Coalbed Methane

Energy Information Administration (E.I.A.)

• Maps
• Production
• Reserves
• Summary of CBM Descriptions (EPA)

USGS

• Assessing the Coal Resources of the United States
• CBM–An Untapped Energy Resource and an Environmental Concern
• CBM Field Conference May, 2001
• CBM Home Page
• CBM: Potential and Concerns
• Geologic Overview of CBM
• Geologic Units Containing Coal

General Information

• CBM Development in The Intermountain West
• CBM Production Potential in U.S. Basins
• Overview of U.S. Plays and Trends

EIA CBM Fields Map

• Black Warrior Basin
  • CBM The Black Warrior Basin
  • Geologic Heterogeneity and Coalbed Methane Production – Experience from The Black Warrior Basin
  • History of Coalbed Methane In Alabama
  • The Black Warrior Basin (Wikipedia)
• Cahaba Coal Field
  • Cahaba Basin (Wikipedia)
  • Carbon Sequestration and Enhanced CBM Recovery Potential

• Alaska Coal Geology, Resources, and Coalbed Methane Potential (USGS)
• Alaska Deep Coal Seams Scoping O2 Sequestration Evaluation
• EIA CBM Fields Map
• Exploring for Coalbed Methane in Alaska
  
  • Colville (North Slope)
    • Planning Exploratory Drilling for Coalbed Methane Resource Development in Rural Alaska
    • BLM to Analyze Proposed Oil Development in NE NPR-A

  • Cook Inlet-Matanusha Valley
    • CBM, Cook Inlet, south-central Alaska: A potential giant gas resource
    • Coalbed methane: Alaska’s newest energy source
    • Cook Inlet Energy Supply Alternatives Study

  • Susitna Basin
    • Susitna Basin Publications (ADNR)
    • Big Risk, Bigger Rewards: Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin

Summary of The Coal Deposits in The Colorado Plateau: AZ, CO, NM, UT (USGS)

• Black Mesa
  • Coal and Coalbed Methane Resources of Cretaceous Rocks of the Black Mesa Basin

EIA CBM Fields Map

• Arkoma Basin
  • Coal and CBM (OGS)
  • Lower Hartshorne Coal CBM Well Location Map (AGS)
  • Methane Content and Geology of the Hartshorne Coalbed in Haskell and Le Flore Counties, Okla.

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Summary of The Coal Deposits in The Colorado Plateau: AZ, CO, NM, UT (USGS)

• Denver Basin
  • Denver Basin Coal (Wikipedia)
  • Holocene Startigraphy Along Coal Creek

• Piceance Basin
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • An Analysis of the Coal-Seam Gas Resource of the Piceance Basin, Colorado
  • Piceance Basin CBM (EPA)
• Southwest Colorado
  • Coal Methane Wealth From The HD Mtns?
  • Natural Gas Seepage Near the Fruitland Formation Outcrop (COGCC)

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Illinois Basin

• EIA CBM Fields Map
• Characterization Of the Springfield Coal Member of The CarbondaleFormation
• Coalbed Methane Potential and Activity of the Illinois Basin
• Coalbed Methane in the Illinois Basin: Development Challenges in a Frontier Area
• Illinois Basin Coal GIS Datasets for Coal Bed Methane, Carbon Sequestration, and Coal Resource Studies
• Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin
• Resource Assessment of the Springfield, Herrin, Danville, and Baker Coals in the Illinois Basin (USGS)

• Carbondale Group (IGS)
• Coal-Bed Methane Development in Indiana

Iowa Coal Geology (IDNR)

Kansas Coalbed Methane (KEO)

• Cherokee Basin
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • CBM and Shale Gas in The Cherokee Basin
  • Mulky Coal (KGS)
  • Mulky Coal Isopach Map (KGS)
  • Stratigraphy of the Cherokee Group, southeastern Kansas (KGS)

• Forest City Basin
  • CBM in the Forest City Basin (USGS)
  • Biogeochemistry of the Forest City Basin coalbed methane play

• Coalbed Methane (KGS)
• Coalbed Methane in Kentucky (KGS)
  
  • Appalachian Basin
    • EIA CBM Fields Map Central Appalachian
    • EIA CBM Fields Map Northern Appalachian
    • Geology and Palynology of Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata in the Western Kentucky Coal Field

• EIA CBM Fields Map
• CBM Potential in Louisiana (USGS)

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Michigan Basin

• The Coal Fields of Bay County
• Geological Series 11, a Monograph on The Subject of The Occurrence of Oil and Gas in Michigan
• Saginaw Formation (USGS)

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Forest City Basin

• CBM in the Forest City Basin (USGS)
• Biogeochemistry of the Forest City Basin coalbed methane play

• Bull Mtn Basin (USGS)
• Coal Deposits of Red Lodge and Bearcreek
  • North Central Coal Region
    • Coal Resources Of Montana (MBMG)
    • Powder River Basin
      • Coal Bed Methane in The Powder River Basin of Montana

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Summary of The Coal Deposits in The Colorado Plateau: AZ, CO, NM, UT (USGS)

• San Juan Basin (CO, NM)
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • Isopachs of net coal thickness, Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, NM and CO (USGS)
  • New insights on the hydrocarbon system of the Fruitland Formation coal beds, northern San Juan Basin, Colorado and New Mexico
  • Stratigraphy and Age of The Upper Creataceous Fruitland Fm. West-Central San Juan Basin

• Raton Basin (CO, NM)
  • EIA CBM Fields Map

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• Assessment of The Shallow Natural Gas Resource Potential of North Dakota
• Coal Maps (NDGS)
  

Appalachian Basin

• EIA CBM Fields Map Central Appalachian
• EIA CBM Fields Map Northern Appalachian
• Geology and Palynology of Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata in the Western Kentucky Coal Field

Arkoma Basin

• Coal and CBM (OGS)
• Lower Hartshorne Coal CBM Well Location Map (AGS)
• Methane Content and Geology of the Hartshorne Coalbed in Haskell and Le Flore Counties, Okla.

Coos Bay

• EIA CBM Fields Map

Appalachian Basin

• Geology of The Pennsylvania Coal Regions

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Appalachian Basin

• EIA CBM Fields Map Central Appalachian
• EIA CBM Fields Map Northern Appalachian
• Geology and Palynology of Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata in the Western Kentucky Coal Field

• Southwestern Coal Region
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • Huminite Reflectance Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous (Olmos) Coals (USGS)
  • Maverick Basin
  • Olmos Formation Upper Cretaceous in Texas

• Gulf Coast Coal Region
  • Coal Underlying Federal Lands in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain (USGS)
  • Map Showing Outcrop of the Coal-bearing Units and Land Use in the Gulf Coast Region
  • Tertiary Coals in South Texas (USGS)

Summary of The Coal Deposits in The Colorado Plateau: AZ, CO, NM, UT (USGS)

• Henry Mountains
  • Coal Resources Of The Hanry Mtns. Coal Field, Utah (USGS)
  • Coal Resources of State-Owned Lands in The Muley Canyon SS Mbr. of The Mancos Shale

• Kaiparowits
  • Distribution and Resources of Coal in The Kaiparowits Plateau, Southern Utah (USGS)
  • Selected ARC/INFO coverages created for investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau (USGS)
  • Summary of Coal Distribution (USGS)

• Uinta Basin
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • Stratigraphy of The Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale and Mesaverde Groupd in The Southern part of the Uinta and Piceance Basins (USGS)

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Richmond Basin

• Methane Potential From Coal Seams in The Richmond Basin of Virginia
• Virginia Coal

Western Washington

• Washington Coal Region (Pacific and Central)
• Washington State Coal Mine Map Collection (DNR)

Appalachian Basin

• EIA CBM Fields Map Central Appalachian
• EIA CBM Fields Map Northern Appalachian
• Geology and Palynology of Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian strata in the Western Kentucky Coal Field

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• Bighorn Basin (MT, WY)
  • Extent of Coal Bearing Rocks and Locations of Coal Mines
  • Summary of Coal in The Fort Union Formation (USGS)

• Greater Green River Basin (CO, WY)
  • EIA CBM Fields Map

• Hannah-Carbon Basin (WY)
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • Potential for Deep Basin-Centered Gas Hanna Basin (USGS)
  • Scope Statement Hanna Draw CBM Exploration Environmental Assessment

• Overthrust (WY)
  • Coal Fields in WY, Hams Fork

• Powder River Basin (MT, WY)
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • Assessment of Coalbed Gas in the Powder River Basin Province, Wyoming and Montana (USGS)
  • Economics of Powder River Basin Coalbed Methane Development (DOE)
  • Multi-Seam Well Completion Technology (DOE)
  • Subsurface Stratigraphic Framework of the Fort Union and Wasatch Formations, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana (USGS)
  • Field Conference on Impacts of Coalbed Methane Development (USGS)

• Wind River Basin (WY)
  • EIA CBM Fields Map
  • Wind River Basin Province