The City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) announced today that while Extraction was removing facility equipment associated with the Brozovich MA 8-10, Brozovich MA 8-15, and Brozovich MA 8-16J wells as required by the Operator Agreement, Extraction found historical contamination that will have to be remediated. It was reported by Extraction to CCOB and the Colorado Oil and Gas…
Drill Rig Will Move Off Livingston to be Closely Followed by Fracking By Jean Lim In separate announcements today, the City and County of Broomfield relayed that Extraction will be drilling on the Northwest A Pad at the same time that they are completing (fracking) two additional wells on Interchange B. That puts the residents of Northstar Estates in…
WVU Today, 11/12/19 After researching the impact of shale development on housing prices in Colorado, two WVU researchers stated that, “We find that shale development activity lowers housing prices, providing some evidence that residents in Colorado negatively value this activity.” This was “particularly for houses with private water and close proximity to the mountains.” Their research was just published…
Item 11f on the contract renewal for the Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) Program was removed from today’s Broomfield City Council agenda and will be heard later under the new Council. The new Council will be installed on Nov. 19 and the annual AQM contract expires on Dec. 31. In response to many health impacts like nosebleeds, nausea and headaches…
“Producers still doing a robust business, but to keep up they’ve had to borrow. And with fewer willing investors and declining prices, that business model is being put to the test.” By Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post 11/10/19 Please see the data and graphs in this 11/10/19 front page feature article from the Denver Post by using the link…
“Broomfield adds a new way to report health concerns potentially related to oil, gas facilities” 9 News, 11/6/19 The City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) rolled out an enhanced public health concern form and public health nurse followup program this week. In response to reports from residents living near the Extraction well pads of nausea, nosebleeds and headaches that…
Many residents questioned why there was a second smaller rig across from the Livingston Pad this past weekend. This morning, the City and County of Broomfield posted an announcement. It states that Extraction is plugging and abandoning Livingston 43-7 well for the next one to two weeks during daylight hours. The announcement also states, “This equipment could include an…
Efforts continue by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) to locate and repair Davis 43-6 well, a faulty plugged and abandoned well in Anthem Highlands that is under Graham Peak Way. The methane leak was detected in June during elevated routine soil gas measurements by the City and County of Broomfield (CCOB). According to a CCOB announcement,…
On October 31, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) officially changed the status of the Form 2A permit for the Acme Pad to “delayed.” This is a newly created COGCC status representing that no COGCC decisions on this pad will be made until after COGCC rulemaking regarding SB19-181 revisions are complete. The proposed Acme Pad is in…
Broomfield Concerned’s managing editor Mackenzie Carignan sits down with KGNU’s Maeve Conran to discuss the local elections. Highlighted topics include Broomfield Concerned candidate questionnaire and how the organization works to educate citizens about candidates’ views on oil and gas in our community. Check it out here.
