Colorado gets $187M in federal energy, minerals royalties for FY 2009

Colorado has received $187,319,102 as its share of $1.98 billion in royalties distributed to U.S. states and local governments from energy and mineral production on federal lands for fiscal-year 2009, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service announced Tuesday.

It was one of 35 states receiving a share of the royalty revenue, based in part on the extent of energy and minerals production on each state’s federal lands.

Colorado received the third-largest share, after Wyoming ($957 million) and New Mexico ($389 million).

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