Tag: Remediation
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Falsified data from Colorado oil and gas environmental consultants discovered
The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission reported Tuesday that two environmental consulting companies submitted falsified laboratory data reports for three oil companies’ oil well remediation projects. ECMC officials said that soil, groundwater, inorganic and organic contaminant data for about 350 oil and gas locations in Weld County was manipulated between 2021 and the summer…
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Colorado receives $25 million from the Department of the Interior to plug orphan wells
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is getting another $25 million from the Department of the Interior to assist in cleaning up and plugging 106 of more than 1,100 orphan oil and gas wells in the state to prevent methane leaks. The agency confirmed the grant last week in a…