US NTS B report faults well operator, city government in fatal Colorado gas blast

摘要

The federal investigation into a fatal natural gas explosion at asuburban home north of Denver in 2017, which helped serve as thecatalyst for sweeping oil and gas regulations passed in Colorado in2019, found fault with the operator that owned the nearby well as wellas the Firestone city government for allowing construction in the area.The report by the US National Transportation Safety Boarddetermined the explosion that killed two people in Firestone, Colorado,was likely caused by a gas leak through a small-diameter gatheringline severed during construction of the house two years prior.