Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/greeley/)
Colorado’s connection between people and drilling goes back much further than the recent frenzy of oil and gas development: Coloradans aren’t just living among new wells, they are also living among – and sometimes on top of – wells drilled and abandoned decades ago.
The massive expansion of domestic oil and gas production over the last five or so years is rippling across the economies where that drilling is taking place. More oil workers need more welders, more restaurants, and…more clothes.
A cluster of small earthquakes near Greeley, Colorado over the past few months is garnering more national attention, as a stronger link is drawn to nearby oil and gas drilling.
