All Posts Tagged With: "groundwater"

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Encana Slams EPA Over ‘Not Factual’ Pavillion, WY, Water Draft Report

In a detailed press release to media, the energy company noted that many of the agency’s findings from its recent deep monitoring wells, including those related to any potential connection between fracking and Pavillion groundwater quality, “are conjecture, not factual, and only serve to trigger undue alarm.”

13Dec2011 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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EPA Draft Links Fracking, Groundwater Contamination in Wyoming Town

The finding set off calls for tighter rules on the fracking process. “This could be a game changer,” said Frank Smith, an organizer with the Western Colorado Congress, an environmental group. Not so fast said Wyoming officials, including the Governor.

9Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Both Sides Find Fault in Colorado Fracking Rule

Colorado’s proposed rule requiring drillers to disclose the ingredients in their fracking fluids drew fire from both environmentalists and industry representatives at a hearing Monday. While both sides supported the basics in proposal from the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, each sought changes to the rule.

6Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Important Updates From Around the State –

>> Weld County Energy Park Proposed
>> Uranium Mill Gets Final Regulatory Approval
>> Trinidad Wants Out of Lamar Coal Plant
>> Radioactive Water From Local Drilling Not Likely
>> New Well Casing Regulations Under Consideration

10Mar2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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AT ISSUE — Produced Groundwater:
Colorado’s Ongoing Controversy

The prospect that the owners of tens of thousands of oil and gas wells would need to permit or decree plans to replace depletions, or to prove their wells withdraw nontributary groundwater, on a well-by-well basis, is daunting, to say the least.

27Oct2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Oil and Gas Wells Under New Colorado
Water Policies

Before last year, the state did not administer water produced by coal-bed methane wells. The water in question is groundwater commonly found along the seams of coal from which methane gas is extracted. In the Arkansas River basin, for example, there are hundreds of wells located in Las Animas and Huerfano counties.

5Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Risky Race to Exploit Oil Sands
and Shales

With astonishing speed, US oil companies, Canadian pipeline builders, and investors from all over the globe are spending huge sums in an economically promising and ecologically risky race to open the next era of hydrocarbon development. As domestic pools of conventional oil and gas dwindle, companies are increasingly turning to “unconventional” fossil fuel reserves contained in the carbon rich-sands and deep shales of Canada, the Great Plains, and the Rocky Mountain West.

2Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy and Politics on the West Slope

It’s the latest move from Holy Cross Energy’s Turnbull that some observers say demonstrates a larger co-op culture that guards the status quo against any significant moves toward more environmentally friendly power generation.

8Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency Backlogged With Gas Contamination Cases

“Some of [the cases] date back several years, and I don’t want to make excuses, that shouldn’t be the case,” David Neslin, executive director of the COGCC which is charged with permitting and regulating natural gas and oil drilling in Colorado. “We do need to do a better job at bringing timely enforcement matters, and we’re committed to doing so.”

14May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA FRACKING STUDY to Take “Lifecycle” Approach to Analyzing Controversial Technique

The industry is particularly concerned about the EPA’s reference to a “lifecycle analysis” as part of the study. The agency has attempted a similar “lifecycle” approach to renewable fuels, with great controversy and little agreement among stakeholders as to the viability of such an analysis.

13Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Updates for Oil and Gas –

>> Support for Fed Fracking Study from Opposing Sides
>> State’s Producers Pump Up the Volume
>> La Plata County Water Attorneys Sue State Engineer
>> Planned Piceance Asset Sale Boosts Delta’s Stock
>> Black Hills’ New Plant To Use Less Water

21Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EnCana, COGCC Defend Investigation of Seep Near Silt

The company’s researchers and consultants have taken samples from eight locations, installed 23 monitoring wells and sampled water on Lisa Bracken’s property, much of it on a quarterly basis, EnCana spokesman Doug Hock said.

20Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Moffat County Funding Methane Research

Concerned about the issues surrounding coal-bed methane extraction in the San Juan, Raton and Piceance basins, the County recently approved signing a grant contract with the Colorado Water Conservation Board to survey local groundwater and aquifer conditions.

21Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued


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