Angled oil, gas wells growing more popular in Colorado

RBC (AP) — Energy companies in Colorado are increasingly turning to directional drilling, a technique that reduces environmental damage and simplifies land-use negotiations by using a single site to sink multiple wells.
Nearly 57 percent of the state drilling permits issued through early December were for directional drilling, compared with 47 percent last year and 41 percent in 2005.
“From a landowner and environmental point of view, it decreases the surface impact,’’ said Doug Hock,…