All Posts Tagged With: "Antero Resources"
Groups Claim BLM Cut-and-Paste Drilling Approvals Illegally Ignore Air Pollution Impacts
“The BLM has approved thousands of oil and gas wells with no analysis of the air pollution they cause,” said Peter Hart of Wilderness Workshop.“Instead, the agency simply cut-and-pasted incorrect boilerplate statements about the Roan EIS into its environmental analyses for dozens of projects.”
20Jun2011 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedRaising the Stakes: Ground Zero Law Firm Sues Over Colorado Drilling
A New York law firm that won a major settlement for World Trade Center rescue workers is representing residents of Colorado’s Western Slope who say their health has been impacted by the boom in oil and gas operations in the region. Last week they filed their first lawsuit.
29Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedEncana Seeks New Drilling Permits Near Battlement Mesa
Staffers from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission are reviewing the permit application, which if approved would allow for the drilling of nine gas wells in the area.
3Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedWestern Slope UPDATES
>> Holy Cross May Tap Methane Gas From Mines
>> Solar Battle Brews at Garfield County Airport
>> Garfield County Wants Antero, Critics to Compromise
>> Oil and Gas Permitting Drops in Moffat County
Horizontal Drilling Surges …. These and Other Oil & Gas Headlines Here
>> Horizontal Drilling Accelerates in State
>> Antero Drilling Hearing Now Set for January
>> Williams in Diversification Deal
>> Natural Gas Prices Pickup
>> New COGA Chair Says State Good for O&G, Not Great
>> Maverick Companies Expands in Grand Junction
West Slope — Well Density Key Topic at COGCC Meeting
The Garfield County commissioners have until Nov. 10, or so, to decide whether or not they want to formally intervene regarding Antero Resources’ plan for significantly increased gas-well density in the Silt Mesa area.
1Nov2010 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedWestern Slope UPDATES
>> GARFIELD CTY WON’T SUPPORT DRILLING BAN
>> BATTLEMENT MESA RESIDENTS CRY ‘FOUL’
>> WILLIAMS AGREES TO PAY RECORD FINE
>> PITKIN SAYS NO TO DRILLING IN WHITE RIVER
>> ENCANA RECLAMATION EFFORTS PRAISED
WEEKEND UPDATE —
A Disaster’s Irony … Uranium Regs Overhaul … Frac’ing News … West Slope Fumes …
>> A DISASTER’S IRONY: GULF SPILL HURTS RENEWABLES
>> URANIUM MINING REGS OVERHAUL CLOSER TO LAW
>> BATTLEMENT MESA RESIDENTS COMPLAIN OF FUMES
>> FRAC’ING LEGISLATION MOVES IN WASHINGTON
Garfield County Set for Gas-Well ‘Intervention’
But the “intervention,” as it is formally called, would strictly be aimed at Antero’s request to be allowed to drill wells at a higher density than currently is permitted, in an area that apparently is outside the boundaries of Battlement Mesa.
2Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedWilliams Challenges GarCo Authority on Cuttings
The energy company contends the county requirement runs contrary to COGCC rules allowing burial of the cuttings on site if they don’t exceed state standards for contaminants. It argues that state authority preempts county authority in the case.
17Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedPolicy Updates from Across the State
>> Garfield Cty May Fund Battlement Mesa Health Study
>> State Lawmaker Wants to Clean Up Co-Op Elections
>> La Veta Wind Farm Rejected
>> Solar Proposal for Saguache County Meets Opposition
>> Ouray Micro-Hydro Project Gets Stimulus Cash
>> Four Corners Saga: The Navajos’ Environmental Fight
Oil & Gas Updates From Around the State
>> BLM Lease Sale Nets Third Smallest Total Since 1970
>> Battlement Mesa Residents: Health Study Before Drilling
>> Sportsmen Groups Praise Decision to Defer Lease Sale
>> Use of “Disposal” Wells Likely to Increase
>> Experts Highlight Q3 Growth in Natural Gas Industry
