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Larimer County to use $5.2M state award to plug and decommission 50 orphaned wells in Prospect Energy field
Summary
Larimer County accepted a $5.2 million intergovernmental grant from the Energy and Carbon Management Commission to hire an operator to plug and decommission about 50 orphaned wells tied to Prospect Energy, with a targeted start late summer and completion goal in 2028.
Larimer County commissioners voted April 7 to accept a $5.2 million intergovernmental grant from the Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) to plug and decommission orphaned oil and gas wells left by Prospect Energy.
Principal planner Matt Laferty told the board the award will fund plugging and decommissioning operations, removal of tanks and flow lines, and soil remediation at sites where equipment and leaking containers pose environmental and safety hazards. Laferty said roughly 50 wells in Larimer County remain in the state’s orphan‑well program — about 10 of those lie inside Fort Collins — and many were…
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