Publication: American Oil & Gas Reporter Issue: March 2018 By Dan Larson | In February, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission expanded regulations to include regular integrity management surveys of on- and off-location flowlines, crude oil transfer lines and produced water lines. The commission also increased a mill levy on production to help fill […]
Plastics Innovations Publication: Lightweighting World Issue: January-February 2018 By Dan Larson | The automotive industry is charging ahead into a new era, and lightweighting concepts and materials are providing the fuel. Just around the corner is a world where self-driving cars are efficiently powered by hybrid power plants that integrate electric motors into internal-combustion engine […]
Publication: Greeley Tribune, Energy Pipeline Issue: February 2018 By Dan Larson | Colorado’s Front Range oil and natural gas operators in November were handed another set of revisions to the state’s already stringent air quality rules when state regulators approved rulemaking that became effective with the New Year. The rules include new requirements for compressors, […]
Industry Publications Still Valued Amid Shifting Media Landscape It’s no secret the publishing business, especially the newspaper business, is under tremendous stress. The news industry faces, on one hand, growing pressure from the demanding investors that now own many media companies and on the other, shrinking advertising revenue and internet giants that dominate page-clicks and […]
Conflicts over anything and everything are sure to intensify. Publication: Greeley Tribune, Energy Pipeline Issue: January 2018 By Dan Larson When the lights come up this month on the 2018 session of the state’s Legislature, development of oil and natural gas in Colorado will once again top the list of contentious issues facing elected officials. […]
Publication: Greeley Tribune, Energy Pipeline Issue: December 2017 By Dan Larson Improving efficiencies allow companies to breakeven at lower oil prices Across the DJ Basin, oilfield activity has returned although not to the frenetic levels seen five years ago. Facing increased competition for its share of huge but oversupplied market, the DJ will likely maintain […]
With a horizon increasingly filled with hybrid, electric and non-petroleum power, meeting increased fuel economy demands will involve both energy efficiency and lightweighting. For Toyota, that means steering toward global platform and drivetrain standardization to protect its leadership position. “We are always searching for the best materials and best methods for constructing our vehicles,” says […]
Publication: Greeley Tribune, Energy Pipeline Issue: November 2017 By Dan Larson The Digital Oilfield Finally Comes Together Technology that monitors and controls oilfield equipment is nothing new and now it is finally fulfilling its promise to fully automate and connect an entire field with operations offices. At the Rocky Mountain Energy Summit in Denver this […]
Publication: American Oil & Gas Reporter Issue: October 2017 By Dan Larson Efforts by local governments in Colorado to exert control over oil and gas development, in some cases in direct violation of state law, continue to appear, say leaders of the state trade association. It is an issue that is changing the way companies […]
Publication: Greeley Tribune, Energy Pipeline Issue: October 2017 By Dan Larson Some new names are popping up in the oil patch and it could mean increased activity in the coming months. Like other prolific oil and gas basins, the Denver-Julesburg Basin has its share of larger companies steadily developing new wells while pumping predictable barrels […]
