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  2. Wattenberg Gas Field - Wikipedia

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    The initial spacing of one "J" Sandstone well per 320 acres was found insufficient to drain the reservoir, so the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved infill wells. Gas wells in Wattenberg were drilled vertically until 2009, when operators discovered that horizontal wells drilled in the chalk of the Niobrara Formation yielded ...

  3. Piceance Basin - Wikipedia

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    Drilling for natural gas in the Rulison Field, south of Rifle, Colorado. The basin has come to increasing public attention in recent years because of widespread drilling to extract natural gas. The primary target of gas development has been the Williams Fork Formation of the Mesaverde Group, of Cretaceous age. The Williams Fork is a several ...

  4. Denver Basin - Wikipedia

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    Drilling in the Wattenberg Gas Field north of Denver. Oil and gas-producing formations in the Denver Basin. The basin itself forms a petroleum province. Oil and gas have been produced from the Denver Basin since the discovery in 1901 of oil in fractured Pierre Shale at the McKenzie Well, part of the Boulder oil field in Boulder County.

  5. In Colorado, oil firms fix leaky wells ahead of new rules

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    Colorado, the fifth largest U.S. oil-producing state, has been in the forefront of anti-drilling sentiment spreading across the country. In Colorado, oil firms fix leaky wells ahead of new rules ...

  6. The Latest: Colorado drilling rule changes get initial OK

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    The Colorado Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would dramatically change how the state regulates oil and gas. It faces another vote in the Senate before moving to the House for ...

  7. North Park (Colorado basin) - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, North Park produced 96 thousand barrels of oil and 1.3 billion cubic feet (BCF) of natural gas from 153 wells. [2] In 2008 EOG Resources announced great success in drilling and completing horizontal oil wells in the Cretaceous Niobrara Formation .