Last week’s American Petroleum Institute “State of American Energy” program provided hope that a bipartisan approach to contentious energy development issues may have a path forward in Congress. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO), both members of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, recently participated in an API panel earlier that covered
Read More...The Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission recently approved its Mission Change rulemaking series that was spurred by last year’s passage of SB 181 to overhaul industry regulations. With this rulemaking series complete, the oil and natural gas industry says that regulatory certainty is absolutely vital, as they continue to work alongside COGCC to protect
Read More...Colorado’s voters rejected a de facto ban on oil and natural gas development via extended setbacks by a wide margin in 2018. Nonetheless, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission is now leveraging the SB 181 rulemaking process to propose “a 2,000-foot buffer or setback – four times the current standard for urban areas.” It’s
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