Additional Coalbed Methane Resources and Information
Non-USGS References
Crockett, F.J., Ellis, M.S., Stricker, G.D., Gunther, G.L., Ochs, A.M., and Flores, R.M., 2001, An Estimate of Coal Gas Resources in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association 52nd Field Conference Guidebook 2001—Wyoming Gas Resources and Technology, Extended Abstract, p. 183-189.
Crockett, F., 2004, Review of drainage of Federal minerals due to coalbed natural gas development in the Powder River Basin: Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Reservoir Management Group, Internal Study, Bureau of Land Management files, 1 p.
Klein, DA., Flores, R.M., Pererya, L.P., and Pruden, A., 2004, Putative methanogen molecular evidence in Paleocene Fort Union coals in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 7-10, 2004, Denver, CO, Abstracts with Programs, volume 36, number 5.
Klein, D.A., Flores, R.M., McKinney S., Pereyra, L.P., and Pruden, A., 2005, Cultural and molecular studies of methanogens in Paleocene Fort Union Formation coal from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana: American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2005 Rocky Mountain Section-AAPG Jackson Hole Meeting, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, September 24-26, 2005, Meeting Program, p. 35-36.
Lico, M. S., Kharaka, Y. K., Carothers, W. W., and Wright, V. A., 1982, Methods for collection and analysis of geopressured geothermal and oil field waters: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2194, 21 p.
McGarry, D.E., 2004, Lost gas data due to mining based on core data at Jacob Ranch coal mine by U.S. Geological Survey and Kennecott Energy Corporation: Bureau of Land Management website at http://www.wy.blm.gov/minerals/og/res.mgt/resevmgt.html.
McGarry, D.E., and Flores, R.M., 2004, Hydrodynamic and stratigraphic controls on Wyodak-Anderson coalbed natural gas reservoirs in the Fort Union Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Colorado School of Mines, CBM Section website at http://www.pttcrockies.org/
McGarry, D.E., 2005, Review of coalbed methane gas and conventional oil and gas resources, production, and economics, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Reservoir Management Group LBA Draft Environmental Impact Statements for the North Antelope-Rochelle mine area, the Buckskin mine area, the West Antelope mine area, and the Maysdorf area (near Cordero-Rojo and Caballo Mines), 10 p. each.
Rice, C.A., Bartos, T.T., and Ellis M.S., 2002, Chemical and isotopic composition of water in the Fort Union and Wasatch Formations of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: Implications for coalbed methane development: The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Coalbed Methane of North America II, p. 53-70.
Stricker, G.D., and Flores, R.M., 2002, Coalbed methane content in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Saturation by coal rank and depth: Nineteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference Proceedings, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 22-27, 2002, Session 6, 15 p., ISBN 1-890977-19-5, CD-ROM, unpaginated.
Stricker, G.D., and Flores, R.M., 2003, Potential carbon dioxide sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane production in the Powder River and Williston Basins, in Sakkestad, B., ed., Proceedings of the 29th International Technical Conference on Coal Utilization and Fuel Systems, CD-ROM, p. 387-402.
Stricker, G.D., and Flores, R.M., 2004, Assessment of carbon dioxide sequestration in Fort Union coal beds in the northern Rocky Mountains-Great Plains coal basins: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 7-10, 2004, Denver, CO, Abstracts with Programs, volume 36, number 5, p.541
Stricker, G.D., Flores, R.M., Klein, D.A., Rice, C.A., and Schmidt, R. A., 2005, Shallowest coalbed accumulation in the west: It’s all about water and microbes in the Powder River Basin; American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 9-12, 2006, Abstracts Volume, p.102.
Additional Contacts
U.S. Geological Survey
Romeo M. Flores, Project Chief, U.S. Geological Survey Central Energy Resources Team, Denver, Colorado, Phone: (303) 236-7774, Email: rflores@usgs.gov
Gary D. Stricker, U.S. Geological Survey Central Energy Resources Team, Denver, Colorado, Phone: (303) 236-7763
Cyndi A. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey Central Energy Resources Team, Denver, Colorado, Phone: (303) 236-1989, Email: crice@usgs.gov
Margaret S. Ellis, U.S. Geological Survey Central Energy Resources Team, Denver, Colorado, Phone: (303) 236-7775, Email: mellis@usgs.gov
Bureau of Land Management
Karl S. Osvald, Project Chief, Bureau Land Management Wyoming Reservoir Management Group, Casper, Wyoming, Phone: (307) 261-7729, Email: Karl_Osvald@blm.gov
Dwain E. McGarry, Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Reservoir Management Group, Casper, Wyoming, Phone: (307) 261-7624, Email: Dwain_McGarry@blm.gov
Additional Links
BLM Publications
Wyoming BLM website
Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2006, Website
Wyoming: Colorado School of Mines, CBM Section website
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