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Pinedale Mineral Occurrence
and Development Potential
Report


Outside Cover (.pdf)
Inside Cover (.pdf)
Executive Summary (.pdf)
Table of Contents (.pdf)
Chapter 1 (.pdf)
Chapter 2 (.pdf)
Chapter 3 (.pdf)
Chapter 4 (.pdf)
Chapter 5 (.pdf)
Chapter 6 (.pdf)
Appendix A - Oil and Gas Operations (.pdf)
List of Figures
Figure 1-1General Location Map of the RMPPA (.gif)
Figure 2-1Physiographic Provinces in Relation to the Wyoming Basin (.gif)
Figure 2-2 Physiographic and Structural Elements of the Northern Green River Basin (.gif)
Figure 2-3 Stratigraphic Nomenclature Chart (.gif)
Figure 2-4 Schematic Geologic Cross Section (.gif)
Figure 3-1 Trap Types (.gif)
Figure 3-2 Number of New Wells Drilled, by Year, in the RMPPA Since 1970 (.gif)
Figure 3-3 Wells Drilled in the RMPPA from 1950 to 2001 (.gif)
Figure 3-4 New Field Wildcat Wells in the RMPPA from 1970 to 2001 (.gif)
Figure 3-5 Development Wells Drilled in the RMPPA from 1970 to 2001 (.gif)
Figure 3-6 Well Depth Distribution for Wells Drilled in the RMPPA Since 1990 (.gif)
Figure 3-7 Wells Drilled for Oil and Gas (.gif)
Figure 3-8 Yearly Total Non-coalbed Gas Production, Production from Federal and Non-federal Lands, and Production Without Madison Limestone Production in the RMPPA (.gif)
Figure 3-9 Yearly Total Oil Production and Production from Federal and Non-federal Wells in the RMPPA (.gif)
Figure 3-10 Yearly Total Producing Wells and Federal and Non-federal Producing Wells in the RMPPA (.gif)
Figure 3-11 Deep Reservoir Potential, Deep Wells, and Location of Deep Madison Limestone Reservoir (.gif)
Figure 3-12 Federal Unit Agreement Areas (.gif)
Figure 3-13 Typical CBM Well Production Profile (.gif)
Figure 3-14 Wyoming Coalfields (.gif)
Figure 3-15 Surficial Geology (.pdf)
Figure 4-1 Location of USGS Conventional Wyoming Thrust Belt Province Plays (.gif)
Figure 4-2 Location of USGS Conventional Southwestern Wyoming Thrust-Belt Province-Norther Thrust Plays (.gif)
Figure 4-3 Location of USGS Conventional Southwestern Wyoming Province-Moxa Arch, La Barge and Subthrust Plays (.gif)
Figure 4-4 Location of USGS Conventional Southwestern Wyoming Province-Basin Margin Anticline and Jackson Hole Plays (.gif)
Figure 4-5 Location of USGS Conventional Southwestern Wyoming Province-Deep Basin Structure Play (.gif)
Figure 4-6 Location of USGS Conventional Southwestern Wyoming Province-Cloverly-Frontier Basin-centered Gas Play (.gif)
Figure 4-7 Location of USGS Conventional Southwestern Wyoming Province-Mesaverde Basin-centered Gas Play (.gif)
Figure 4-8 Location of USGS Conventional Southwestern Wyoming Province-Fox Hills-Lance Basin-centered Gas Play (.gif)
Figure 4-9 Undiscovered, Technically Recoverable, Natural Gas Resources (.gif)
Figure 4-10 Hydrocarbon Occurrence Potential (.gif)
Figure 4-11 Historical Spot Gas Prices for Northwest Pipeline at Opal, Wyoming, with Projections to 2020 (.gif)
Figure 4-12 Plot of Historical Wyoming Crude Oil Prices, with Projections to 2020 (.gif)
Figure 4-13 Location of Federal Oil and Gas Leases (.gif)
Figure 4-14 Summary of Federal Acres Offered for Oil and Gas Leasing and Acres Leased Competitively, by Year, for the 1996-2001 Period (.gif)
Figure 4-15 Summary of the Total Amount of Bonus Money Received from Federal Oil and Gas Leasing and the Average Bid, by Year, for the 1996-2001 Period (.gif)
Figure 4-16 Approved Seismic NOIs, by Year, on BLM-managed Surface in the RMPPA (.gif)
Figure 4-17 Non-Coalbed Methane Development Potential Areas (.gif)
Figure 4-18 Coalbed Gas Production as a Percent of Total Natural Gas Produced in Wyoming (.gif)
Figure 4-19 Location of USGS Unconventional Southwestern Wyoming Province-Coalbed Gas Play (.gif)
Figure 4-20Coalbed Methane Development Potential Areas (.pdf)
Figure A-1 Seismic Survey (.gif)
Figure A-2 Federal Permitting Process (.gif)
Figure A-3 Schematic for a Typical Single Well Pad Layout (.gif)
Figure A-4 Typical CBM Well Pad Layout (.gif)
Figure A-5 Rotary Drill Rig Diagram (.gif)
Figure A-6 Wireless Log Combined with Other Formation Evaluation Data (.gif)
Figure A-7 Typcial Gas Well Production Facility (.gif)
Figure A-8 Well Heads or (Christmas Trees): Gas Well (Left), Pumping Oil Well (Right) (.gif)
Figure A-9 Pump Jack and Downhole Pump (.gif)
Figure A-10 Oil Well Process Equipment (.gif)
Figure A-11 Typical Production Curves for a CBM Well (.gif)
Figure A-12 Completed and Abandoned Well Bore Diagrams (.gif)
List of Tables
Table 3-4 Summary of Data for all Deep Wells (>15,000 Feet) Drilled in RMPPA (.gif)
Table 3-5 Secondary and Tertiary Recovery Units in the RMPPA (.gif)
Table 4-1 USGS Conventional Play Data for the Wyoming Thrust Belt Province (036) (.gif)
Table 4-2 USGS Conventional Play Data for Southwestern Wyoming Province (037) (.gif)
Table 4-3 USGS Unconventional Play Data for Southwestern Wyoming Province (037) (.gif)
Table 4-4 USGS Conventional Play Resources of the Wyoming Thrust Belt Province (036) (.gif)
Table 4-5 USGS Conventional Play Resources of the Southwestern Wyoming Province (037) (.gif)
Table 4-6 USGS Unconventional Play Resources of the Southwestern Wyoming Province (037) (.gif)