All Posts Tagged With: "Drilling permits"
Hickenlooper’s New Look COGCC
The newly revamped Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission under the Governor reflects a new era of “collaboration,” or a shift away from environmental protection. It just depends on who you ask and what their viewpoint is. The more likely outcome falls somewhere in the middle.
2Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
House Panel OKs Industry-Friendly Changes to Colorado
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
HB-1223 would add two members from the gas and oil industry to the nine-person commission. The COGCC used
to have seven members, with five from the energy industry, before former Governor Ritter led a change in 2007 to give more representation to environmental stakeholders.
2010 Oil & Gas Activity in Colorado —
The Full Report
Despite continued low natural gas prices and diminished economic activity, the industry fared better during 2010 than that in many other states, including our closest neighbors, in terms of drilling permits issued, new wells started, and active drilling rigs.
14Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Issued Nearly 6,000 Drilling
Permits in 2010
Despite continued insistence from some industry officials that the revised drilling regulations were driving away business from the state, Colorado issued 5,996 oil and gas drilling permits last year — the third-highest total on record.
5Jan2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Reality Check: New Drilling Regs Haven’t
Hindered Industry
It has been more than a year since Colorado stiffened drilling regulations for oil and gas operators following months of contentious debate … and, surprise … the industry didn’t fall off the cliff as was predicted by many opponents prior to the rules’ final approval. In fact, this year shapes up to be the second highest ever for drilling permits.
19Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Commission Expands Drilling Permit to Two-Years
Doug Hock, a spokesperson for EnCana Oil & Gas, which has major drilling operations in Colorado, said his company welcomes the decision “because it brings consistency between the federal and state permitting periods which, from a businss planning perspective, makes sense.”
2Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Gas Glut Threatens Clean Electricity Future
So what’s not to like about cheap energy? Plenty, if you’re a producer trying to make money off it. At $2.50 per 1,000 cubic feet — the lowest price level since March 2002 — gas is simply uneconomical to produce and market. That’s not a good thing for an energy source on which some are counting to replace coal in the next 10 years as the No. 1 fossil fuel for generating electricity in this country.
9Sep2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Colorado Drilling Permits to Drop Nearly 40% in ‘09
3,360 drilling applications had been approved by August 6th, and the agency expects that number to climb to 5,000 by the end of the year. Still, it’s almost a 40% drop from the record 8,027 drilling permits approved in 2008. What’s more, the COGCC report also says the number of active drilling rigs has dropped 60% from the 2008 peak.
2Sep2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
GOP Leaders Call on State to Extend
Energy-Exploration Permits for Bolstering Economy
Penry and Gardner are asking the Ritter administration to extend the shelf life of the Application for Permit to Drill to two years — a move that may already be under consideration, based on comments made last week by COGCC Executive Director Dave Neslin.
27Aug2009 | admin | 5 comments | Continued
Oil and Gas Drilling Permits on 2005 Pace –
Garfield County Still Leads
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission staff expects to approve about 5,000 drilling permits this year –- way off the record 8,027 approved in 2008 and much closer to the 4,364 permits approved in 2005. But a March record 1,475 applications were filed this year to get in under the old regs.
21Aug2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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