Oil and gas service companies supporting industry boom

FORT LUPTON — The Northern Colorado oil and gas industry that heated up a few years ago has brought booming business to production companies. But that same boom has left oil and gas service companies in the Fort Lupton area scrambling to keep up with demand.

“At times I have to tell the production companies, ‘I’m a week behind. Can you wait?’ ´ said Rutilio “Shorty” Barron, owner of Barron Oil Field Service Inc. in Fort Lupton. “Sometimes they say no and go find someone else.”

According to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the state’s oil and gas…