- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 7, 2023
Natural Gas Kept Colorado Warm, Now Gov. Polis Wants to Abandon It For Intermittent Power
When a January cold snap kept highs across Colorado in the teens, Coloradans were grateful for natural gas to keep their homes and businesses warm and well lit.VIDEO Case Is Closed, Fracking Does Not Impact Water Quality in Colorado
In Aurora, Colorado, new residents are back on an old theme—arguing that fracking will hurt groundwater. Many of their claims are concerns that Energy in Depth first debunked more than a decade ago.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 4, 2022
Midterm Spotlight: Democrats in Colorado are Eerily Quiet on Oil and Natural Gas Ahead of Midterm Elections
With just four days until the 2022 midterm elections, it’s worth noting that during this election season, it’s been eerily quiet on any notable pushes to decrease oil and natural gas production in Colorado, a state trending blue with some of the nation’s toughest regulations.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 15, 2022
Renewable Energy Obsession Leading to Energy Rationing!
Renewable Energy Obsession Leading to Energy Rationing Vijay Jayaraj Research Associate: CO2 Coalition.. .… … … [Editor’s Note: Renewable energy being compulsively imposed on us by corporatists, ideologues and special interests without concern for impacts is yielding energy rationing.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 24, 2022
Back to School: Colorado Leaders Discuss the Need to Educate Consumers About Energy Issues
In a heated political environment, energy issues—from fracking to natural gas bans and energy access—can quickly become contentious topics. Even so, it is important for the industry and its partners to find ways to talk with the public about energy issues and how policies to restrict energy choice would affect business and household budgets.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 6, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – August 6, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – August 6, 2022 Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 30, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – July 30, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – July 30, 2022 Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 26, 2022
Polis Calls Incoming Regulatory Hammer From Ozone Announcement “Good News”
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is touting his decision to let the Environmental Protection Agency downgrade the state’s ozone attainment level, calling it “good news” that a wave of new regulations will have economic consequences, including in the state’s oil and natural gas sector.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 11, 2022
Welcome Back to Colorado, Sec. Haaland, Where Are Those Lease Sales?
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is back in Colorado today to talk about infrastructure investment with Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Rep.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 4, 2022
NaturalGasNOW Is A Great Investment If You Value Honesty
NaturalGasNOW Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. NaturalGasNOW has an agenda. We’re not afraid to say so. We advocate for natural gas development; it’s good for our economy, our environment and our nation!Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – August 7, 2021
natural gas now Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 22, 2021
Real Talk: “Early Summer” Passed Long Ago
It’s now been six months since President Biden issued Executive Order 14008 and more than a month since a federal judge ruled that order is actually an illegal ban on federal leasing.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 15, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – May 15, 2021
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 17, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – April 17, 2021
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – March 6, 2021
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 1, 2021
Reason vs. Imagination: The War Among Us That Never Ends
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Reason has exacted its price in Aspen, Colorado, with a recent Earth First attack on the city’s gas lines, depriving trendy folks of heat.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 16, 2020
Study Finds “Significant Fiscal and Economic Losses” for Western States Under a Federal Lands Fracking Ban
A fracking ban on federal lands like the one advocated by the Biden presidential campaign would severely harm the economies of eight western states, according to a new study by the Wyoming Energy Authority.Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – October 31, 2020
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2020
Colorado Emissions Roadmap Acknowledges Crucial Role Of Oil & Natural Gas
Last week’s Air Quality Control Commission hearing revealed deep ideological divisions among its members, but also an acknowledgement that oil and natural gas should play a crucial role in Colorado’s economy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
ICYMI: Will Allison’s Radio Interview With Ross Kaminsky On Setback Extensions In Colorado
Energy In Depth spokesman Will Allison was on the radio Friday morning with KHOW host Ross Kaminsky to discuss the recent decision by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to extend the setback distance of oil and natural gas operations in the state from 500 to 2,000 feet.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 21, 2020
Groups sue Trump administration over Colorado drilling
Six climate and environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over plans to expand drilling and mining across 1.7 million acres of public lands in southwestern Colorado, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 20, 2020
COGCC Aims for “Collaboration” and “Certainty” for Colorado’s Oil and Natural Gas Industry
The newly reorganized Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission is striving to successfully implement new industry regulations and seeking collaboration with stakeholders to provide a renewed sense of certainty for energy production in the state, according to COGCC’s commissioners during the 32nd Annual Energy Summit hosted by the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 14, 2020
Private Donors Are Funding Polis Administration Staff Positions In Controversial “Quid Pro Quo” Scheme
A blockbuster story from the Colorado Sun has revealed that private donors are paying the salaries of several key government staff positions in Gov.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 30, 2020
As Fracking Fight Fizzles in Colorado, Activists Say There is Always Next Campaign Season
Governor Jared Polis, Democratic leaders behind SB 181, Colorado Rising, and the oil and natural gas industry all agree that 2020 is not the year for a fracking fight in Colorado.Setbacks Are But A Fractivist Weapon When It Comes Oil and Gas
... … … [Editor Comment: Fractivists in Colorado and other states are using setbacks as a weapon to try to destroy the oil and gas industry and there is nothing fair about them.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 23, 2020
Famed Boulder Environmental Warriors Have Emissions Problem In Their Own Backyard
Well, this is awkward. Out of all the neighborhoods of the entirety of the United States, one zip code in Colorado’s own Boulder County is responsible for producing the most greenhouse gas emissions per person.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 13, 2020
Fringe Activists Seek To Ban Oil And Natural Gas With No Realistic Replacement Plans
Fringe environmental activists in Colorado and across the country continuously attempt to delay or stop completely oil and natural gas development and its related infrastructure, despite not having realistic plans to meet growing energy demand.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 22, 2020
CU Boulder Audit Reveals Activist Researcher’s Misconduct. Will Elected Officials Keep Defending Him?
Air quality researcher Detlev Helmig could face civil and criminal prosecution for mixing funding slated for university research with his personal business pursuits, according to an audit recently released by his former employer, the University of Colorado Boulder.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 17, 2020
Study: Background Sources, Not Oil and Gas, Main Contributors To Colorado Methane Emissions
Colorado’s methane emissions are coming from background sources in areas far from the state’s oil and natural production, according to a report recently published by the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 16, 2020
Anti-Fracking Efforts Keep Crumbling, Divisions Open In Colorado Senate Race
It’s gone from bad to worse for one of Colorado’s leading “Keep It In The Ground” groups, with split opinions setting the stage for potentially awkward alliances between the state’s anti-fracking forces and Democratic U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 12, 2020
Colorado group scraps plan for new O&G setback vote
A grass-roots Colorado environmental group has scrapped plans to seek an anti-fracking ballot measure in 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. Colorado Rising had been exploring several ballot initiatives for Nov.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 5, 2020
Air Quality Investigation Again Shows No Health Risks Near Colorado School
An investigation conducted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has once again shown that the air quality is safe around a local school in Greeley and nearby oil and natural gas wellsite.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 24, 2020
Federal Court Dismisses Anti-Industry Advocates’ Constitutional Challenge, Delivering Win for Colorado Families
Colorado families scored a big win in federal court last week when a judge granted a motion to dismiss filed by the natural gas and oil industry, effectively ending a lawsuit that would have greatly inhibited energy production, the Denver Post reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 24, 2020
COVID-19 Virus Being Fought with Methane Control Technology!
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) COVID-19 virus vaccine development, believe it or not, is being aided by methane control technology developed by an ever innovating oil and gas industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2020
Nine counties challenge tighter Colorado air rules
Nine rural counties in western Colorado have filed a lawsuit challenging state rules adopted last December to reduce unhealthy ozone pollution, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 10, 2020
Half of BLM workers agree to move from D.C. to Colorado
About half of the 179 Bureau of Land Management workers being shifted from Washington, D.C., to western Colorado by the Trump administration have agreed to the move and the other half has quit or left the agency, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 5, 2020
Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation Helps Lower Emissions in Colorado
The production of natural gas in Colorado and its use in electricity generation has grown significantly in the past decade at the same time emissions of key air pollutants have fallen dramatically, data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 3, 2020
Crude Oil Production; The Shale Revolution Takes A Hill and Dominates
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … A single graph of U.S. crude oil production suffices to show the sheer magnitude and beauty of the shale revolution, which has given us energy dominance.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 2, 2020
Five Things To Know About That New Colorado Emissions Study
University of Colorado researcher Detlev Helmig is out with another study falsely blaming oil and natural gas production for poor air quality in the Denver Front Range.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2020
Colorado Aims to “Electrify the Heck” Out of Everything, Gas Stovetops Potentially Targeted
A swift transition from natural gas-fired power sources to electrification has become a top priority for Colorado Gov. Jared Polis as leading officials in his administration aim to stop fossil fuel use by consumers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 26, 2020
Centennial sells disposal wells, infrastructure for $225M
Colorado-based independent producer Centennial Resource Development Inc. is selling its saltwater disposal wells and associated produced water infrastructure in Reeves County, Texas, to WaterBridge Holdings LLC for $225 million, Kallanish Energy reports.Lower 48 working-rig total gains one: Baker Hughes
The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week continued to hover around an average 760-rig mark, data from Baker Hughes Co.’s- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 18, 2020
Study: Those Who Live Near Oil & Natural Gas Production Most Likely to Support It
Coloradans living near oil and natural gas development are most likely to support this activity, while the industry’s biggest opponents tend to live in areas with little to no production, according to a new study.Bernie Sanders Comes To Colorado To Tell State’s Oil And Gas Workers That He Wants To Eliminate Their Jobs
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop in Denver this week with a clear message: if elected, his administration will work to ensure that Colorado’s oil and natural gas workers will be out of a job.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2020
ARB announces new connection to DJ Basin system
ARB Midstream’s DJ South Gathering LLC unit last week announced another expansion of its crude oil gathering and transportation system in the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2020
Top Colorado Environmental Official Admits State’s Ozone Strategy Is Flawed
Ever since assuming office in 2019, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has made shifting the state’s strategy on ozone pollution a top priority.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 17, 2020
Colorado House Speaker “Declines To Endorse New Ballot Measures” From Activist Group
“Keep It In the Ground” activist group Colorado Rising was apparently dealt a huge blow today when State House Speaker KC Becker refused to back its latest ballot initiative that would effectively ban oil and natural gas development, according to exclusive reporting from The Colorado Sun.Fracking ban would gut US economy: study
By 2025, the price of gasoline would double and government revenue would plummet by almost $1.9 trillion, according to What If … Hydraulic Fracturing Was Banned?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2019
Polis’ (And China’s) Christmas Gift to Coloradans: Ozone Non-Attainment
Colorado is set to get a big Christmas gift after Governor Jared Polish finally got his wish this week by successfully lobbying the Environmental Protection Agency to classify the state as a “serious” ozone pollution violator in a move aimed squarely at the oil and natural gas industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 18, 2019
The Grotesque Face of Global Warming Advocacy Today
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Global warming advocacy has descended to incredible depths with a grotesque video that involves the usual fractivist suspects showing zero respect for facts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
Defeat for New York AG Is Bad News for Boulder Climate Lawsuit
On Tuesday, New York Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager dealt a devastating blow to the “Exxon Knew” campaign that spells bad news for the activists pursuing climate litigation in Colorado.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
Four Things to Know About the Denver Post’s Latest Article on Emissions in Greeley
Oil and natural gas emissions have been a key topic of discussion in Colorado, especially as the state addresses its unique ozone situation and continues to study the health of residents living near development.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 22, 2019
Natural Gas Production, Consumption and Exports Soar, Fractivists Weep
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural gas exports and production are way up, but so is consumption. The shale revolution has truly delivered the promised “Golden Age of Gas.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 21, 2019
Weld County Elected Leaders and Residents Speak Out at COGCC Hearing
Ensuring Colorado has realistic, enforceable regulations for an industry that has significant economic impacts in the state was a major focus at this week’s public comment hearings hosted by the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 12, 2019
Oxy looking to sell Wyoming, Colorado assets: sources
Occidental Petroleum Corp is soliciting bids for oil and gas properties in Wyoming and Colorado acquired when it purchased Anadarko Petroleum, hoping the assets will bring up to $700 million, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 22, 2019
Colorado Health Agency Uses Pseudo-Science Modeling to Trash Fracking
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. A Colorado health agency, under the thumb of a fractivist governor, is using air quality modeling, with no connection to reality, to trash oil and gas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2019
Bison O&G closes term loan with Vӓrde Partners
Independent producer Bison Oil & Gas Partners II said Tuesday it’s closed on a $155 million term loan facility with global alternative investor Vӓrde Partners, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 10, 2019
Halliburton cutting 650 jobs in US
Oilfield services giant Halliburton said Wednesday it’s cutting another 650 U.S. jobs as oil and gas producers have slashed spending amid weak prices and investor demands for stronger financials, Reuters reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 1, 2019