CARBONDALE — — Approximately 125 people attended a meeting here Monday called by the Thompson Divide Coalition in its ongoing campaign to prevent gas drilling in the Thompson Divide area near Carbondale.
It was the first of four meetings called in response to news that gas-drilling company SG Interests has changed tactics and is now seeking permits to move forward with gas drilling in Thompson Divide.
The coalition has offered to pay a total of $2.5 million to buy out gas leases held by SG Interests and seven other energy companies in the area.
But in a statement issued Tuesday, SG Interests Vice President Robbie Guinn said the company broke off negotiations with the coalition in April, rejecting the offer as inadequate, uncertain and contrary to the company’s intent to develop the leases.
“This is about how this (resource) is going to be developed, not whether it is going to be developed,” Guinn said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
He noted that he remains in contact with the coalition and that SG Interests “welcomes constructive ideas on how best to develop these federal resources.”
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