Megascopic lithologic studies of coals in the Powder River basin in Wyoming and in adjacent basins in Wyoming and North Dakota

Michael H. Trippi; Gary D. Stricker; Romeo M. Flores; Ronald W. Stanton; Lora A. Chiehowsky; Timothy A. Moore

doi:10.3133/ofr20101114

Megascopic lithologic studies of coals in the Powder River basin in Wyoming and in adjacent basins in Wyoming and North Dakota

Open-File Report 2010-1114

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office Reservoir Management Group

By: Michael H. Trippi, Gary D. Stricker, Romeo M. Flores, Ronald W. Stanton, Lora A. Chiehowsky, and Timothy A. Moore

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101114

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Abstract

Between 1999 and 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigated coalbed methane (CBM) resources in the Wyoming portion of the Powder River Basin. The study also included the CBM resources in the North Dakota portion of the Williston Basin of North Dakota and the Wyoming portion of the Green River Basin of Wyoming. This project involved the cooperation of the State Office, Reservoir Management Group (RMG) of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Casper, Wyo., and 16 independent gas operators in the Powder River, Williston, and Green River Basins. The USGS and BLM entered into agreements with these CBM operators to supply samples for the USGS to analyze and provide the RMG with rapid, timely results of total gas desorbed, coal quality, and high-pressure methane adsorption isotherm data. This program resulted in the collection of 963 cored coal samples from 37 core holes. This report presents megascopic lithologic descriptive data collected from canister samples extracted from the 37 wells cored for this project.

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Trippi, M.H., Stricker, G.D., Flores, R.M., Stanton, R.W., Chiehowsky, L.A., Moore, T.A., 2010, Megascopic lithologic studies of coals in the Powder River basin in Wyoming and in adjacent basins in Wyoming and North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1114, Report: iv, 17 p.; Appendices, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101114.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

ISSN: 0196-1497 (print)

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Megascopic lithologic studies of coals in the Powder River basin in Wyoming and in adjacent basins in Wyoming and North Dakota
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	2010-1114
DOI	10.3133/ofr20101114
Year Published	2010
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s)	Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description	Report: iv, 17 p.; Appendices
Time Range Start	1999-01-01
Time Range End	2007-12-31
Online Only (Y/N)	N
Additional Online Files (Y/N)	Y