[spokeshave]

The industry did not log a single “giant” oil field. In other words, oil companies are finding it more and more difficult to make new oil discoveries as the easy stuff runs out and the harder-to-reach oil becomes tougher to develop.

According to the USGS the Green River Formation weighs in at 3 TRILLION Barrels, with 1 Trillion barrels recoverable with todays technology.

The known worlds reserves of oil are about 1 Trillion barrels.

[spokeshave]

And who cares about oil...when huge deposits of Methane exist....

[thackney]

Green River isn’t oil, but kerogen that requires retorting to produce, then conversions to a synthetic crude. Technically recoverable isn’t the same as economically recoverable. Proved Reserve numbers require technically and economically recoverable, so they actually go down with oil prices.

[Smokin' Joe]

According to the USGS the Green River Formation weighs in at 3 TRILLION Barrels, with 1 Trillion barrels recoverable with todays technology.

Maybe with today's tech, but not at today's prices. (BTW, some of that tech was around in the 80s). Also, expect considerable environmental opposition, especially in that end of Colorado, and further complications of Federal Leases....