Tag: Natural Gas Prices

Government officials on the Western Slope are bracing for a drop-off in natural gas drilling of up to 80 percent this summer — and a corresponding plunge in tax revenues. While some politicians attribute the slowdown to the drop in energy prices and the global recession, others blame Colorado's stricter drilling regulations.

If you traveled about 1,000 miles north across the Canadian border in the Province of Alberta, you would almost think you landed in Western...