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US coalbed methane resource estimates, issues aired

09/24/2001
Click here to enlarge imageThe US Geological Survey has slashed estimates of Uinta-Piceance basin coalbed methane resources, but substantially raised them for the Powder River basin.Gene Whitney, a supervisory geologist, testified at a recent House Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee oversight hearing on CBM issues.Meanwhile, a CBM producer complained at the hearing that permitting delays and other regulatory barriers are slowing development of this burgeoning resource.TestimonyWhitney said USGS estimates the Uinta-Piceance basin of Colorado and Utah holds, at the mean, 2.32 tcf of undiscovered, technically recoverable CBM, down sharply from the 1995 estimate of 10.7 tcf. But the ...
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