Colorado - Oil & Gas

摘要

Following the fatal home explosion in Firestone, Colorado caused by a severed natural gas flowline, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) unanimously approved new regulations governing such lines and related facilities. See 2 Colo. Code Regs. § 404-1; see also COGCC, "Flowline Rulemaking," http://cogcc.state.co.us/reg.html#/rules/ flowlinerulemaking. According to the COGCC, Colorado's are now "the most comprehensive and rigorous flowline regulations in the country." COGCC, "2018 Flowline Rules Frequently Asked Questions" (Apr. 20, 2018). The regulations took effect on May 1,2018, and include new requirements for the design, installation, operation, maintenance, testing, and abandonment of such lines.