The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is considering new rules for thousands of oil and gas pipelines following last year’s fatal explosion in a newly developed neighborhood addition in the town of Firestone. Investigators said the explosion was caused by odorless, unrefined gas leaking from a severed flow line.
Colorado regulators met on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the expansion of rules for installing, testing and shutting down flow lines. A final version will be prepared following the hearings. The commission will vote on the final version of regulations; however, no date has been set.
