Pioneer Energy takes aim at unwanted 'flared' natural gas in oil fields
Robert Zubrin, founder and president of Pioneer Energy Inc. in Lakewood, has spent decades working on aerospace projects aimed at interplanetary travel, including more than 60 contracts for NASA. And...
View ArticleLakewood firm's mobile device takes aim at flared gas
Robert Zubrin, founder and president of Pioneer Energy Inc. in Lakewood, has spent decades working on aerospace projects aimed at interplanetary travel. And along the way he and his team have developed...
View ArticleProposal to halt Colorado oil & gas ballot fight includes ending Longmont...
A key element of a tentative deal announced Monday by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis involves ending lawsuits between the state and the city of Longmont that focuses on how...
View ArticleWhat they’re saying about the call to stand down on Colorado's oil and gas...
Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis announced on Monday a tentative deal to halt a steadily escalating arms race surrounding ballot measures aimed at Colorado’s oil and gas industry — but...
View ArticleOpposing Colorado oil and gas ballot campaigns move ahead without a...
Despite a morning announcement that officials had reached a deal to pull down four potential ballot initiatives related to the oil and gas industry, Monday ended without the sides behind the measures...
View ArticleColorado's fracking debate calms; both sides agree to Hickenlooper deal
Both sides in Colorado’s debate over oil and gas operations and hydraulic fracturing stood down late Monday, with announcements that they would pull their initiatives from consideration by voters this...
View ArticleOil and gas execs plan more public outreach, even without ballot battle
The massive effort to communicate the technicalities of the oil and gas industry to Colorado voters isn’t finished, despite the end of a looming campaign fight over ballot initiatives this fall,...
View ArticleHickenlooper hopes oil and gas legislation will avoid 2016 Colorado ballot fight
The success of the new task force charged with finding a middle ground on Colorado’s contentious local control issue will be determined by the legislation that it recommends, Gov. John Hickenlooper...
View ArticleColorado oil and gas commission to withdraw suit against Longmont
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Thursday voted to seek the dismissal of its lawsuit against Longmont over that city’s 2012 oil and gas regulations, meeting one of the conditions of...
View ArticleJudge strikes down another Colorado town’s ban on fracking
A Larimer County district judge on Thursday struck down a voter-approved, 5-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, and the storage of waste produced by the technique, within the borders of Fort...
View ArticleDenver International Airport serves almost 26 million passengers for first...
Denver International Airport traffic hit 25.9 million passengers during the first six months of 2014, rising 2.1 percent over the first six months of 2013. “Denver International Airport finished the...
View ArticleXcel’s Colorado results slip
Xcel Energy Inc. reported a slip in second-quarter earnings per share attributed to its Colorado operations from a year earlier. The Minneapolis-based utility (NYSE: XEL) is Colorado’s largest retail...
View ArticleDBJ Exclusive: A conversation with Encana president & CEO Doug Suttles
Encana Corp. (NYSE: ECA), one of Colorado’s biggest oil and gas companies with about 1,000 employees in the state, has been at the center of crafting the state’s new rules to cut air pollution from...
View ArticleBig Anschutz-backed Wyoming wind farm gets key permit
Developers of a massive wind-power installation backed by Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz have obtained permission from Wyoming authorities to build and operate what may be the biggest wind farm...
View ArticleQ&A with Encana's CEO on Colorado's averted ballot war
Doug Suttles — president and CEO of Encana Corp., the Canadian oil and gas giant with a major office in Denver — has overseen a dramatic turnaround for the company in the last year. Following a...
View ArticleGoing to DIA Aug. 22-24? Plan to be nimble during short road closure
If you’re dropping off passengers at Denver International Airport during Aug. 22-24, be aware that the normal drop off on the east side of Jeppesen Terminal will be closed for about 30 hours that...
View ArticleBLM schedules next oil and gas lease sale in Colorado for November
The federal Bureau of Land Management will offer leases on 24 parcels of land totaling 6,797 acres during its quarterly oil and gas lease sale in November. The sale is scheduled for Nov. 13 at 9 a.m....
View ArticleColorado oil and gas industry competition seeks cleantech innovation
The Colorado Cleantech Industries Association has teamed up with some of the state’s biggest oil and gas companies — Noble Energy, Encana and ConocoPhillips — on a national and international search for...
View ArticleColorado startup smooths flow of water-rights information in West
A startup company with its roots in mining and analyzing data about the oil and gas industry has turned its sights on another critical commodity: water in the West. Water, in Colorado and much of the...
View ArticleUnited Airlines commits to DIA through 2035
Denver International Airport and United Airlines have reached an agreement to extend the airline’s lease through 2035, alleviating worries about one of the airport’s biggest operators. Officials said...
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