The Latest: Colorado looks at new rules after fatal blast

The Latest on proposed new oil and gas pipeline rules in Colorado (all times local):

10 a.m.

Colorado regulators are considering proposed new rules for thousands of oil and gas pipelines in Colorado after a fatal explosion last year blamed on leaking gas.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission opened two days of hearings Monday on regulations for installing, testing and shutting down flow lines, which carry oil and gas from wells to nearby equipment.

The rules are in response to a house explosion in the town of Firestone last April that killed two people. Investigators said the explosion was caused by odorless, unrefined gas leaking from a severed flow line.

The new rules are a significant expansion of existing ones. A final version will be drawn up after the hearings.

The commission will vote after that, but no date has been set.

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9:40 a.m.

Energy companies, local governments and advocacy groups will debate proposed new rules for thousands of oil and gas pipelines in Colorado after a fatal explosion last year blamed on leaking gas.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission opens two days of hearings Monday on regulations for installing, testing and shutting down flow lines, which carry oil and gas from wells to nearby equipment.

The rules are in response to a house explosion in the town of Firestone last April that killed two people. Investigators said the explosion was caused by odorless, unrefined gas leaking from a severed flow line.

The new rules are a significant expansion of existing ones. A final version will be drawn up after the hearings.

The commission will vote after that, but no date has been set.