All Posts Tagged With: "colorado oil and gas industry"
Encana: Strong liquids Growth to Balance Sources
of Cash Flow in 2013
Encana’s original 2012 plan to drill between 40 and 45 wells has been expanded to drill between 115 and 120 wells in 10 plays primarily focused on oil. The company is expecting to drill approximately 350 oil and liquids rich wells in 2013.
21Jun2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Market Value for Colorado-Produced Oil Surpasses Natural Gas
Driven by the expanding Niobrara Shale Play, Colorado oil production has reached 53,000 barrels a day, a whopping 90 percent increase in just three years, according to IHS Consulting. “The boom is going to present a real fiscal opportunity for Colorado,” said Mark Haggerty of Headwaters Economics.
21Jun2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Niobrara Update: State Land Board Solicits
Bids to Lease
The CLB is conducting a special sealed-bid oil and gas lease sale covering 5,638.51 acres located in a Weld County region known as the National Hog Farms property. The parcels are located in a producing oil and gas area and are considered to have excellent prospects. Bids are due to the State Land Board office in Denver by 4:00 pm July 9th.
21Jun2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Sierra Club’s
About-Face
Despite the influential environmental group’s sudden claims to the contrary, Colorado’s energy future should include the clean-burning, abundant fuel. Just two years ago, the influential Sierra Club heaped praise on Colorado’s Clean Air, Clean Jobs bill, which resulted in the conversion of Front Range coal-fired power plants to cleaner-burning, gas-fired operations.
11Jun2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
In-Depth Report Examines Niobrara Shale to 2020
Niobrara Shale in the US, 2012 – Oil Shale Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 highlights the exploration potential of the regional energy play, including an understanding of the essential parameters for leasing in the states of Colorado and Wyoming.
9Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State Agencies Set Public Meetings on
Oil and Gas Development
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission said the meetings will provide information about the regulatory roles of state agencies and existing regulations governing oil and gas development.
8Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The Road Ahead: Oil and Gas Wave
in Weld County
It’s the kind of oil-driven economic activity and abundance that Greeley and Weld County hope to see in the years ahead. Thanks to the emerging boom in the Niobrara shale formation, the region already is seeing lower county property taxes, added employment, revitalized roads and additional funding for education.
2Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Industry Group Responds to Colorado Public Health Study on Air Pollution From Fracking
Energy In Depth says that if you look past the ominous headlines that the study launch generated and examine the range of what it describes as ‘the strange assumptions forming the basis for the report,’ the conclusions are not only rendered fairly predictable, but also flawed.
21Mar2012 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Hickenlooper in Houston
Speaking during a press conference yesterday at an energy consulting firm’s annual meeting, Colorado’s Governor offered several comments about oil and gas regulation, a topic that has been consuming many Front Range communities.
8Mar2012 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
ROCKIES Oil & Gas Conference Set for April 12-13th
The 6th annual event will take place at the Grand Hyatt in Denver. Niobara and Bakken production, infrastructure and market outlook are the key areas of focus for the impressive speakers line-up. Learn more …
27Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Hickenlooper Looking Outside the Capital for
Oil and Gas Oversight
Spokesman Eric Brown said Hickenlooper is working with representatives of local governments and House Speaker Frank McNulty to create a group of stakeholders to talk about the issue and “explore a collaborative approach.”
26Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Piceance Basin Water Treatment Plant Proposed
The proposed facility would treat up to 24,000 b/d of produced water from Bopco LP’s Yellow Creek natural gas field and discharge up to 18,000 b/d into Yellow Creek. The BLM will accept public comment on the project through March 6th for
an environmental assessment it is preparing.
Americans Gaining Energy Independence with
U.S. as Top Producer
The country is the closest it has been in almost 20 years to achieving energy self-sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo triggered a recession and led to lines at gasoline stations.
10Feb2012 | admin | 1 comment | 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 ...