Polis, Stapleton try courting support from Colorado’s energy industry during summit

The two gubernatorial candidates spoke about their opposition to a proposed ballot on oil and gas well buffer zones during an energy convention in Denver.

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Hickenlooper, state legislators throw support behind anxious oil and gas industry

The industry is facing a looming measure that cut put limits on where new wells are placed.

1,350 oil, gas wells reactivated after fatal northern Colorado blast

Anadarko Petroleum said it inspected and tested pipelines connected to the wells before returning them to service.

Colorado raising taxes on oil, gas drillers by $4.8M

Colorado oil and gas regulators are raising taxes on energy developers to help pay for the environmental impacts of drilling.

Colorado debates new gas line rules after fatal explosion

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission opens two days of hearings on regulations for installing, testing and shutting down flow lines

Tests ordered after fatal explosion find 430 leaking pipelines near occupied buildings

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission said Thursday the number of pipelines that failed represents 0.35 percent of the lines tested.

Colorado to tighten pipeline rules after fatal gas explosion

It's one of seven steps recommended by state regulators who reviewed oil and gas operations at Hickenlooper's direction after the explosion.

“The war on American energy is over,” Secretary Ryan Zinke tells the Western Conservative Summit

Public lands belong to the public, and as such, they should be used for the financial value of their oil, gas and timber, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told the Western Conservative Summit.

EPA can’t delay methane rules laid down under Obama, federal judges rule

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Friday that the state had joined a lawsuit over the delay brought by environmental groups.

Anadarko says 99 percent of its gas lines passed tests after blast

Anadarko Petroleum said late Friday the pipelines that failed the test are being repaired and will be re-tested.

129,000 oil, gas lines identified near buildings in Colorado

Friday was the deadline for companies to test those lines for leaks, and about 9,500 test results had been made public by mid-day.

You can’t make money from the trees you don’t cut down, Interior Secretary Zinke tells Western governors

"There's a consequence of not using some of our public lands for creation of wealth and jobs," Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said.

Air pollution violations could cost Denver oil and gas company $10,000 a day

The air pollution contributed to ozone pollution along the Colorado Front Range, according to a civil complaint. Ozone can lead to smog.

Oil and gas company Noble Energy downsizes in Denver

Noble Energy to move 100 employees from Denver

One worker killed and 3 others hurt in Mead oil tank battery fire

The site is about 4 miles north of an Anadarko gas well in Firestone that was linked to a fatal home explosion in April.

After a fatal home explosion, Andarko is disconnecting all small pipelines from its wells

The action was voluntary. Colorado state regulators said they did not order it.

U.S. Senate saves Obama-era methane rule, but not with Cory Gardner’s help

No comment from U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner as Senate prepares to vote on methane rule

Colorado Republicans run out the clock on a bill to require disclosure of pipeline locations

Colorado Republicans used a late-night filibuster Monday to block a first-of-its-kind requirement that oil and gas producers provide the locations of all their gas lines.

In response to the fatal Firestone home explosion, Colorado lawmakers want a gas-well map

Two House Democrats have proposed a bill to force energy drillers to provide state regulators the locations of all their gas lines.