| BAKKEN | BARNETT | EAGLE FORD | GRANITE WASH | HORN RIVER | MARCELLUS | MISSISSIPPI LIME | OPERATOR ASSETS |
| NIOBRARA | PERMIAN | PICEANCE/UINTA | POLAND | UTICA | WOODFORD | AUSTRALIA | COMPLETIONS |
With new activity in the Niobrara and Utica shales, the independent hopes to make its portfolio more liquid in nature.Some companies might be hesitant to put all of their eggs into the unconventional basket. PDC is not one of those companies.With all of its assets in either tight gas (the Piceance Basin), shale gas (Marcellus shale), ...
Operators in the Colorado Niobrara find success, with the state seeing the effect in higher oil production numbers for 2012.
While some plays in the area are proved producers, others simply lack the geology.