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Saunders Construction teaming up with N. Colorado's Heath Construction
Centennial’s Saunders Construction Inc. will be the 50-50 owner of Heath Construction Co. in Fort Collins in a deal that will allow both companies to expand in the fast-growing Northern Colorado...
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Solar operation helps E-470 save
When the staff that oversees operations and maintenance of E-470 started thinking about ways to save money, attention soon drifted to the open land along the 47-mile tollway. The land is exposed to the...
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Doubling hydropower doesn't mean new dams, says Energy Secretary Moniz at...
A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy about the nation’s ability to double the amount of hydroelectric power it can produce doesn’t mean the Obama Administration wants to embark on a...
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Udall addresses Colorado fracking fight; Gardner fires back
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall says he’s hopeful that weeks of negotiations involving Colorado’s oil and gas industry, local officials, environmental groups and Gov. John Hickenlooper will result in a negotiated...
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Colorado already cutting CO2 ahead of EPA proposed rules
Colorado may be far ahead of the curve when it comes to complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rules to cut the nation’s carbon dioxide production by 30 percent below 2005...
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What they're saying in Colorado about the EPA's proposed power-plant CO2 rules
Colorado may be far ahead of the curve when it comes to complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rules to cut the nation’s carbon dioxide production by 30 percent below 2005...
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Xcel sues Boulder over council vote creating city-owned utility
Xcel Energy Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the city of Boulder, arguing that the city council went too far last month when it voted to create a city-owned utility. The suit, filed Tuesday in Boulder...
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Oil and gas companies have jobs to fill, and some are poaching from competitors
The oil and gas industry is growing fast, and 66 percent of the world’s energy companies are poaching employees from each other to support their expanding operations. That's according to a new...
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Interview: Ardent Mills CEO on why flour giant picked Denver for HQ
When new flour-milling giant Ardent Mills was looking for a home, Denver stood out for a number of reasons, CEO Dan Dye says. The joint venture of ConAgra Foods Inc., Cargill Inc. and CHS Inc., with...
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Denver's Escalera Resources plans $1.8B gas-to-liquids plant; among nation's...
Escalera Resources Co., a Denver oil and gas company, is planning to build a $1.8 billion plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to convert natural gas into liquids, specifically diesel fuel. If completed, it...
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Newmont Mining shuts down Indonesian copper, gold mine over tax dispute
Newmont Mining Corp., one of the world’s biggest gold miners, has shut down its Batu Hijau mine in Indonesia, and about 80 percent of its 4,000 workers will be placed on leave and given reduced wages....
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Energy boom means gusher of jobs — and poaching
Denver’s oil and gas industry is booming, but with a shortage of experienced people in the field, companies increasingly are looking to their competitors to find talent. “I don’t see any signs of...
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Interview: Newmont Mining's CEO on cuts, a stalled merger and gold prices...
Gary Goldberg took the reins at Newmont Mining Corp., the world's second-biggest gold producer, in March 2013 as the economy was gaining, worries about the Great Recession were easing — and gold prices...
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Hickenlooper believes he has found compromise on local drilling regulation;...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and his staff will spend this weekend trying to convince business and energy-industry leaders to accept a compromise plan giving more regulatory control over drilling to...
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Opposition grows to Hickenlooper's local control compromise on oil and gas
Several Colorado business groups — and grassroots anti-fracking activitists — say Gov. John Hickenlooper's latest proposal to give local governments more control over oil and gas operations raises...
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NGL Energy Partners buys Morgan Stanley’s stake in Denver’s TransMontaigne
NGL Energy Partners LP has picked up an ownership stake in TransMontaigne Partners L.P, an oil storage, marketing and transportation company. NGL (NYSE: NGL), based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will pay Morgan...
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Colorado Oil and Gas Association rejects latest Hickenlooper compromise on...
Broad support from the energy industry for the latest proposal by Gov. John Hickenlooper to give local governments more control over oil and gas drilling and head off potentially devastating ballot...
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Text: COGA's statement rejecting oil and gas compromise
The Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) on Tuesday issued a statement regarding the latest compromise proposal on local governmental control of oil and gas operations across the state. Here is...
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Campaign-finance complaint filed against two groups backed by U.S. Rep. Polis
Coloradans for Responsible Reform, the business-backed group that’s opposing nearly a dozen ballot initiatives that take aim at Colorado’s oil and gas industry, has filed a complaint against two...
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Denver International Airport rakes in record annual revenue
Denver International Airport had a record money-making year in 2013, posting $764.6 million in revenues, up 4.7 percent from 2012, when the airport reported revenues of $730.1 million, according to...
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