The oil and gas industry isn’t big in Larimer County, but 2009 proved to be its third most active year here.
And, despite concerns from the industry that new state oil and gas permitting rules are hitting the industry hard in northeast Colorado, 2009 was also the third most active year for the industry in Weld County, one of the state’s fossil fuel hotspots.
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission issued 12 oil and gas drilling permits for Larimer County in 2009, down from 46 in 2008. Most of those permits were issued for wells located near Berthoud.
The only other year Larimer County exceeded 12 drilling permit approvals was 1992, when the county saw 13.
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