Tag: The Coloradoan

Weld County Oil and Gas Boom on Horizon

By Rick Behning, PE Billions of dollars have been earmarked to be spent in the Niobrara Shale in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming.  According to an article published January 4 in The Coloradoan: “The Niobrara shale spreads across northeast Colorado, but it’s only about 400 feet thick and thousands of feet underground. Because the shale is so thin,… Read more »