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GarCo to put heat on state for more answers in Divide Creek seep

By | 11.17.09 | 1:30 pm

The Garfield County commissioners continue to take potshots at the state over perceived lapses in oil and gas drilling enforcement for water contamination, deciding Monday to demand more answers in the now-infamous West Divide Creek benzene and methane leak of…

COGCC director: Unnecessary FRAC Act would spread staff too thin

By | 08.12.09 | 10:10 am

DENVER — When it comes to the safety of hydraulic fracturing– the “stimulating” of natural gas wells with high-pressure injections of water, sand and chemicals to free up more gas– Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director David Neslin argues the state has it covered.

What the FRAC? Ritter backs more study over federal oversight

By | 07.13.09 | 11:18 am

First he was accused of cozying up to the allegedly coal-crazed electric co-op Tri-State. Now Gov. Ritter is laying a big wet smooch on the admittedly dry (see Western Slope gas bust) lips of the oil and gas…

School of Mines claims former prof merely warned about public comments

By | 07.09.09 | 8:14 pm

A Colorado School of Mines spokeswoman late Thursday afternoon responded by e-mail to a story posted on the Colorado Independent earlier in the day in which Dr. Geoffrey Thyne said the school threatened to fire him over comments he…

Colo. School of Mines professor says he was threatened with firing over hydraulic fracturing comments

By | 07.09.09 | 1:31 pm

Dr. Geoffrey Thyne is no Ward Churchill. He’s a geologist and an academic with three decades of field work and experience as a research scientist in the oil and gas industry, including the last 13 years at Colorado School of Mines in Golden.