/tags/niobrara-formation Niobrara Formation en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:59:25 GMT /business/2012-12-18/niobrara-shale-formation-continues-to-fuel-noco-job-growth Drilling has been booming across the Niobrara shale formation, which covers much of northeastern Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska. That formation is now… Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:59:25 GMT /business/2012-12-18/niobrara-shale-formation-continues-to-fuel-noco-job-growth Nathan Heffel /environment/2012-07-11/longmont-officials-signal-support-for-tougher-fracking-regs City officials in Longmont are set to reconsider a retooled package of local regulations that could limit oil and gas drilling and the controversial… Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:38:44 GMT /environment/2012-07-11/longmont-officials-signal-support-for-tougher-fracking-regs Kirk Siegler /business/2012-07-08/urban-oil-and-gas-wells-popup-across-colorado-but-number-of-permits-decreasing Oil and gas wells have moved into urban and highly populated areas of Colorado – in some cases literally bumping up against residential back yards.Yet the… Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:05:13 GMT /business/2012-07-08/urban-oil-and-gas-wells-popup-across-colorado-but-number-of-permits-decreasing Molly Sinnott /business/2012-05-22/noble-energy-to-invest-billions-in-weld-county-oil-and-gas-boom Houston based gas firm Noble Energy has formally opened its Northern Colorado Headquarters. The building signals the latest expansion amid the drilling… Tue, 22 May 2012 23:59:10 GMT /business/2012-05-22/noble-energy-to-invest-billions-in-weld-county-oil-and-gas-boom Nathan Heffel /business/2012-03-20/tensions-flare-in-colorado-oil-fields Tensions continue to grow between the Hickenlooper Administration and landowners impacted by an oil and gas drilling boom along the Colorado Front… Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:32:26 GMT /business/2012-03-20/tensions-flare-in-colorado-oil-fields Kirk Siegler /business/2012-03-05/colorado-oil-boom-fuels-demand-for-engineers New technology around hydraulic fracturing is leading to an oil drilling boom in states like Colorado – where companies are eager to develop the Niobrara… Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT /business/2012-03-05/colorado-oil-boom-fuels-demand-for-engineers Kirk Siegler /business/2012-02-23/oil-and-gas-boom-causing-real-estate-shortage-in-noco It’s a good news bad news situation for industrial real estate in Weld County these days. The latest oil and gas boom is driving up demand which in turn… Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT /business/2012-02-23/oil-and-gas-boom-causing-real-estate-shortage-in-noco Brian Larson, Jeff Nuttall /environment/2012-01-30/colorado-drilling-bans-could-be-headed-to-courts As oil and gas drilling continues its march into more populated areas, there’s growing pressure on Colorado lawmakers to wade into a thorny battle… Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2012-01-30/colorado-drilling-bans-could-be-headed-to-courts Kirk Siegler /health/2012-01-23/state-has-backlog-of-air-pollution-permits-for-oil-gas Colorado’s oil and gas boom combined with a cash-strapped state government has caused a backlog of 1,800 pending air pollution control permits for oil and… Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:47 GMT /health/2012-01-23/state-has-backlog-of-air-pollution-permits-for-oil-gas Ann Imse /environment/2012-01-23/colorado-lawmaker-to-introduce-fracking-bill A state lawmaker plans to introduce legislation as early as this week that would give local governments more authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing, a… Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2012-01-23/colorado-lawmaker-to-introduce-fracking-bill Kirk Siegler