Gas and Oil – The Durango Herald

La Plata County to receive backlog for oil and gas royalties

BP American agrees to pay $322,154

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hopis reject political establishment in vote for top leaders

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A small northern Arizona tribe has chosen new leadership as it faces the loss of coal royalties that make up a huge chunk of its budget. Tim Nuvangyaoma won the...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

Methane levels spike in man’s water near Ignacio

Resident searches for cause, source of pollution

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Environmentalists target methane emissions in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in New Mexico are higher than what state and federal regulators have measured and the failure to capture the pollution is ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Foes of Obama oil, gas rule ask court to reconsider ruling

DENVER – Opponents of some Obama-era oil and gas regulations say a decision by a federal appeals court in Denver could allow those rules to go into effect temporarily, even though the Trump ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. Department of Interior likely to rescind plan for region’s oil, gas

Pending BLM plan in Southwest Colorado could evaporate

DATE: Nov 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New hiring marks possible turning point for Four Corners energy industry

FARMINGTON, N.M. – Jobs in the energy industry are slowly coming back to northwest New Mexico, marking a shift after several setbacks in commodity pricing and market demand for U.S. oil and ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Controversy burns over methane rule

Interior Department seeks one-year delay; local activists to rally in support of regulations

DATE: Nov 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Natural gas drilling may never boom again for Western Colorado

The one constant in the oil and gas industry is the boom-bust cycle. Prices spike, drillers rush in. Prices drop and the drilling ends. But what if the boom doesn’t come back? ...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business