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Colorado basin

The DJ Basin and Niobrara Shale: Colorado's Oil Engine

If you want to understand Colorado oil, you need to understand one basin: the Denver-Julesburg Basin, or DJ Basin. This is where almost all of Colorado's oil comes from. The DJ Basin is a relatively q…

Apr 15, 2026 Read More

Colorado regulation

What Is the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission?

Colorado has a lot of oil and gas. And it has a detailed set of rules about how that oil and gas gets produced. The agency in charge of those rules is the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission …

Apr 8, 2026 Read More

Colorado production

Colorado Oil Production: The DJ Basin and Wattenberg Field

Colorado may not be the first state that comes to mind when you think about oil. But it is a significant producer. The state pumps about 400,000 barrels of oil every day. Most of that comes from a sin…

Apr 1, 2026 Read More

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