Colorado may ask big oil to leave millions of dollars in the ground

Colorado may ask big oil to leave millions of dollars in the ground

A subdivision in Arapahoe County near the Aurora Reservoir where where oil and gas company Civitas Resources is seeking approval of a major drilling plan. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)For the first time since Colorado began regulating drilling 75 years ago, state officials said they may order a company to move a well pad farther from the Denver suburbs — a decision that could force the firm to leave oil and gas worth tens of millio…