Historical Spills Now Account for 84% of Colorado Oil Spills, Up From 31% in 2016
We previously wrote about historical vs recent spills in the last 12 months; here is a visualization of the same […]
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Half of All Weld County Schools Have 37 or More Oil & Gas Wells Within 1 Mile; Ten Schools Have 100 or More Wells Within One Mile
Weld County students (along with a handful of schools in Garfield County) face disproportionately higher exposure to oil and gas
Only 30% of Chemical Disclosures Were Filed On Time by Colorado Oil & Gas Operators For Downhole Operations Conducted After July 31, 2023
Now that only a handful of wells fracked after July 31st, 2023 are missing required Form 46A chemical disclosures at
Fracking Water Consumption Per Well Has Quadrupled In The Last Decade to 17.2 Million Gallons Per Well in 2025
Here are the summary statistics for the billions of gallons of water used to hydraulically fracture every well in Colorado
Hydraulic Fracturing Water Use Per Well Has Quadrupled Over The Last Decade, Half of Wells Now Consume Over 17.2 Million Gallons
Thanks to our friends at Open FF who have created a sanitized data set of the hydraulic fracturing disclosure data submitted to
Operators like Noble Energy and PDC Energy Have Been Late to File Chemical Disclosures with the ECMC
Of the 161 chemical disclosures filed with the ECMC as of July 20, 2025, only 41 had been filed before
Since 2016, Operators Have Consistently Plugged and Abandoned More Wells Than They’ve Drilled
As a part of understanding the record number of reported oil spills in Weld County in the last 18 months,
PSR Report Spurs Operators to Narrow Chemical Disclosure Non-Compliance Gap
Apparently in response to a May 20, 2025 report published by PSR and FracTracker Alliance, Colorado Oil & Gas operators
More Than Half of Weld County Oil Spills Reported at Noble Energy Facilities
For the 12 month period ending July 1, 2025, 53% of Weld County oil spills were reported at Noble Energy
Noble Energy Flowline Systems Responsible for 47 Percent of April 2025 Oil Spills
Which operators are most responsible for the record number of Weld County oil spills? Here’s the breakdown for the top
April 2025 Was Another Record Month for Oil Spills in Weld County
A record 229 oil spills were reported in Weld County for April 2025, more than twice the 98 spills reported
Historical Spills Account for 86 Percent of Weld County Reported Oil Spills
For the 12 month period ending March 2025, 86% of the oil spills reported to the ECMC for Weld County
Half of New Oil & Gas Locations Are Now Drilled With 11 or More Wells
Since 2000, the number of new oil & gas locations in Colorado with a single well has steeply declined. For