All Posts Tagged With: "OIL AND GAS"
West Slope’s Curry: “Energy a Priority in ‘09 Legislature”
The Democrat from Gunnison wants the issue of how the state assists communities impacted by oil and gas development addressed in the new session.
24Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedState’s Oil and Gas Industry Warns of Tough Times
The industry here and across the country faces other challenges as Colorado revamps its oil and gas regulations and Democrats take over the White House and expand their control in Congress and state legislatures. “What will (a Barack Obama) presidency mean to energy? Only time will tell …”
10Nov2008 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedOil Investments Leaking Badly
Oil stocks have been slammed hard of late. A combination of lower crude prices, the credit crisis and massive liquidations of hedge and mutual fund portfolios are behind their downfall.
6Nov2008 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedTraditional and New Energy Programs Offer Career Opportunities
Arapahoe Community College is offering a new solar energy training program to prepare those wanting a career in solar installation; while the University of Colorado at Denver’s Business School has developed a master’s program aimed at shaping future managers and CEOs of energy companies.
29Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
ConocoPhillips Transitions to New Energy Tech
“Our ability to recruit and retain the kind of scientists and researchers who can develop the next generation of energy is key and one reason why we are creating a new 400-acre global technology center outside of Denver, and why budgets have gone up,” says Stephen Brand.
25Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedEnergy Revenues Put Garfield County in Strong Position for 2009
You can thank the booming oil and gas industry for the county’s current strong financial position. “We are in an excellent position and certainly a lot of that comes from oil and gas revenues,” says Ed Green, Garfield County manager.
23Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedHousing Notification Must be Provided to Landowners in Mesa County
On Monday Mesa County commissioners approved a stipulation which will require gas drillers to notify land owners when drillers house up to 20 employees on the surface land owner’s property.
14Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedRules Process May Streamline Drilling Operations
The optional process will enable oil and gas developers to receive an exemption for their drilling from certain regulatory requirements - but only if they provide a comprehensive outline of their long-term plans for an area, identifying impacts and listing ways to minimize them.
5Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedBLM Issues Drilling Leases for Roan Plateau
It’s still uncertain when drilling could begin, because environmental analyses and public planning must be completed first. The plans also face a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups.
1Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedU.S. Energy Tax Policy: History and Current Issues
The current energy tax structure is dominated by revenues from a long-standing gasoline tax -which serves as a quasi user fee for the use of the highway infrastructure - and tax incentives for alternative and renewable fuels supply relative to energy from conventional fossil fuels.
1Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedCommentary: How The West Will Be Won
Energy is a close second to water as an issue in western states. Most of the west was founded on, and continues to support itself by, the extraction of coal, oil, gas and timber. Because much of the western lands are state owned, leasing state land brings revenue to the state, usually to its rural school systems.
29Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedAccuracy of Energy Royalities Collection Questioned
As part of its investigation, GAO conducted telephone interviews with Bureau of Land Management officials in Meeker; Vernal, Utah; Farmington, New Mexico; and and Pinedale and Buffalo, Wyoming.
17Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedDrilling Rights Harder to Obtain in Sellers’ Market
They are sites where oil companies that used to settle oil deals over a handshake now invest thousands of dollars in legal fees, engineering and settlements to appease hundreds of landowners, some whom may not be so willing to let an oil company dig even thousands of feet under their homes.
16Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedOil and Gas Worker Deaths Up Sharply
Experts say a dramatic increase in drilling, spurred by record-breaking oil and natural gas prices is partly to blame - but not the only reason. The number of workers in oil and gas jobs shot up from 290,000 in 2002 to 428,000 in 2007
15Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedCOGCC and Industry Improving Relationship?
According to Carpenter the hard work put in by several people was aimed at balancing the state’s energy boom with protection of Colorado’s natural splendor - and at the same time reduce the often heated rhetoric coming from both sides.
11Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued50 State Oil and Gas Rules Revised
“The Commissioners took steps this week toward adopting rules that will better balance oil and gas development with public health, welfare, and the environment,” said COGCC Acting Director David Neslin.
29Aug2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued



