Colorado Energy
Colorado's oil and gas industry is having a tremendous economic impact on Colorado, and on the country as a whole. The state's energy resources have the potential to create jobs and revenue, and to provide Colorado and America with more energy in the future.
Developing oil and gas resources at home will help reduce the billions of dollars per year that are sent overseas for foreign oil, often to tumultuous and unstable nations. It is an investment in the American economy, generating jobs and revenue for thousands of Coloradans and millions of Americans.
- To learn more about Colorado's natural gas resources, click here.
- To learn more about Colorado's oil resources, click here.
Rich stores of oil and natural gas, are within our grasp, thanks to advances in technology. With pro-development policies to extract these energy resources in Colorado, we can continue to forge a brighter energy future for the United States.
Read more:
- Strategic U.S. Energy Resources (Wattenberg Field, San Juan Basin)
- Energy from Shale
- Geology and Resources of Some World Oil-Shale Deposits (USGS)
- Oil Shale Facts and Fiction (National Oil Shale Association)
