Fifty for 150: ‘Black Sunday’ in 1982 pulled the plug on Colorado’s oil-shale boom
Radio and television stations on Colorado’s Western Slope were the first to report the news on May 2, 1982, citing a press release from the New York headquarters of the Exxon Corporation: The Colony Shale Oil Project, the company’s multibillion-dollar effort to tap into an unconventional energy source in Garfield County, was no more. Most […]
By: Chase Woodruff
Outlets: Colorado Newsline
Published: June 19, 2026
Words: 743
Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
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