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2014.
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is directed to use a risk-based strategy to inspect oil and gas facilities. The Commissions risk-based strategy prioritizes the phases of oil and gas operations that are most likely to experience spills, excess emissions, and other types of violations for inspections. The purposes of a risk-based inspection strategy are to protect public health, minimize environmental contamination, detect spills before...
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2012.
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) currently has several rules, policies and procedures that, when implemented properly, are intended to result in wellbore integrity. "Wellbore integrity" is a system configuration, including casing, cement, annular fluid, and surface appurtenances (e.g., valves, piping, and emission control devices) to protect against infiltration and prevent the migration of oil, gas or water from one horizon...
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2016.
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This report summarizes the results of a 2016 survey designed to gather perceptions of people actively involved in oil and gas development that uses hydraulic fracturing in the United States from a diverse range of sectors and interests. The primary objective of the survey was to help understand policy issues and debates surrounding this issue.
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2009.
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Discharges of treated produced-water to surface waters are eligible for coverage under this general permit. There are two types of facilities generating these discharges. Exploration and Production (E&P) Waste Management Facilities are generally within an oil gas field; Commercial Disposal Facilities are generally offsite, receives E&P wastes and other types of waste waters.
10) A staff report to the Commissioners, "Lessons learned" in the Front Range flood of September 2013
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2014.
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This staff report analyzes and describes the "lessons learned" about Colorados oil and gas industry and the work of Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission during and after the flood of September 2013. The COGCC estimates that more than 5,900 oil and gas wells lie within 500 feet of a Colorado waterway that is substantial enough to be named. When these streams flood nearby oil and gas facilities are at risk of damage, spills, environmental...
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2015.
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This report summarizes the results of a 2015 survey designed to gather perceptions of people actively involved in oil and gas development that uses hydraulic fracturing in the United States from a diverse range of sectors and interests. The primary objective of the survey was to help understand policy issues and debates surrounding this issue.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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Senate Bill 13-202 mandated the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) use a "riskbased strategy for inspecting oil and gas locations that targets the operational phases that are most likely to experience spills, excess emissions, and other types of violations and that prioritizes more indepth inspections." To accomplish this, the COGCC created a "Risk-Based Inspections" report in February 2014.
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2015.
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Local level political activity in Colorado related to oil and gas development peaked in the late summer of 2014. This report examines the varied local political activity with two primary goals. The first goal is to describe the variety of political activity at the local level. The second goal is to explain the relationship between the level of oil and gas production in a local jurisdiction and the related local political activity. Political activities...