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Chevron to give up NW Colorado oil shale lease
February 28, 2012 1:44 PM
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Chevron Corp. is giving up its experimental oil shale lease in northwest Colorado, saying it wants to free up its resources for other priorities. Company spokesman Cary Baird told the Grand Junction Sentinel that the company is working with the Bureau of Land Management to... more » -
Energy exploration sparks debate
August 16, 2011 8:02 PM
An oil boom is underway in our state but the drilling methods to reach it have many landowners concerned. The massive Niobrara oil shale deposit covers an area that begins near Colorado Springs and stretches north into Wyoming. It's buried 2 miles below the ground level and about a mile... more » -
Oil shale development gets new look
April 25, 2011 11:56 AM
DENVER (AP) - The Bureau of Land Management plans a series of hearings in the West on the impacts of oil shale development. The hearings begin Tuesday in Utah after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar decided to take a fresh look at a federal oil shale plan that was released in... more » -
Oil shale research for Colorado moves forward
October 13, 2010 7:16 PM
DENVER (AP) - The Bureau of Land Management says it has completed its review of three nominations for oil shale research leases on federal land in Colorado and Utah and is forwarding them to state offices for the next phase of review. BLM Director Bob Abbey said Wednesday that... more » -
Judge puts brakes on Colorado oil shale lawsuits
May 19, 2010 8:36 AM
A federal judge has grudgingly granted the federal government a ninth delay in responding to lawsuits challenging a plan to open nearly 2 million acres of public land in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado to oil shale development. U.S. District Court Judge John Kane granted the request last week, extending... more » -
Colorado seeks more on effect of developing oil shale
October 20, 2009 7:32 AM
A Colorado official says the state supports oil shale development but wants more information about the potential impacts on water, the environment and public health before commercial development begins. Bob Randall of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources says the state also wants the federal government to proceed slowly with... more »
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