Colorado’s Western Slope was once the king of the oil and gas industry in Colorado, but in recent years it’s fallen behind the oil-rich Niobrara fields in eastern Colorado.
The Western Slope’s Piceance Basin still contains vast resources of natural gas and the basin, pronounced like PEE-ants, is connected to the nation’s markets by existing natural gas pipelines. But the shift in employment away from Western Colorado has had significant impacts on cities in towns that were once booming with…
Colorado’s Western Slope was once the king of the oil and gas industry in Colorado, but in recent years it’s fallen behind the oil-rich Niobrara fields in eastern Colorado.
The Western Slope’s Piceance Basin still contains vast resources of natural gas and the basin, pronounced like PEE-ants, is connected to the nation’s markets by existing natural gas pipelines. But the shift in employment away from Western Colorado has had significant impacts on cities in towns that were once booming with…