Oil and Gas

President-elect Joe Biden wants to move the U.S. away from fossil fuel development, but he will face some challenges.

The proximity of oil drilling to Front Range communities has been a topic of debate for years. Now, in a nod toward safety, the Polis administration is considering adopting the country's largest well setback.

The proposed safety rule represents the Polis administration's latest attempt at cracking down on the fossil fuel industry.

The Trump administration is ending Obama-era restrictions on emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. Some oil and gas giants oppose the move, but smaller companies welcome it.

A Denver district judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Weld County challenging new state regulations designed to cut oil and gas industry emissions.

The price of oil has been hovering at $40 a barrel for several weeks now. It’s much higher than it was earlier this year, when prices briefly went…

When the price of oil crashes, oil companies often merge and big oil gets even bigger. So this crisis couldbe an opportunity for companies, but it comes with a tremendous amount of uncertainty.

As the coronavirus pandemic hammers oil prices, the number of "orphaned" or abandoned oil wells could grow. A group wants to enlist newly unemployed...

When Mark Cleveland took a job as an electrician for a Denver-based fracking company four years ago, he did it for the money. E-techs, as they're known,…

A federal report out this week shows that the Bureau of Land Management has more than halved the time spent reviewing oil and gas drilling permits, a...