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This report presents ten storage assessment units (SAUs) within the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The Powder River Basin contains a thick succession of sedimentary rocks that accumulated steadily throughout much of the Phanerozoic, and at least three... |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Type: Publication
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The Organic Petrology Laboratory (OPL) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Eastern Energy Resources Science Center in Reston, Virginia, contains several thousand processed coal sample materials that were loosely organized in laboratory drawers for the past several decades... |
Thursday, September 27, 2012 Type: Publication
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Dozens of natural and human-induced coal fires are active in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, the largest source of coal produced in the United States. Coal fires exhibit surface features similar to those found above high-temperature geothermal systems... |
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Type: Outside Publication
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed the first digital National Coal Resource Assessment of in-place coal resources in 2009 for selected coal beds in the United States... |
Monday, September 19, 2011 Type: Publication
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Coalbed methane (CBM) is a source of natural gas that is recovered by dewatering coal beds and collecting volatile compounds, such as methane, that are desorbed from the coal. Coalbed methane currently accounts for approximately 7% of U.S. natural-gas production (U.S. Energy Information... |
Monday, September 12, 2011 Type: Outside Publication
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A review of publicly available coal quality data during the 2010 coal resource assessment of the southwestern part of the Powder River Basin, Wyo. (SWPRB; fig. 1), revealed problems and limitations with those data... |
Friday, August 26, 2011 Type: Publication
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The abundance of new borehole data from recent coal bed natural gas development in the Powder River Basin was utilized by the U.S. Geological Survey for the most comprehensive evaluation to date of coal resources and reserves in the Northern Wyoming Powder River Basin assessment area... |
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Type: Publication
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The stratigraphy, correlation, mapping, and depositional history of coal-bearing strata in the Paleogene Fort Union and Wasatch Formations in the Powder River Basin were mainly based on measurement and description of outcrops during the early 20th century... |
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Type: Publication
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Between 1999 and 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigated coalbed methane (CBM) resources in the Wyoming portion of the Powder River Basin. The study also included the CBM resources in the North Dakota portion of the Williston Basin of North Dakota and the Wyoming portion of the Green... |
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 Type: Publication
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The Gillette coalfield, within the Powder River Basin in east-central Wyoming, is the most prolific coalfield in the United States. In 2006, production from the coalfield totaled over 431 million short tons of coal, which represented over 37 percent of the Nation’s total yearly production... |
Friday, August 22, 2008 Type: Publication
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Overview
The Powder River Basin is a geologic region that straddles southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming and is known for its coal and coalbed methane deposits. This web site provides access to the diverse Energy Resources Program research activities and products within the Powder River Basin Region.
Photo: One of the largest draglines in the world
operates in a Powder River Basin coal mine.
Photo: A coal hauling truck operates in a
Powder River Basin coal mine.
Research
National Oil and Gas
Assessments
National Oil and Gas Assessments
The USGS has completed several assessments of the Powder River Basin. This information is summarized on the Oil and Gas Assessment Powder River Basin page.
National Coal Resource
Assessment
National Coal Resource Assessment
The National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) project was a multi-year effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Program to identify, characterize, and assess the coal resources that will supply a major part of the Nation’s energy needs during the next few decades. NCRA data and publications are available on the NCRA Powder River Basin page.
Coalbed Methane Assessment
Coalbed Methane Assessment
There are coalbed methane assessments for the Powder River Basin currently available.
National Geothermal Assessment
National Geothermal Assessment
Geothermal study sites and calculated potential has been compiled and is available for the entire western United States on the geothermal studies page.
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