Colorado's Oil Industry Is Still Booming, As The Industry Casts Wary Eye On Proposition 112
If passed, Proposition 112 will increase the minimum distance between new wells and homes, offices, rivers and playgrounds to 2,500 feet.
If passed, Proposition 112 will increase the minimum distance between new wells and homes, offices, rivers and playgrounds to 2,500 feet.
Shanann Watts’ Facebook page painted a portrait of a happy married life — of a woman dedicated to her husband and their two young children.
Most of the new information in the amended complaint comes from a whistleblower only identified as “Former Employee 7.”
Some people call it harassment. Others say it’s fair game under the First Amendment.
Each of the 260 orphaned wells will cost an average of $80,000 to clean up.
Mineral and royalty owners say there's about $180 billion in untapped oil in the Watternberg field.
Meanwhile, oppositional group Colorado Rising for Health and Safety has just $174,299.90 in cash on hand.
Anadarko Petroleum, the state’s largest driller, posted a profit in first quarter 2018 of $121 million.
Former Anadarko Petroleum cited in the suit say the company had only "a skeleton crew" left for safety and repairs.
Two weeks after an Anadarko contribution, Protect Colorado spent $550,000 on signature gathering for the upcoming election.