Gas and Oil – The Durango Herald

New Mexico marks record for monthly oil and gas lease sale

SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Land Office has set a record for its monthly oil and gas lease sale, generating more than $43 million for public schools and other trust land beneficiaries. ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Backers of oil and gas drilling setbacks in Colorado lost at the ballot box, but are looking to a new blue statehouse

Party shift could change the fracking equation

DATE: Nov 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Energy company drops plans to drill under lake, dog park

DENVER – An oil and gas company that wanted to drill 14 wells that would extend underneath a Colorado lake has withdrawn its application amid public outcry over the proposal. The ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

US again backs off plan for drilling on Colorado public land

DENVER – The Trump administration is again shelving plans to allow oil and gas drilling on public land in Colorado after complaints from state officials and activists. The U.S. Bu...

DATE: Nov 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wyoming watching Colorado’s anti-fracking ballot issue

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Energy leaders in Wyoming are closely watching the fate of a Colorado ballot initiative that would severely limit fracking on non-federal land in that state. The ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Statewide setback controversy plays out in Battlement Mesa

Homes sit just 800 feet from pad

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver firm buys San Juan Basin oil wells

DJR Energy purchases assets from Encana for $480 million

DATE: Oct 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Suit challenges drilling on public land in Colorado, Utah

DENVER – Environmental groups have asked a judge to overturn the sale of drilling rights on public land in Colorado and Utah, saying the Trump administration didn’t consider the potential th...

DATE: Sep 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News