Home > Coal> Recoverable Coal Reserves at Producing Mines, Estimated Recoverable Reserves, and Demonstrated Reserve Base by Mining Method

Recoverable Coal Reserves at Producing Mines, Estimated Recoverable Reserves, and Demonstrated Reserve Base by Mining Method
 
Table 15.    xls    pdf     Annual Coal Report

Table 15. Recoverable Coal Reserves at Producing Mines, Estimated Recoverable Reserves, and Demonstrated Reserve Base by Mining Method, 2007
(Million Short Tons)
Coal-Producing State Underground - Minable Coal Surface - Minable Coal Total
Recoverable Reserves
at Producing Mines
Estimated
Recoverable Reserves
Demonstrated
Reserve Base
Recoverable Reserves
at Producing Mines
Estimated
Recoverable Reserves
Demonstrated
Reserve Base
Recoverable Reserves
at Producing Mines
Estimated
Recoverable Reserves
Demonstrated
Reserve Base
Alabama  275 485 963 52 2,264 3,178 327 2,749 4,141
Alaska  - 2,335 5,423 W 496 684 W 2,831 6,107
Arizona  - - - W - - W - -
Arkansas  W 127 272 - 101 144 W 228 417
Colorado  W 5,946 11,331 W 3,746 4,761 328 9,692 16,092
Georgia  - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 4
Idaho  - 2 4 - - - - 2 4
Illinois  1,253 27,893 87,811 33 10,064 16,536 1,286 37,957 104,347
Indiana  272 3,603 8,699 129 398 681 401 4,001 9,379
Iowa  - 807 1,732 - 320 457 - 1,127 2,189
Kansas  - - - W 680 971 W 680 971
Kentucky Total  886 7,265 16,770 296 7,417 12,848 1,182 14,682 29,618
  Eastern  503 553 990 166 5,154 9,229 669 5,707 10,219
  Western  383 6,712 15,780 130 2,263 3,619 513 8,975 19,399
Louisiana  - - - W 306 412 W 306 412
Maryland  W 313 571 W 41 60 24 354 631
Michigan  - 55 123 - 3 5 - 59 128
Mississippi  - - - W - - W - -
Missouri  - 689 1,479 W 3,157 4,509 W 3,846 5,988
Montana  W 35,922 70,957 W 38,934 48,166 1,251 74,856 119,123
New Mexico  W 2,788 6,128 W 4,156 5,929 483 6,944 12,057
North Carolina  - 5 11 - - - - 5 11
North Dakota  - - - 1,252 6,849 8,978 1,252 6,849 8,978
Ohio  230 7,692 17,484 103 3,755 5,736 333 11,447 23,220
Oklahoma  W 573 1,229 W 224 320 155 797 1,549
Oregon  - 6 15 - 2 3 - 9 17
Pennsylvania Total  427 10,595 23,006 105 1,026 4,222 532 11,621 27,228
  Anthracite  W 340 3,843 W 419 3,352 28 759 7,195
  Bituminous  W 10,255 19,164 W 606 870 504 10,861 20,034
South Dakota  - - - - 277 366 - 277 366
Tennessee  2 277 506 10 176 260 12 454 766
Texas  - - - 737 9,449 12,276 737 9,449 12,276
Utah  211 2,465 5,028 - 212 268 211 2,676 5,295
Virginia  208 596 1,062 48 171 536 256 767 1,598
Washington  - 674 1,332 - 6 8 - 681 1,340
West Virginia Total  1,285 15,395 28,845 543 2,274 3,605 1,828 17,669 32,450
  Northern  271 NA NA 32 NA NA 303 NA NA
  Southern  1,014 NA NA 511 NA NA 1,525 NA NA
Wyoming  W 22,946 42,493 W 16,728 20,198 7,330 39,674 62,692
U.S. Total  5,827 149,457 333,277 12,757 113,232 156,118 18,584 262,689 489,395

- = No data are reported.
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
NA = Not Available.
Notes: · Recoverable coal reserves at producing mines represent the quantity of coal that can be recovered (i.e. mined) from existing coal reserves at reporting mines. · EIA's estimated recoverable reserves include the coal in the demonstrated reserve base considered recoverable after excluding coal estimated to be unavailable due to land use restrictions or currently economically unattractive for mining, and after applying assumed mining recovery rates; see Glossary for criteria. · The effective date for the demonstrated reserve base, as customarily worded, is "Remaining as of January 1, 2008." These data are contemporaneous with the Recoverable Reserves at Producing Mines, customarily presented as of the end of the past year's mining, that is in this case, December 31, 2007. · The demonstrated reserve base includes publicly available data on coal mapped to measured and indicated degrees of accuracy and found at depths and in coalbed thicknesses considered technologically minable at the time of determinations; see Glossary for criteria. · All reserve expressions exclude silt, culm, refuse bank, slurry dam, and dredge operations. · Reserves at Producing Mines exclude mines producing less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide reserves data.
Source: · Energy Information Administration Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report," and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report," and EIA estimates.   


More Tables on Recoverable Coal Reserves:
Formats
Table 14. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Mines by State html xls pdf
Table 16. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing Underground Coal Mines by State and Mining Method html xls pdf
Table 17. Recoverable Coal Reserves and Average Recovery Percentage at Producing U.S. Mines by Mine Production Range and Mine Type html xls pdf

see also:
Historical Coal Data back to 1949
Projected Coal Supply & Demand to 2030
International Coal Data