Waiting to Flip the Switch.

The article discusses how America has thousands of petroleum (oil) wells in places such as Colorado that are drilled and ready for use when petroleum prices start to increase, and it mentions the nation's Niobrara shale, as well as information about crude oil production estimates involving the Anadarko Petroleum Corp. drilling firm. According to the article, the untapped petroleum wells are known as D.U.C.s (drilled but uncomplete). Oil shales in North Dakota and Texas are also assessed.