Sharon Dunn | The Greeley Tribune, Colo. Several yards behind the Bill Barrett Corp.’s corporate offices in west Greeley, the massive soundwalls surrounding a drilling rig serve as a daily reminder that oil and gas is permeating a lot more neighborhoods. John Ed Singleton, superintendent of Bill Barrett’s DJ Basin operations, strides easily across the office, the rig peaking through ...

Sharon Dunn | The Greeley Tribune, Colo. Dozens of Weld County residents took advantage of a rare opportunity on Monday to voice their concerns to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which came to Greeley for the first time this year to conduct its monthly meeting. The commission, which is in charge of managing the state’s mineral resources, typically ...

Sharon Dunn | The Greeley Tribune, Colo. Platteville rancher Roy Wardell was asking questions long before an earthquake shook the ground around Greeley. The oil and gas wastewater injection well proposed near his ranch would be the sixth in the immediate proximity to his small operation. It only made sense that adding another high pressure well in a line of ...

Sharon Dunn | The Greeley Tribune, Colo. A new study by an energy initiative at Duke University shows that Colorado’s booming oil and gas industry has had a positive impact on public finances to date. The study looked at several oil plays throughout the country, finding for the most part that public finances have not been negatively impacted, though a ...

Zach Koppang | Shale Plays Media Although the Wattenberg Field in Colorado has been in development since its discovery in 1970, it continues to show promise for both operators and investors according to a recent article by the Motley Fool. The deployment of hydraulic fracturing in the area has led to a resurgence in profitability for companies like Synergy Resources ...

Sharon Dunn | The Greeley Tribune A Greeley company whose wastewater injection well was linked to a 3.4 magnitude earthquake two months ago will be able to resume injecting after plugging about 400 feet of the well to keep water from flowing into a fault. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, announcing Thursday that NGL Water Services could resume ...

Zach Koppang | Shale Plays Media The Denver Post has reported that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ordered the shutdown of an oil and gas wastewater disposal site after a second earthquake within a month was detected. The latest earthquake occurred Monday and registered a 2.6-magnitude. Just last month an earthquake with a 3.4-magnitude was detected in Weld ...

The Associated Press As rent prices in northern Colorado hit an all-time high this quarter, Greeley’s average rate rose 12.6 percent over the same time period last year. The average rent in Colorado hit an all-time high of $1,026, according to a news release from the Colorado Division of Housing. That price is up from last year’s first-quarter average rate ...

By T.M. Fasano | The Greeley Tribune, Colo. Negotiations on possible legislation regarding local control over oil and gas operations are continuing between Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office and various stakeholders, but calling a special legislative session on the issue is still up in the air. Colorado House Majority Leader Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Boulder, who has been involved in the ...

By Nate Miller | The Greeley Tribune, Colo. No one really knows what Willie Sutton said about why he robbed banks. As the story goes, a reporter asked the famous outlaw why he did it. Sutton’s alleged reply: “I rob banks because that’s where the money is.” He later denied saying it, but the quip was so good that it ...