After Colorado residence voted against anti Frac Proposition 112 , Politicians have managed to bypass the will of the people with new anti frac regulations in the state.
Colorado Republicans hoping to delay the passage of bill to overhaul oil and gas regulations have demanded that an unrelated 2,000-page bill be read aloud in the Senate.
It’s ‘Not about Local Control, It’s about Total Control’: Weld County Commissioner Barb Kirkmeyer Intended to be a moratorium – bill’s sponsor says SB 19-181 rules apply to 4,500 Weld County drilling permits now pending approval.
Extraction spokesman Brian Cain said the company met with officials and a citizens task force more than 28 times over two years and adopted 95 percent of the task force’s recommendations. The buffer zone around the well site is four times the state requirement, he said,
He called Extraction’s operating agreement with Broomfield “the gold
Colorado’s Pooling Laws May Get A Major Overhaul.
A bill making its way through the state Legislature is challenging several long-standing practices within Colorado’s oil and gas industry, including “forced” or “statutory” pooling.
That’s when companies can drill in a certain area without consent from all associated mineral right owners. The practice has been around for decades, but is facing fresh criticism as Colorado’s population balloons and as neighborhoods creep closer to oil and gas development.
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