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CO Code § 34-60-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-112. Plaintiff Post Bond

 No temporary restraining order or injunction of any kind against the commission or its agents, employees, or representatives, or the attorney general, shall become effective until the plaintiff shall execute a bond in such amount and upon such conditions as the court may direct, and such bond is approved by the judge of the court and filed with the clerk of the court. The bond shall be made payable to the state of Colorado, and shall be for the use and benefit of all persons who may be injured by the acts done under the protection of the restraining order or injunction, if the rule, regulation, or order is upheld. No suit on the bond may be brought after six months from the date of the final determination of the suit in which the restraining order or injunction was issued.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 659, § 10(b). CSA: C. 118, § 68(10)(b). CRS 53: § 100-6-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-12. History. Source: L. 51: P. 659, § 10(b). CSA: C. 118, § 68(10)(b). CRS 53: § 100-6-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-12.
CO Code § 34-60-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-113. Trial to Be Advanced

 An action, appellate review as provided by law and the Colorado appellate rules, or other proceeding involving a test of the validity of any provision of this article or of a rule, regulation, or order shall be advanced for trial and be determined as expeditiously as feasible, and no postponement or continuance thereof shall be granted unless deemed imperative by the court.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 659, § 10(c). CSA: C. 118, § 68(10)(c). CRS 53: § 100-6-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-13. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1689, § 2, effective May 21. History. Source: L. 51: P. 659, § 10(c). CSA: C. 118, § 68(10)(c). CRS 53: § 100-6-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-13. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1689, § 2, effective May 21.
CO Code § 34-60-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-114. Action for Damages

 Nothing in this article, and no suit by or against the commission, and no violation charged or asserted against any person under any provisions of this article, or any rule, regulation, or order issued under this article, shall impair, abridge, or delay any cause of action for damages which any person may have or assert against any person violating any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation, or order issued under this article. Any person so damaged by the violation may sue for and recover such damages as he otherwise may be entitled to receive. In the event the commission fails to bring suit to enjoin any actual or threatened violation of this article, or of any rule, regulation, or order made under this article, then any person or party in interest adversely affected and who has notified the commission in writing of such violation or threat thereof and has requested the commission to sue, may, to prevent any or further violation, bring suit for that purpose in the district court of any county in which the commission could have brought suit. If, in such suit, the court holds that injunctive relief should be granted, then the commission shall be made a party and shall be substituted for the person who brought the suit, and the injunction shall be issued as if the commission had at all times been the complaining party.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 657, § 9(d). CSA: C. 118, § 68(9)(d). CRS 53: § 100-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-10. History. Source: L. 51: P. 657, § 9(d). CSA: C. 118, § 68(9)(d). CRS 53: § 100-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-10.    ANNOTATION   This section does not create a private cause of action for a person damaged by another's violation of the Oil & Gas Conservation Act or a rule of the oil & gas conservation commission. Gerrity Oil & Gas Corp. v. Magness, 946 P.2d 913 (Colo. 1997).
CO Code § 34-60-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-115. Limitation on Actions

 No action or other proceeding based upon a violation of this article or any rule, regulation, or order of the commission shall be commenced or maintained unless it has been commenced within one year from the date of the alleged violation.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 660, § 10(d). CSA: C. 118, § 68(10)(d). CRS 53: § 100-6-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-14. History. Source: L. 51: P. 660, § 10(d). CSA: C. 118, § 68(10)(d). CRS 53: § 100-6-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-14.
CO Code § 34-60-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-117. Prevention of Waste - Protection of Correlative Rights

  The commission has authority to prevent waste and protect correlative rights of all owners in every field or pool, and when necessary shall limit the production of oil and gas in any field or pool in the exercise of this authority.    If the commission limits the total amount of oil or gas which may be produced in any pool in this state to an amount less than that amount which the pool could produce if no restriction were imposed, the commission shall allocate or distribute the allowable production among the several wells or producing properties in the pool on a reasonable basis, preventing or minimizing reasonably avoidable drainage, so that each property will have the opportunity to produce or to receive its just and equitable share, subject to the reasonable necessities for the prevention of waste.    The commission shall give due regard to the fact that gas produced from oil pools is to be regulated and restricted in a manner as will protect the reasonable use of its energy for oil production.    Each person purchasing or taking for transportation oil or gas from any owner or producer shall purchase or take ratably, without discrimination in favor of any owner or producer over any other owner or producer in the same common source of supply offering to sell his oil or gas produced therefrom to such person. If two or more persons purchase or take for transportation oil or gas from any common source of supply in quantities such that any tract of land of separate ownership is not producing its just and equitable share from the pool, the person purchasing or taking from the tract producing more than its just and equitable share shall, upon the proper offer to sell being made, reduce the amount purchased or taken from such tract and purchase from each tract not producing its just and equitable share so that each tract of land may produce its just and equitable share of production from the pool. In the event that any such purchaser or person taking oil or gas for transportation is likewise a producer or owner, he is prohibited from discriminating in favor of his own production or storage, or production or storage in which he may be interested, and his own production and storage shall be treated as that of any other producer or owner; but no owner or producer, who is also a purchaser of oil and gas, or who has a market for his oil and gas or either thereof, has the right to invoke the benefits of this section.     History. Source: L. 51: P. 655, § 7. CSA: C. 118, § 68(7). L. 52: P. 131, § 4. CRS 53: § 100-6-6. L. 55: P. 650, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-6. History. Source: L. 51: P. 655, § 7. CSA: C. 118, § 68(7). L. 52: P. 131, § 4. CRS 53: § 100-6-6. L. 55: P. 650, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-6.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Prorationing of Natural Gas Production: An Economic Analysis”, see 57 U. Colo. L. Rev. 153 (1986).
CO Code § 34-60-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-119. Production - Limitation

 This article shall never be construed to require, permit, or authorize the commission or any court to make, enter, or enforce any order, rule, or judgment that prorates production by requiring restriction of production of any pool or of any well, except a well or wells drilled in violation of section 34-60-116 , to an amount less than the well or pool can produce without waste.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 661, § 14. CSA: C. 118, § 68(14). CRS 53: § 100-6-18. L. 55: P. 658, 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-18. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1360, § 7, effective May 29. History. Source: L. 51: P. 661, § 14. CSA: C. 118, § 68(14). CRS 53: § 100-6-18. L. 55: P. 658, 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-18. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1360, § 7, effective May 29.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2007 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 320, Session Laws of Colorado 2007.
CO Code § 34-60-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-120. Application of Article

  This article shall apply to all lands within the state of Colorado, except as follows:   As to lands of the United States or lands which are subject to its supervision, this article shall apply only to the extent necessary to permit the commission to protect the correlative rights of each owner and producer within a pool and to carry out the provisions of sections 34-60-106, 34-60-117 (4), 34-60-118, and 34-60-122; but the other provisions of this article shall also apply to such lands only if the officer of the United States having jurisdiction approves the order of the commission which purports to affect such lands.    This article shall not in any case apply to any lands committed to any unit or cooperative agreement approved by the department of interior, except as provided in sections 34-60-106, 34-60-117 (4), and 34-60-118, and except as to privately owned or state lands; except that section 34-60-122 shall apply to all lands and to all production from all lands within the state of Colorado.        History. Source: L. 51: P. 661, § 13. CSA: C. 118, § 68(13). L. 52: P. 132, § 2. CRS 53: § 100-6-17. L. 55: P. 656, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-17. L. 71: P. 1050, § 1. History. Source: L. 51: P. 661, § 13. CSA: C. 118, § 68(13). L. 52: P. 132, § 2. CRS 53: § 100-6-17. L. 55: P. 656, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-17. L. 71: P. 1050, § 1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands: Application of State and Local Laws”, see 12 Colo. Law. 1458 (1983).
CO Code § 34-60-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-123. Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas

 The governor may execute agreements with other member states for expiration date extensions or other modifications of the terms of the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas. The governor may further take all steps necessary to effect withdrawal of this state from the compact upon his determination that withdrawal is in the best interests of the state of Colorado.   History. Source: L. 73: P. 1411, § 73. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-23. History. Source: L. 73: P. 1411, § 73. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-6-23.
CO Code § 34-60-127 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-127. Reasonable Accommodation

     An operator shall conduct oil and gas operations in a manner that accommodates the surface owner by minimizing intrusion upon and damage to the surface of the land.    As used in this section, “minimizing intrusion upon and damage to the surface” means selecting alternative locations for wells, roads, pipelines, or production facilities, or employing alternative means of operation, that prevent, reduce, or mitigate the impacts of the oil and gas operations on the surface, where such alternatives are technologically sound, economically practicable, and reasonably available to the operator.    The standard of conduct set forth in this section shall not be construed to prevent an operator from entering upon and using that amount of the surface as is reasonable and necessary to explore for, develop, and produce oil and gas.    The standard of conduct set forth in this section shall not be construed to abrogate or impair a contractual provision binding on the parties that expressly provides for the use of the surface for the conduct of oil and gas operations or that releases the operator from liability for the use of the surface.       An operator's failure to meet the requirements set forth in this section shall give rise to a cause of action by the surface owner. Upon a determination by the trier of fact that such failure has occurred, a surface owner may seek compensatory damages or such equitable relief as is consistent with subsection (1) of this section.      In any litigation or arbitration based upon this section, the surface owner shall present evidence that the operator's use of the surface materially interfered with the surface owner's use of the surface of the land. After such showing, the operator shall bear the burden of proof of showing that it met the standard set out in subsection (1) of this section. If an operator makes that showing, the surface owner may present rebuttal evidence.    An operator may assert, as an affirmative defense, that it has conducted oil and gas operations in accordance with a regulatory requirement, contractual obligation, or land use plan provision, that is specifically applicable to the alleged intrusion or damage.       Nothing in this section shall:   Preclude or impair any person from obtaining any and all other remedies allowed by law;    Prevent an operator and a surface owner from addressing the use of the surface for oil and gas operations in a lease, surface use agreement, or other written contract; or    Establish, alter, impair, or negate the authority of local and county governments to regulate land use related to oil and gas operations.         History. Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1335, § 2, effective September 1.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2007 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 314, Session Laws of Colorado 2007.
CO Code § 34-60-128 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-128. Habitat Stewardship - Rules

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Habitat Stewardship Act of 2007”.    The commission shall administer this article so as to minimize adverse impacts to wildlife resources affected by oil and gas operations.    In order to minimize adverse impacts to wildlife resources, the commission shall:   Establish a timely and efficient procedure for consultation with the parks and wildlife commission and division of parks and wildlife on decision-making that impacts wildlife resources;    Provide for commission consultation and consent of the affected surface owner, or the surface owner's appointed tenant, on permit-specific conditions for wildlife habitat protection that directly impact the affected surface owner's property or use of that property. Such permit-specific conditions for wildlife habitat protection shall be discontinued when final reclamation has occurred. Permit-specific conditions for wildlife habitat protection that do not directly impact the affected surface owner's property or use of that property, such as off-site compensatory mitigation requirements, do not require the consent of the surface owner or the surface owner's appointed tenant.    Implement, whenever reasonably practicable, best management practices and other reasonable measures to conserve wildlife resources;    Promulgate rules, by July 16, 2008, in consultation with the parks and wildlife commission, to establish standards for minimizing adverse impacts to wildlife resources affected by oil and gas operations and to ensure the proper reclamation of wildlife habitat during and following such operations. At a minimum, the rules shall address:   Developing a timely and efficient consultation process with the division of parks and wildlife governing notification and consultation on minimizing adverse impacts, and other issues relating to wildlife resources;    Encouraging operators to utilize comprehensive drilling plans and geographic area analysis strategies to provide for orderly development of oil and gas fields;    Minimizing surface disturbance and fragmentation in important wildlife habitat by incorporating appropriate best management practices:   In orders or rules establishing drilling units or allowing the drilling of additional wells in drilling units pursuant to section 34-60-116;    In orders approving agreements for development or unit operations pursuant to section 34-60-118; and    On a site-specific basis, as conditions of approval to a permit to drill pursuant to section 34-60-106 (1)(f).             Repealed.     History. Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1329, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2008: IP(3)(d) amended, p. 1034, § 2, effective May 21. L. 2012: (3)(a) and IP(3)(d) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1235, § 91, effective June 4. L. 2019: (3)(b) amended and (4) repealed, (SB 19-181), ch. 120, p. 520, § 16, effective April 16.
CO Code § 34-60-130 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-130. Reporting of Spills - Rules

  If one barrel or more of oil or exploration and production waste is spilled outside of berms or other secondary containment, the spill shall be reported within twenty-four hours after the discovery of the spill, to:   The commission; and    The entity with jurisdiction over emergency response within the local municipality, if the spill occurred within a municipality, or the local county if the spill did not occur within a municipality.       The spill report must include any available information concerning the type of waste involved in the spill.    The commission may promulgate rules to implement this section.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1278), ch. 188, p. 759, § 1, effective August 7.
CO Code § 34-60-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 60 - Oil and Gas Conservation|§ 34-60-131. No Land Use Preemption

 Local governments and state agencies, including the commission and agencies listed in section 34-60-105 (1)(b) , have regulatory authority over oil and gas development, including as specified in section 34-60-105 (1)(b) . A local government's regulations may be more protective or stricter than state requirements.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire section added,(SB 19-181), ch. 120, p. 520, § 17, effective April 16.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Springtime for Home Rule over Oil and Gas”, see 48 Colo. Law. 36 (July 2019).
CO Code § 34-61-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes|§ 34-61-101. Boreholes Penetrating Coal Seams

 It is the duty of the owner, or person in charge of any borehole which penetrates any workable coal seam or any accessible or inaccessible coal mine excavation, to notify the state oil and gas conservation commission of the location of such borehole by designating the particular five-acre subdivision of the land section on which such borehole is situated, and the depth and thickness of every workable coal seam or accessible or inaccessible coal mine excavation penetrated by such borehole. On receipt of such notification, the state oil and gas conservation commission shall at once notify the chief inspector of coal mines.   History. Source: L. 15: P. 373, § 28. C.L. § 3641. CSA: C. 118, § 38. CRS 53: § 100-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-1. History. Source: L. 15: P. 373, § 28. C.L. § 3641. CSA: C. 118, § 38. CRS 53: § 100-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-1.
CO Code § 34-61-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes|§ 34-61-102. Location of Borehole Restricted

 No borehole penetrating a gas-bearing or oil-bearing formation shall be located within two hundred feet of a shaft or entrance to a coal mine not definitely abandoned or sealed. No such borehole shall be located within one hundred feet of any mine shaft house, mine boiler house, mine engine house, or mine fan. The location of any proposed borehole must insure that when drilled it will be at least fifteen feet from any mine haulage or airway.   History. Source: L. 15: P. 375, § 32. C.L. § 3645. CSA: C. 118, § 45. CRS 53: § 100-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-2. History. Source: L. 15: P. 375, § 32. C.L. § 3645. CSA: C. 118, § 45. CRS 53: § 100-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-2.
CO Code § 34-61-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes|§ 34-61-103. Casing of Borehole Penetrating Coal

 Any borehole penetrating any workable seam of coal shall be cased by the owner of such borehole with a suitable casing, conductor, or drive pipe, so as to shut off all surface water from entering said workable coal seam.   History. Source: L. 15: P. 375, § 33. C.L. § 3646. CSA: C. 118, § 46. CRS 53: § 100-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-3. History. Source: L. 15: P. 375, § 33. C.L. § 3646. CSA: C. 118, § 46. CRS 53: § 100-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-3.
CO Code § 34-61-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes|§ 34-61-104. Oil or Gas Entering Coal Seams

 When boreholes for gas or oil are drilled in the coal measures and pass through workable seams, if gas or oil is encountered in such borehole, the coal seams or worked out coal seams shall be sufficiently protected by casing so that the gas or oil shall not come in contact with the coal seams or enter the excavations of worked out seams. When no oil or gas is located and the borehole has been abandoned, a solid cement plug shall be placed extending from fifty feet below each coal seam to fifty feet above the top of each coal seam and at the surface to a depth of twenty feet.   History. Source: L. 15: P. 376, § 34. C.L. § 3647. CSA: C. 118, § 47. CRS 53: § 100-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-4. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1571, § 1, effective June 1. History. Source: L. 15: P. 376, § 34. C.L. § 3647. CSA: C. 118, § 47. CRS 53: § 100-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-4. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1571, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 34-61-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes|§ 34-61-105. Casing to Exclude Water

 When a water-bearing formation is encountered in the drilling of any borehole for natural gas or oil, casing shall be set upon the next formation encountered which is of such a nature that it will sustain the casing and exclude all water from the lower borehole.   History. Source: L. 15: P. 376, § 35. C.L. § 3648. CSA: C. 118, § 48. CRS 53: § 100-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-5. History. Source: L. 15: P. 376, § 35. C.L. § 3648. CSA: C. 118, § 48. CRS 53: § 100-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-5.
CO Code § 34-61-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes|§ 34-61-106. Application of Article

 This article shall apply only to wells or boreholes which may be drilled through workable coal seams.   History. Source: L. 15: P. 376, § 38. C.L. § 3651. CSA: C. 118, § 51. CRS 53: § 100-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-6. History. Source: L. 15: P. 376, § 38. C.L. § 3651. CSA: C. 118, § 51. CRS 53: § 100-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-6.
CO Code § 34-61-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 34 - Mineral Resources|Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes|§ 34-61-107. Enforcement of Law

 It is the duty of the district attorneys in their districts, and the attorney general in cases where the district attorney refuses to act, to enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate actions in courts of competent jurisdiction.   History. Source: L. 55: P. 646, § 1. CRS 53: § 100-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-7. History. Source: L. 55: P. 646, § 1. CRS 53: § 100-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-7.