Chapter 1

Executive Summary—2002 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the
Denver Basin Province, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,  and Wyoming

By Debra K. Higley, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett,
Richard M. Pollastro, and James W. Schmoker
 

Chapter 2^*

Oil and Gas Exploration and Development along the Front Range in the Denver
Basin of  Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming

By Debra K. Higley and Dave O. Cox
 

Chapter 3^*

Coal in the Front Range Urban Corridor—An Overview of Coal Geology, Coal Production,
and Coal-Bed Methane Potential in Selected Areas of the Denver Basin, Colorado, and
the Potential Effects of Historical Coal Mining on Development and Land-Use Planning

By Stephen B. Roberts
 

Chapter 4

Tabular Data and Graphical Images in Support of the U.S. Geological Survey
National Oil and Gas Assessment—General Reference

Modified from T.R. Klett and P.A. Le
 

Chapter 5^**

Core Porosity, Permeability, and Vitrinite Reflectance Data from the Lower Cretaceous  J
Sandstone in 141 Denver Basin Coreholes

By Debra K. Higley

* previously published in Energy Resource Studies, Northern Front Range, Colorado. 2005, Fishman, N.S., ed.:
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1698, 162 p., 1 plate.

** previously published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-527

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