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Niobrara Shale

Niobrara Shale News

Niobrara Shale Top Operators (Undrilled Permits)

Company Last 12 Months
Chevron Corp 73
Occidental Petroleum Corp 66
Crestone Peak Resources LLC 52
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Niobrara Shale Well Completion Trend

Niobrara Shale Rig Data: August 2, 2026

Niobrara Shale Overview

The Niobrara shale formation is situated in northeastern Colorado and parts of adjacent Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas.  Primarily an oil play, it is in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which has long been a major oil and gas province. Technological advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the last decade has helped create new opportunities in this U.S. energy play.

Based on the industry’s plans, shale and other “tight rock” fields that now produce about half a million barrels of oil per day, will produce up to three million barrels per day in…