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Assumption to the Annual Energy Outlook
Table 71. Production, Heat Content, and Sulfur, Mercury and Carbon Dioxide Emission Factors by Coal Type and Region
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Coal
Supply Region |
States |
Coal Rank
and Sulfur Level |
Mine Type |
2002 Production (Million
Short tons) |
Heat
Content (Million
Btu per Short Ton) |
Sulfur (Pounds Per
Million Btu) |
Mercury (Pounds Per Trillion
Btu) |
CO2
(Pounds
Per
Million
Btu) |
Northern Appalachia
|
PA, OH,
MD, WV(North)
|
Metallurgical
Mid-Sulfur Bituminous
High-Sulfur Bituminous
Waste Coal (Gob and Culm)
|
Underground All
All
All
|
2.8
66.6
59.4
11.1
|
27.43
25.37
24.75
12.31
|
0.77
1.25
2.48
1.88
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N/A
11.16
11.67
63.9
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205.4
205.4
203.6
203.6
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Central Appalachia
|
KY(East), WV(South), TN(North)
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Metallurgical
Low-Sulfur Bituminous
Mid-Sulfur Bituminous
|
Underground All
All
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34.0
63.9
151.2
|
27.43
25.26
24.93
|
0.60
0.54
0.84
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N/A
5.61
7.58
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203.8
203.8
203.3
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Southern Appalachia
|
AL,TN(South)
|
Metallurgical
Low-Sulfur Bituminous Mid-Sulfur Bituminous
|
Underground All
All
|
4.6
3.1
11.4
|
27.43
24.66
24.53
|
0.48
0.57
1.06
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N/A
3.87
10.15
|
203.3
203.3
203.3
|
East Interior
|
IL, IN, KY(West),
MS |
Mid-Sulfur Bituminous High-Sulfur Bituminous Mid-Sulfur Lignite |
All
All
Surface |
32.0
60.7
2.3 |
22.68
22.85
11.26 |
1.13
2.74
0.98 |
5.60
6.35
14.11 |
202.7
202.5
211.4 |
West Interior
|
IA, MO,
KS, AR,
OK,
TX(Bit)
|
High-Sulfur Bituminous
|
Surface
|
1.9
|
23.58
|
2.28
|
21.55
|
202.4
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| Gulf Lignite |
TX(Lig),
LA |
Mid-Sulfur Lignite
High-Sulfur Lignite |
Surface Surface |
26.7
22.3 |
13.11
13.08 |
1.24
2.07 |
14.11
15.28 |
211.4
211.4 |
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| Dakota Lignite |
ND,
MT(Lig) |
Mid-Sulfur Lignite
|
Surface
|
31.1
|
13.24
|
1.15
|
8.38
|
216.6
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Powder River,
Green River, and Hannah Basins |
WY,
MT(Sub)
|
Low-Sulfur Subbituminous Mid-Sulfur Subbituminous Low-Sulfur Bituminous
|
Surface Surface Underground
|
372.1
38.2
0.0
|
17.44
17.57
21.93
|
0.35
0.76
0.51
|
5.68
5.82
2.08
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210.7
210.7
204.4
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Rocky Mountain
|
CO,
UT
|
Low-Sulfur Bituminous Low-Sulfur Subbituminous
|
Underground Surface
|
50.4
10.0
|
23.25
20.61
|
0.40
0.39
|
3.82
2.04
|
203.0
210.6
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Southwest
|
AZ,
NM
|
Low-Sulfur Bituminous Mid-Sulfur Subbituminous Mid-Sulfur Bituminous |
Surface Surface Underground |
23.0
16.9
1.8 |
21.40
18.69
19.52 |
0.47
0.85
0.72 |
4.66
7.18
7.18 |
205.4
206.7
206.7 |
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| Northwest |
WA, AK |
Mid-Sulfur Subbituminous |
Surface |
7.0 |
15.63 |
1.13 |
6.99 |
207.9 |
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Released: February 2004
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