Residents living near the Aurora Reservoir are continuing their fight against a nearby oil drilling project, just months after state regulators paused a different well pad in the area.
Civitas Resources and its subsidiary, Crestone, one of Colorado’s largest oil and gas operators, is seeking approval to drill 156 new wells as part of its Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan. Some of those well pads would sit less than a mile from homes and the Aurora Reservoir.
The commission approved the broader project in 2024, but each well pad needs separate approval…