Resources of the Colorado Plateau
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The Colorado Plateau contains two energy sources that have slowly risen to a high demand: Natural Gas and Crude Oil. Natural gas, so far, is a very abundant resource that was trapped naturally in the shale layers of the Colorado Plateau. The Piceance Basin is an area that houses a huge pocket of natural gas, on top of rich oil pockets, within the rock layers of the Mesaverde Formation and Green River Formation. Each of these resources help to provide a form of energy in order to power generators and/or turbines; one of them has more uses than the others in this group. Further information on both of these resources can be found here.