State: No fine for company it suspects violated pressure limits on disposal well

GREELEY – The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will not fine a company that it suspects exceeded pressure limits around the time that quakes were occurring near Greeley last summer.

The state oil commission reviewed records showing volume and pressure measurements from NGL Water Solutions DJ LLC’s well for disposal of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing. Hand-written pressure records showed “several days” where NGL appeared to exceed its permitted pressure limit of 1,500 pounds per square inch, state oil commission director Matt Lepore told BizWest in a phone interview.

“We had a conversation about that with them,” he said. “Their response…