Tag Archives: El Paso County

Ultra Petroleum Suspends Niobrara Exploration Program

Ultra Petroleum reported on February 15th 2013 at its Q4 2012 Earnings Conference Call, that it’s Niobrara drilling results from El Paso County near Colorado Springs were disappointing.  The company reported that core and log data indicate the presence of oil in the … Continue reading

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Ultra Petroleum Core Analysis Showing Mixed Results in Southern Niobrara

At the December 5th, Wells Fargo Energy Conference, Ultra Petroleum reported that the core results from three wells drilled in 2012 were showing mixed results. The core analysis contained full shale log suites, core and pressure data for the three … Continue reading

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Ultra Petroleum’s Niobrara Drilling Program Waits For Core Analysis

Ultra Petroleum’s horizontal drilling program in El Paso County, Colorado is on hold pending drill core analysis results from three wells that were drilled and cased earlier this year. The announcement that the core results are expected in November 2012 … Continue reading

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Sovereign Energy LLC offers large block of Niobrara & Greenhorn Acreage in Southern DJ Basin

Land assets owned by Sovereign Energy LLC are currently being offered for sale through oil and gas asset broker, Meagher Energy Advisors, in a closed bid process. The Gold Creek Prospect acreage position consists of 47,103 Gross/34,043 Net Mineral Acres … Continue reading

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Colorado task force studying oil and gas rules

By STEVEN K. PAULSON Associated Press DENVER—Faced with conflicting duties between state and local governments over the development of oil and gas resources, Gov. John Hickenlooper is asking industry and government officials to come up with recommendations on ways to … Continue reading

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Ultra seeks OK to drill for oil, gas inside Colorado Springs city limits

By Barbara Cotter and Daniel Chacon – The Gazette Ultra Resources Inc., the Houston-based company that bought 18,000 acres of the Banning Lewis Ranch in October, filed permits with the state last week to drill two wells on the sprawling … Continue reading

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Coming up dry

by Pam Zubeck – The Colorado Springs Independent – Dec 1, 2011 With government agencies scrambling to pinch every penny, what if an industry came along that would produce millions of dollars in tax revenue? The oil and gas industry … Continue reading

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Colorado counties race to regulate oil, gas drilling

By Charles Taylor – Senior Staff Writer – NACO (National Association of Counties) County News Oil and gas exploration is coming to previously untapped parts of Colorado — like El Paso and Douglas counties along the eastern Front Range of … Continue reading

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Ultra Resources, city officials plan to talk Monday

November 11, 2011 2:05 PM – THE GAZETTE – RICH LADEN Ultra Resources and Colorado Springs officials, still at odds over Ultra’s plans to drill for oil and gas on the Banning Lewis Ranch, are meeting next week. At Ultra’s … Continue reading

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As energy drilling moves into backyards, Colorado Front Range counties ponder regulations

Second of two parts – By Mark Jaffe The Denver Post – Posted: 10/30/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT One evening in January, El Paso County Commissioner Amy Lathen met with about 16 people in a constituent’s living room to talk about … Continue reading

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