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05/13/2008

Salazar sponsors bill to slow down oil shale development


DENVER - Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., said Tuesday that he will introduce a bill to slow down moves toward commercial oil shale development in the region. Read the entire story from the Associated Press on the examiner.com.

05/12/2008

Boom! Boom!


In western Colorado, an energy boom of unprecedented proportions has been layered on top of a thriving amenity economy. Which will come out on top? Read the entire story in the High Country News.

05/08/2008

National forest drilling plan approved near Silt


SILT, Colorado - Officials with the White River National Forest have signed off on a drilling plan that could allow a company to put six well pads on national forest lands about 14.5 miles south of Silt. Read the entire story from the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.

05/08/2008

Parker Basin parcel sells at auction for $391,400


More than 2,000 acres of federally held subsurface mineral rights in eastern Mesa County sold for $391,400 Thursday at a Bureau of Land Management auction in Lakewood. Earlier this week, ranch owner Robert Lapsley said gas wells atop his property could drive deer and elk from the area. Read the entire story from the Grand Junction Sentinel.

05/07/2008

Company pushes for start of gas line project in June


Proponents of the Bull Mountain pipeline, a 25.5-mile-long natural gas pipeline from Gunnison County to Garfield County, will ask the Mesa County Planning Commission tonight for a conditional-use permit. Read the entire story from the Grand Junction Sentinel.

05/07/2008

Oil and gas bill passes Colorado Senate


GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A bill that requires new rules for oil and gas disposal facilities away from state-regulated well pads has cleared the state Senate, according to a local group tracking the issue. Read the entire story from the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.

05/05/2008

Oil & wildlife: Crossing the line


Winter has loosed its grip on Colorado's Western Slope, and the elk and mule deer are climbing out of their canyon winter grounds and heading to the high country. On their trek, the herds will cross pipelines, drilling rigs, waste ponds and freshly cut roads — all part of the state's booming, $23 billion-a-year oil- and-gas industry. Read the entire story from The Denver Post.

05/04/2008

Shell makes run on water


In its quest to melt oil out of western Colorado's shale, Royal Dutch Shell has been buying up land and water rights in anticipation of what is likely to be a thirsty new industry. Some officials, however, worry that the demands of the oil-shale industry could drain every drop of the region's remaining water. Read the entire story from The Denver Post.

05/04/2008

GOP senators push for oil shale development


GLENWOOD SPRINGS - U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard has joined other Republican members of Congress in pushing for more domestic energy production by removing barriers to oil shale leasing in Colorado and other parts of the region. Read the entire story from The Pueblo Chieftain.

05/02/2008

BLM withdraws proposed energy leases in southern Colorado


DENVER (AP) - Federal officials are withdrawing most of the proposed oil and gas leases up for sale in a May 8th auction. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Friday that it will defer offering leases on 144,000 acres out of the original 175,430 acres. The parcels withdrawn are in the Rio National Grande Forest in southern Colorado. Read the entire story from the AP on KJCT8.com.

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