RANGELY | The economic feasibility of building an off-channel dam and reservoir next to the White River between Rangely and Meeker at a cost of $119 million to $191 million was questioned last Wednesday at a meeting in Rangely.
Tag: Oil & Gas
Tolley inducted as Association of Energy Service Companies president today
RANGELY | On Thursday, Aug. 2 Rangely’s Sam Tolley will be inducted as president of the Association of Energy Service Companies, a membership-based organization geared at supporting energy extraction companies. They also publish Well Servicing Magazine. AESC Executive Director Kenny Jordan said, “We are excited to have Sam represent not[Read More…]
UPDATED: Stewart Gulch fire 100 percent contained
STEWART GULCH FIRE Location: 16 miles SW of Meeker in Rio Blanco County Size: 62 acres Cause: Lightning Containment: 100 percent contained as of Saturday, July 28 A wildland fire in Stewart Gulch/Sprague Gulch area was reported Tuesday afternoon at approximately MM 15 of County Road 5/Piceance Creek. The location is[Read More…]
Wildfire near Sprague Gulch in Piceance Basin
A new fire ignited near County Road 5 and Sprague Gulch in the Piceance Basin the afternoon of Monday, July 9. Per the RBC Sheriff’s Office, the fire is on BLM land at this time. Air assets are conducting retardant drops to slow the growth. BLM, RBSO and Meeker Fire[Read More…]
County expected to receive $7.2 million from Anvil Points fund
RBC | Rio Blanco, Garfield, Moffat and Routt counties are finally going to get some money back from the Anvil Points Oil Shale Trust Fund. The fund was originally established to collect oil and gas lease revenues to be set aside for cleaning up the former federal Anvil Points Oil Shale[Read More…]
25,582 acres of RBC land may be offered in oil and gas lease sale
RBC | As part of the Administration’s priority to make America safe through energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments as it considers offering 64 parcels totaling 58,694 acres of federal minerals in northwestern Colorado in the June 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. “The[Read More…]
Guest Column: Attorney praises Hickenlooper, Zinke for sage grouse actions
By Kent Holsinger Special to the Herald Times RBC | There are many ruffled feathers about the U.S. Department of the Interior’s efforts to revise land use plan amendments for greater sage-grouse. But critics are telling only part of the story. Greater sage-grouse inhabit some 165 million acres across 11[Read More…]
Utah air quality regulations could affect western RBC air quality
RBC | The Utah Division of Air Quality (DAQ) held a hearing on proposed new and amended regulations to modernize and improve the state’s oversight of oil and gas operation emissions on Oct. 25 in Vernal, Utah. A previous hearing was held on these rules in Salt Lake City on[Read More…]
Commissioners oppose proposed statewide regs on air quality
RBC | County commissioners have drafted a letter to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in regard to proposed rules for air quality that would apply the same rules for combatting ozone levels to the Western Slope and the Front Range. Proposed revisions to Regulation No. 7 would[Read More…]
Oregon natural gas facility could have an impact on RBC economy
RBC | Hundreds of miles northwest of Rio Blanco County, just north of the small town of Coquille, Ore., sits the port of Coos Bay, a harbor within a seven-mile long channel leading to the Pacific Ocean. This port is home to a big project which Rio Blanco County Commissioner[Read More…]
Piceance Energy Action Council expands coverage
RBC | In an effort to expand their mission and further educate the people of Colorado on responsible oil and gas development, the Piceance Energy Action Council (PEAC) is growing and changing its name. PEAC is now CREAC: the Colorado Rural Energy Action Committee. “We understand that oil and gas[Read More…]
Full-scale emergency exercise a success, and a learning experience for all involved
RBC| The Piceance Basin in Rio Blanco County encompasses a vast swath of acreage. Beginning at the Colorado State Highway 13 turnoff, County Road 5 winds through the basin to emerge between Meeker and Rangely on Highway 64. At first glance the basin appears to be primarily agricultural, at least[Read More…]
