Colorado - Oil & Gas

摘要

In Town of Milliken v. Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP, 2013 COA 72,2013 WL1908965, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that several of the Town of Milliken's ordinances imposing inspection fees on oil and gas wells were preempted by the authority granted to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) and were therefore invalid. The fees were to conduct safety and security inspections. The trial court had entered summary judgment in Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP's (Kerr-McGee) favor and the court of appeals upheld the trial court's decision.