Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) has ordered comprehensive inspections, along with new monitoring and testing procedures, for all oil and gas pipelines located near houses and other buildings across the state. The action follows an April gas explosion in a northern Colorado home that killed two people.
Hickenlooper gave oil companies working in the state 30 to 60 days to locate and test flowlines within 1,000 ft of any occupied building and called for all pipelines, whether operating or not, to be mapped and their locations made public.