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 Economics and the 1995 National Assessment of U.S. Oil and Gas Resources
 Emil D. Attanasi

  U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-75-M


Table 3. Estimates of technically recoverable and economic gas in assessed coalbeds in the conterminous United States as of January 1994.

Province Province Tech. Rec. $2/mcf $3.34/mcf
Number Name Gas Gas Gas
    (TCF) (TCF) (TCF)
4 Western Washington 0.697 0.000 0.330
TOTAL Reg-2. Pacific Coast 0.697 0.000 0.330
 
20 Uinta - Piceance 10.705 4.229 8.506
22 San Juan 7.533 5.970 7.267
TOTAL Reg-3. Colorado Plateau & Basin & Range 18.238 10.199 15.773
 
33 Powder River 1.107 0.000 0.534
35 Wind River 0.426 0.000 0.398
37 Southwest Wyoming 3.889 1.093 1.831
41 Raton Basin 1.775 0.782 1.709
TOTAL Reg-4. Rocky MT & N. Great Plains 7.196 1.875 4.472
 
56 Forest City Basin 0.452 0.000 0.000
60 Cherokee Basin 1.914 0.000 0.000
62 Arkoma Basin 2.640 0.268 2.109
TOTAL Reg-7. Midcontinent 5.006 0.268 2.109
 
64 Illinois Basin 1.628 0.000 0.000
65 Black Warrior Basin 2.303 0.000 1.200
67 Appalachian Basin 14.846 2.538 3.023
TOTAL Reg-8. Eastern 18.777 2.538 4.223
CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES 49.914 14.880 26.907

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