Niobrara Shale
Noble Energy Will Invest $1.7 Billion in Colorado in 2013
The company said it is raising the estimate of recoverable oil in its Denver-Julesburg Basin properties 60 percent to the equivalent of 2.1 billion barrels. The cash infusion will help the company increase the number of wells drilled in the Weld County portion of the basin, to 300 in 2013 and 500 a year by 2017, according to a Noble statement.
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Governor Hosts Meeting on Oil and Gas Regulations
Hickenlooper met with Boulder County commissioners in a packed meeting at his office on Tuesday and the Governor urged a resolution of conflicts over how energy companies will be regulated outside court. Colorado is currently suing the County challenging Longmont’s authority to pass its own drilling regulations.
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What’s in the Water?
A new database of water quality information assembled by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is designed to help tell us — at least as far as water quality and its relationship to oil and gas development in the state.
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Rally at the Capitol Calls for Stronger Support
of Energy Industry
“The reality is this industry delivered $1.1 billion to Colorado’s public coffers in 2010. The compelling reason to work together is the 100,000 Coloradoans employed by this industry and the economic benefit that we all get from it,” Denver Metro Chamber President Kelly Brough reminded
the crowd.
Shale Oil a True “Game Changer”
“Around 2017, the U.S. will be the largest oil producer of the world, overtaking Saudi Arabia,” IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol said in London on Monday. Shale oil plays like the Niobrara, Bakken and Eagle Ford are driving the production boom — and that means more jobs and economic prosperity.
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Oil ad Gas Setback Rule Coming to a Head
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission plans a public hearing this Wednesday, Nov. 14, about its proposal to raise the minimum distance it’ll require oil and gas well sites to be from homes, schools and businesses — and supporters and opponents are gearing up for another battle on the issue.
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The Future is NOW for Water Recycling in
the Niobrara
Doug White will tell anyone who will listen that “wastewater recycling is happening now, every day in the Niobrara.”
He’s not blowing smoke. As VP of High Sierra Water Services’ business in Colorado, Doug sees the daily progress his company is making in this critical area.
Top-of-the-Week Oil and Gas Updates
Bill Barrett Corporation is selling multiple assets in Wyoming, including its Wind River Basin natural gas properties and Powder River Basin coal bed methane assets. While on the West Slope, Antero Resources is selling off all of its natural gas and pipeline assets in the Piceance Basin.
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Oil Import-Free by 2024? Niobrara and Other Shale Plays Can Make It Happen
for U.S., Canada
“We have a lot of oil, and we have the technology to go for it,” API’s senior economic adviser, Rayola Doughe, told her audience. The historic boom in our country’s production of crude oil and natural gas is being driven by horizontal drilling of plentiful shale deposits.
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Colorado Moves Forward on Contested Oil and Gas Rules Process
The proposal calls for more consultation with residents who might be affected by doubling the period for public comment to 40 days for wells proposed within 700 feet of buildings. It also would require oil and gas companies to mitigate noise, traffic, dust, odor and industrial lighting.
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Clearing the Air — Emissions Reduction Regulations in Colorado
Recent news reports have related concerns among Front Range communities about the impacts of natural gas production on air quality. What is often overlooked in the reporting is the extensive regulation of these emissions sources already in place.
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API Backs State Leadership in Shale Development
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., who introduced the Empower States Act, said the geology of each state is different, and that, “The legislation also recognizes that states have a long record of effectively regulating oil and gas development, including hydraulic fracturing, with good environmental stewardship.”
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Boulder County Unveils Proposed Oil
and Gas Regs
Drilling in unincorporated Boulder County, such as this site on Niwot Road west of County Line Road, would be subject to new regulations if local commissioners adopt
a new Land Use Code.
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Assessing Oil and Gas Influence on State Politics – Two Views
A left-leaning watchdog group released a report late last week that contends the oil and gas industry exerts an outsized influence on Colorado politics, and generous political spending might be the reason. Colorado Ethics Watch does not accuse the oil and gas industry of wrongdoing, but does suggest it benefits from spending so freely to influence politicians.
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