Gas and Oil - The Journal

Couple to open new store, gas station

The Runway, a gas station and mercantile store, is planning to open in Dolores at the beginning of the year. The owners, Jared Hansen and Karen Becker Hansen, plan to offer a ran...

DATE: Dec 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

State shortchanged on gas, oil royalties

Nickels, dimes add up to a $1.5 million loss

DATE: Dec 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

San Juan drilling heats up in N.M.

Canadian company plans to spend up to $450M; Swift and Huntington are exploring in Colorado

DATE: Dec 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Energy ABCs looks at industry facts, myths Consultant talks about fracking, power at luncheon

New environmentally friendly technologies may not always be what they seem. Lori Smith Schell, president of the Durango-based consultancy Empowered Energy, gave the example of plu...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Municipal votes on fracking catch guv’s eye

They reflect ‘genuine anxiety’ about health concerns, Hickenlooper says

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

SWCC mobile labs hit the road

A new $300,000 state-of-the-art welding lab from Southwest Colorado Community College will soon arrive at the largest copper mine in the Four Corners. At a press conference Monday...

DATE: Nov 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Groups criticize public lands plan

Model covers more than 2 million acres in Southwest Colorado

DATE: Nov 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez-area buyers get squeezed at gas pumps

Gasoline prices in Cortez have fallen sharply recently, but buyers are getting squeezed at the pumps. On Main Street Tuesday, Nov. 5, the average price for regular gasoline was $3...

DATE: Nov 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Area drivers pay more for gas than Colorado average

Gasoline prices in Cortez have fallen sharply recently, but buyers are getting squeezed at the pumps. On Main Street Tuesday, Nov. 5, the average price for regular gasoline was $3...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Diesel fuel, water leave some cars high, dry

A spokesman for Western Refining said Saturday it was news to him that a Durango woman experienced car trouble from diesel-contaminated gasoline bought at a Giant convenience store. ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Swift Energy drills in search of oil in western La Plata County

Company unsure if fracking needed for well

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News