TECHNICALLY RECOVERABLE RESOURCES IN CONTINUOUS-TYPE DEPOSITS

                               
Coal-Bed Gas


     Major coal-bearing areas in the lower 48 States are shown in figure 8. 
The in-place resources of coal-bed gas are determined by the product 
of the coal tonnage and gas content. Although the in-place resources 
are very large for this type of accumulation, the main concern is
recoverability. Figure 8 also shows the location of areas within which
potential additions to reserves of coal-bed gas were quantitatively
assessed for 39 plays. For this assessment, technically recoverable
resources of coal-bed gas for the lower 48 States are estimated to
range from 42.9 TCFG to 57.6 TCFG, with a mean estimate of 49.9 TCFG.
Estimates for individual provinces and regions are presented in table 5.

Note: Table 5 was subdivided into various Regions:


Table5a contains Regions 2, 3, 4, & 7

Table5b contains Region 8