Perhaps the most maddening aspect of Colorado's current political situation may be that the oil and gas industry faces a bitter fight at the polls over use of a drilling technology that has been used for more than six decades, according to industry observers. "We have communities that have recently banned fracking," said Kevin Williams, senior vice president of DCP Midstream LLC's north business unit, at Hart Energy's recent DUG Bakken and Niobrara conference. "We have a fight on our hands in Colorado to get the citizens to support our ability to continue to develop the state's resources safely and responsibly."
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