Niobrara Shale
Denver Named #3 Oil and Gas City in the World
Only two areas in the entire world beat out the Mile High City for the brightest future for oil and gas industry careers, according to a new survey by Rigzone. In addition, unconventional oil and gas activity statewide created
77,600 jobs in 2012.
Debate Shows Some Common Ground, Many Differences on Fracking Regulation
The lunchtime debate at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law highlighted some of the conflicting views about the appropriate roles of local and state regulation, as well as larger questions about energy policies.
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Noble Energy to Build $45 Million Gas Plant in Weld County
The company says construction of the LNG plant is part of its strategy to reduce emissions and improve the environment where it operates.Once operational in 2014, natural gas produced by the facility will replace high-polluting diesel fuel used in Noble and other producers’ equipment operations.
22Mar2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The Niobrara Shale Drives State Oil Production
to 50-Year High
The 48 million barrels-level hasn’t been seen since 1960, according to state data, and its thanks mainly to the bounty being pulled from the Niobrara. “The Niobrara is the King Kong,” said Pete Stark, vice president for industrial relations at IHS, a Denver consulting firm that tracks energy.
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Fracking Ban Approved by Fort Collins
City Council
Ignoring warnings from the governor and other state officials, the Fort Collins City Council on Tuesday night banned fracking within city limits; a move nearly certain to bring legal action from the state, as well as the Colorado Oil and Gas Association.
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Analysts: Energy Policy Not Keeping Pace With Technology
Instead, scarcity remains the backbone of U.S. energy laws drafted over the past few decades, said the analysts testifying before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. This, despite the huge upsurge in developing shale oil and gas.
6Feb2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
2012 Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Awards Finalists Announced
The inaugural Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Awards will be held in Denver on Tuesday 12 March 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The awards celebrate the achievements of upstream & midstream companies, service providers and suppliers, twinned with the industry’s commitment to H&S, Environmental Stewardship and Corporate Social Responsibility.
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Obama Administration Delays Hydraulic Fracturing Rule
The decision to replace last year’s proposal with an entirely new draft rule — and take public comment on the initiative — forces a major delay in the final regulations, which are set to be the first major federal rules governing the hydraulic fracturing process key to unlocking oil and gas nationwide.
22Jan2013 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Oil and Gas Leasing Generates Record Year for Colorado Land Board
Fueled by the Niobrara Shale boom, the Colorado State Land Board has reported its highest oil and gas leasing year ever in Colorado — led by record land leases in Weld and Arapahoe counties last summer and spring.
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Report: Shale Industry to Generate More Than 121,000 Jobs in Colorado By 2020
Research shows shale energy production has already created more than 77,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs in Colorado. In addition, shale energy development will generate $1.4 billion in state and local government revenue this year and could be generating $2.4 billion a year by 2020.
21Dec2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Industry Group Files Lawsuit Against Longmont’s Fracking Ban
According to the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Resolution R-2012-67 constitutes an illegal ban on oil and gas drilling. The lawsuit also contends that it denies private mineral owners the right to develop their property, and attempts to prohibit operations that the state laws permit.
18Dec2012 | admin | 7 comments | Continued
Boulder County Approves New Oil, Gas Regulations
Commissioners told a room filled with fracking foes that the county’s most pressing need is to replace and update its 19-year-old land-use rules to set restrictions, requirements and conditions about where new wells can be drilled outside the county’s cities and towns.
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Stakeholders Meeting on Groundwater Testing Protocols
“This is our attempt to get more buy-in, more acceptability for these activities where they haven’t happened yet,” said Mike King, state director of natural resources, also serving on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
13Dec2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued- Survey: Global Warming, Clean Energy Should be Priorities
Six in 10 Americans want the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions regardless of other countries’ emissions efforts, according to the survey. Only 6% say the U.S. should not reduce its greenhouse emissions. The study also shows only half of Americans have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline. Among those who have heard of the pipeline, 63% support the project.
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Oil/Gas Industry: Trust us! We care, we really do. The rest of the us: No! 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
I think its a 10% mandate not 5%. 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...
Thanks for highlighting all the great work the Northern Colorado Chapter of CRES is doing. One small but important correction--the ...