018

$Wyoming watching Colorado’s anti-fracking ballot issue$

Regional News

Wyoming watching Colorado’s anti-fracking ballot issue

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Colorado-based opponents of the initiative warn it could drive jobs, capital and production northward…

October 28, 2018

Regional News

Statewide setback controversy plays out in Battlement Mesa

sit just 800 feet from pad

October 5, 2018

Business

Denver firm buys San Juan Basin oil wells

Energy purchases assets from Encana for $480 million

October 1, 2018

Regional News

Suit challenges drilling on public land in Colorado, Utah

A lawsuit filed Thursday in Denver federal court seeks to reverse oil and gas leases on 184 square miles of…

September 27, 2018