All Posts Tagged With: "Battlement Mesa"

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Tracking Oil and Gas News …

>> Lease Auction Generates Nearly $9 Million
>> Salazar Seeks Ways to Boost Drilling, Alternative Fuels
>> State Fines Kinder Morgan for Drilling Without Permits
>> Battlement Mesa Citizens Want Health Risks Examined
>> COGA Enhances Online Presence

21May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Raising 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 | Continued
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Encana 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 | Continued
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Garfield County Votes to Intervene in Drilling Plans

Residents of the Silt Mesa and Peach Valley areas this week won the support of two Garfield County commissioners in a fight to keep a gas drilling company from greatly increasing the density of gas wells in the neighborhoods.

11Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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 | Continued
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Western 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

30Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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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

17Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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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 | Continued
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Williams 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 | Continued
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Policy 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

18Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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

16Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Colorado Energy News Interview –
Dave Neslin of the Colorado Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission

The Executive Director of the state agency in charge of regulating the energy industry tackles several issues in this exclusive Q&A with CEN Editor David Hill, including the investigation of water well contamination on the West Slope; how companies are complying with the new drilling regs — and much more.

21Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Natural Gas Production Sparks New Outcry

The natural gas industry in the West would seem to have enough problems already, with gas prices at record lows and a more restrictive set of regulations promulgated by the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission having taken effect this year. But now, this supposedly green source of electricity is coming in for renewed, intense scrutiny for its environmental impacts.

19Oct2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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