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ECMC Sets Aside $7.7 Million in Penalties Over Falsified Spill Data

At least 404 falsified laboratory reports were made by Eagle Environmental Consulting, Inc. and Tasman, Inc. 55 additional falsified reports were discovered in April 2025, and another 5 were added in July 2025.

The enforcement consequences of Colorado’s oil and gas data falsification scandal are finally here, and once again, they’re deeply disappointing.

On June 3, 2026, the ECMC filed proposed orders assessing a combined $11.6 million in penalties against five operators (listed below) for their roles in the falsified spill remediation laboratory reports we first started covering in December 2024. On the surface, $11.6 million sounds like accountability. Look closer, and the picture is far grimmer.

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Bishop Well Incident ECMC Special Hearing Transcript: June 26, 2025

This is a transcript of the June 26, 2025 update of the Bishop Well Incident by the ECMC Commissioners in a special meeting, published to YouTube.

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ECMC Issues NOAV to Noble Energy for Bishop A07 Blowout Incident

In a special meeting on June 26, 2025, ECMC representatives announced Notice of Alleged Violation (NOAV) 404256913, issued to Noble Energy Inc as a result of the Bishop A07 blowout incident on April 6, 2025. The NOAV is searchable via the ECMC’s COGIS Incident Inquiry database.

Additional documents regarding the Bishop well blowout are available at the spill and facility doc pages at the ECMC:

As per ECMC regulations, Noble Energy Inc will have an opportunity to respond to the NOAV. While not announced today, we hope the ECMC will announce a significant penalty for this record-breaking environmental disaster, as they did for the Firestone Tragedy.

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