As the Colorado oil and gas industry grapples with regulators seemingly intent on pushing back drilling setbacks fourfold, the state’s air quality commission adopted rules to strengthen monitoring of methane leaks during the completion process as well as the first six months after a new well comes online. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission unanimously adopted preliminary new rules to reduce leaks from oil and gas operations across the state during a meeting Sept. 23. Once in effect, the rules will require high-frequency monitoring for gas leaks starting when construction on a well begins and continuing through early production. The rules also prohibit natural gas venting during the early period of well completion. Operators will have to capture and eliminate 95% […]