Gas and Oil - The Durango Herald

Heftier costs for drillers violating regulations appears to be working

A state law passed in 2014 raised the fines Colorado can impose on gas and oil producers found to be in violation of health, safety and environment regulations. By and large, it would seem t...

DATE: Jun 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Colorado’s new, higher oil and gas fines are impacting industry

DENVER – Colorado is imposing heftier fines on energy companies as the state struggles to resolve conflicts between growing cities and big oilfields at their doorstep, an Associated Press an...

DATE: Jun 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agency: Measure would put most of state off-limits to wells

Passage of ballot measure would devastate economy, report says

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southern Ute’s Growth Fund director retires after 28 years

Bob Zahradnik helped tribe realize wealth in energy, real estate

DATE: May 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oil, gas leases sell for $5.2 million in HD Mountains

More than 6,000 acres leased in BLM’s sale

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Interior Department not forthcoming with data, critics say

Transparency failures include Gold King Mine spill

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. proposes to cut methane from oil, gas by nearly half

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration issued a final rule Thursday to sharply cut methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production, a key part of a push by President Barack Obama to reduce...

DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Groundwater monitoring on tap for talk Thursday

Effects of fracking, drilling to be discussed

DATE: May 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers OK bill to pay back oil, gas companies

Reserve funds will be tapped to make payouts

DATE: May 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fly-overs of La Plata County’s oil and gas areas underway

La Plata County residents near areas of oil and gas development may be visited from above in the following weeks as BP American Production Co. conducts an aerial safety survey. Th...

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

State owes oil and gas companies millions of dollars

Lawmakers scramble to address ‘crisis’ in waning days

DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Canadian officials hope to put “death grip” on fire

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta – Officials said Sunday they reached a turning point in fighting an enormous wildfire, hoping to get a “death grip” on the blaze that devastated Canada’s oil sands tow...

DATE: May 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday