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Boulder firm sees future in North Park
When Scott Martin and Rich McClure sold their oil and gas company, Ellora Energy Inc., for nearly $1 billion in 2010, a future of golf and skiing wasn’t in the picture. “I was too young to retire,”...
View ArticleDrive much? As U.S. oil production rises, gasoline prices trend lower
Crude oil production across the United States is expected to jump in 2014, to an average of 8.5 million barrels per day, and gasoline prices are expected to fall, according to the latest short-term...
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Colorado's High Sierra Energy grows after purchase by Oklahoma company (Video)
Denver’s High Sierra Energy L.P. was purchased by NGL Energy Partners LP of Tulsa, Okla., but the local company hasn’t faded away. It’s been busier than ever and continues to grow, according to James...
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New wildlife maps show project planners where animals are, and aren’t
Planners looking for locations to site big projects — including oil and gas facilities, pipelines, transmission lines or wind and solar farms — have a new, one-stop-shop for their first look at where...
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2014 legislative preview: Colorado's oil and gas industry will play defense...
The 2013 legislative session had its fights over oil and gas regulations, and — if the results of the November elections are any indication — the issues surrounding drilling in Colorado haven’t gone...
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High Sierra’s buying spree
Denver’s High Sierra Energy was purchased by NGL Energy Partners LP in June 2012, but the oil and gas service company hasn’t gone away. In fact, it’s busier than ever. High Sierra — which uses trains,...
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Want some fries for your gas tank? Colorado driver seeks out biodiesel
When it comes to alternative fuels in Colorado, compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) usually gets all the attention. But some drivers seek out other fuels, such as biodiesel — a...
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Want some fries for your gas tank? Colorado driver seeks out biodiesel
When it comes to alternative fuels in Colorado, compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) usually gets all the attention. But some drivers seek out other fuels, such as biodiesel — a...
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Anschutz Exploration names new president and COO
Anschutz Exploration Corp., the private oil and gas subsidiary of Denver’s Anschutz Corp., has a new leader. Joseph DeDominic, previously with Houston-based Sanchez Energy Corp. (NYSE: SN), will be the...
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Critics take aim at Colorado proposal to cut pollution by oil and gas industry
There once was a warm glow over a proposal to tighten Colorado's air quality rules for the oil and gas industry — a proposal presented in mid-November by Gov. John Hickenlooper, three of Colorado’s...
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Cargill chooses Northern Colorado for steel processing center, cites oil and...
Cargill Inc. will build a new steel processing center in Windsor, about 60 miles north of Denver, to feed the boom in Colorado’s oil and gas industry and an attendant rise in U.S. manufacturing. “By...
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Colorado PUC gets new member
Glenn Vaad has become the newest member of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. Vaad, a former state representative from Mead, was sworn in before an administrative law judge on Wednesday. He was...
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RTD's North Metro rail line gets new project manager
Ashland Vaughn has been named project manager for the Regional Transportation District’s new FasTracks North Metro rail line. He starts his new job on Jan. 12, RTD announced Wednesday. He replaces Jim...
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Colorado approves incentives for Ardent Mills HQ
Ardent Mills, the nation's biggest flour miller, will get incentives ranging from $600,000 to nearly $6 million for setting up the new company's headquarters in the Denver area. The Colorado Economic...
View ArticleColorado’s ag industry grows despite flooding
On the eve of the National Western Stock Show — Colorado’s biggest livestock exhibition — agriculture has come through the last few years of drought relatively well, with net farm incomes posting...
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Powering a bug with biodiesel: CU grad student learned to drive in a...
Jessica Farris drives a 2006 Volkswagen bug. A green one. Which is appropriate, since Farris, a journalism graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder, has a bent toward being green. The car...
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Cover story: Reinventing the National Western
As Denver readies for the 108th run of the National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show, Jan. 11-26, change looms for the historic showcase of Colorado’s western heritage. The rail line that first...
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More on the cover story: National Western Stock Show is a source of...
Whether you've been in Denver a lifetime, or a short time, January's annual National Western Stock Show makes memories. I grew up in Denver's southern suburbs, and remember as a kid marching in a line...
View ArticleColorado fracking fight gets new website, MoveOn money
Colorado’s fight over fracking is far from over, with an industry-back group creating a new website to answer questions about the technology, and liberal advocacy group MoveOn giving money to six...
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Natural gas power plants emit 40% less CO2 than coal plants, says study
Power plants fueled by natural gas release about 40 percent less carbon dioxide than coal-fired plants, according to a new analysis from scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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