** Shares of oil and gas producer PDC Energy Inc PDCE.O
rise 2.4% to $46.05
** Co says Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has
approved the permit application for its Spinney Oil & Gas
Development Plan urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX6C0F1s
** The Spinney, an eight-well pad in rural Weld County,
Colorado, marks PDCE's first approved permit under the new
rules, which were enacted in January 2021
** See the news as a solid step in the right direction -
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co
** At least two brokerages raise PT on PDCE
** PDEC up 124.5% so far this year
(Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Arunima.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aru_Kumar94))