Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional and Continuous Gas Resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025

Fact Sheet 2025-3048
National and Global Petroleum Assessment
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional and continuous resources of 4.7 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.

Suggested Citation

Lagesse, J.H., Schenk, C.J., Hearon, J.S., Gelman, S.E., Finn, T.M., Johnson, B.G., Mercier, T.J., Le, P.A., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Cicero, A.D., and Drake, R.M., II, 2025, Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2025–3048, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20253048.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Geologic Summary
  • Total Petroleum System and Assessment Units
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2025-3048
DOI 10.3133/fs20253048
Publication Date December 03, 2025
Year Published 2025
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description Report: 4 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
Other Geospatial Southwestern Wyoming Province
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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