Colorado’s Boulder County won’t be forced to lease oil and gas located miles below open space purchased with taxpayer dollars after an energy company withdrew the project from consideration by state regulators.
Following a five-year effort to get the proposal approved, Extraction Oil & Gas canceled its application with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for its 32-well “Blue Paintbrush” development on May 2. The proposal encompassed a 2,270-acre area in Boulder and Weld counties, about 30 miles north of downtown Denver.
