All Posts Tagged With: "Colorado Oil and Gas Association"
Higher Drilling Fines a Step Closer
The House Finance Committee voted 7-5 to increase the drilling fines from a maximum $1,000 a day to a maximum $15,000 a day. The Democratic sponsor of the fine hike says Colorado’s 1955 fine schedule leaves the state far behind fellow energy-producing states.
28Mar2013 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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.
6Mar2013 | 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
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.
11Nov2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Commerce City Puts Fracking Decision on Hold
The council has taken a 30-day “timeout” from its review of whether it should ban hydraulic fracturing for six months. It wants to hear from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission as well as from industry representatives before it makes a decision on what to do longterm.
21Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Caution on Local Fracking Policies
We’re not surprised that some Front Range counties are developing local regulations to govern oil and gas leasing as exploratory activity in the Niobrara formation begins to encroach on populated areas. Nor do we necessarily consider all such initiatives misguided. Energy development can involve noise, traffic and other activity that has an impact on a community’s quality of life. Having said that, however, we believe counties should proceed with caution.
7Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
CEN In-Depth —
The 1031 Exchange in the Oil and Gas Industry
The 1031 exchange is alive and well in the oil and gas industry, tax and financial experts said at a recent presentation, and despite the complicated and inflexible nature of the exchanges, the program is working as Congress intended.
25Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
COGA Chief Backs National Industry, Says EPA Never Set Rules For Diesel Use In Fracking
Tisha Schuller, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), said the probe conducted by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and submitted to the EPA was correct in assuming the use of diesel is covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but fracking wasn’t addressed.
5Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Industry Group Drops Lawsuit Over
Drilling Regulations
Two years ago the Colorado Oil and Gas Association filed suit against the state after then-Governor Bill Ritter signed House Bill 1292 into law. “We are confident that going forward we will have a place at the table and our concerns will be fairly considered,” Tisha Conoly, COGA Pesident and CEO said.
5Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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 ...