Posts in Hydrolic Fracturing

Nov 03 USGS Determines that Gas Wastewater Likely Triggered 2011 Quake in Colorado

Underground disposal of wastewater from gas production likely triggered a moderate earthquake in Colorado in 2011, the U.S. ...

Oct 28 COGA Agrees to Drop Lawsuit Against Longmont Frack Ban

The Colorado Oil and Gas Association is dropping its lawsuit against Longmont over regulations the city council approved in 2012. ...

Oct 24 Hickenlooper Oil and Gas Task Force Identifies Priorities

The gubernatorial task force charged with reducing land-use and local-control conflicts over oil and gas drilling in Colorado ...

Jul 24 Pro-Oil Group Calls Fracking Opponents Stupid

A conservative group is trying a new tactic in Colorado's war over fracking: Call the other side idiots. That's what a 60-second ...

Jun 02 Fracking Wells Possible Culprit of Texas Earthquakes

Energy companies deny a direct link between the earthquakes and the wells, citing a lack of evidence. The vast majority of the ...

Jun 02 Oil and Gas Companies Erecting New Types Of Walls Around Drilling And Frack Sites

Made of earthen-color fabric on steel frames up to 32 feet high and 800 feet long, the walls shield industrial machinery from a ...