U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Wyoming
Pinedale Field Office
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Oil & Gas Reasonable Foreseeable Development (RFD) Scenario
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Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenarios for Oil & Gas Development in the Pinedale Field Office
Figures
Figure 1 Location of Pinedale Field Office management area & its relationship to other bureau management areas in Wyoming
Figure 2 Locations of oil & gas fields & major structural features within the Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 3 Federal development contracts within or intersecting Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure 4 Federal oil & gas unit agreements within or intersecting Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure 5 Locations of all wells drilled within Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 7 Potential deep (>15,000 feet) hydrocarbon resource, deep wells, & approximate location of deep Madison Limestone reservoir within Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 8 Location & status of directional wells within the Pinedale Field Office area. Well status as of August 8, 2006
Figure 9 Location & status of horizontal wells within the Pinedale Field Office area. Well status as of August 8, 2006
Figure 10 Undiscovered, technically recoverable, natural gas resources by township for the Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 11 Potential for occurrence of oil & gas within the Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 12 Historical & projected natural gas prices
Figure 13 Historical & projected crude oil prices
Figure 14 Authorized federal oil & gas leases within Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 15&16 Figure 15: Federal oil & gas lease sale results; & Figure 16: Total bonus & average per-acre bid data compiled from federal oil & gas lease sale results for lands in the Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 17&18 Figure 17: Approved seismic projects on bureau managed surface in the Pinedale Field Office area; & Figure 18: Wells drilled in the Pinedale Field Office area since 1970, by mineral ownership
Figure 19 Exploration wells drilled in the Pinedale Field Office area (1970-2002)
Figure 20 Development wells drilled in the Pinedale Field Office area (1970-2002)
Figure 21 Depth distribution for wells drilled in the Pinedale Field Office area 1990-2001
Figure 22 Non-coalbed oil & gas development potential within Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 23 Coalbed gas development potential within Pinedale Field Office area
Figure 24 & 25 Figure 24: Annual oil production from federal & non-federal wells in the Pinedale Field Office area; & Figure 25: Annual natural gas production from federal & non-federal wells in the Pinedale Field Office area
Figure A1-1 Location of the provinces lying partially within the Pinedale Field Office area (U.S. Geological Survey, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006a, & 2006b)
Figure A1-2 Location of Wyoming Thrust Belt Province, Thrust Belt Conventional oil & gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-3 Location of Wyoming Thrust Belt Province, Frontier-Adaville-Evanston coalbed assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-4 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Sub-Cretaceous conventional oil & gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-5 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Mowry conventional oil & gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-6 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Hilliard-Baxter-Mancos conventional oil & gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-7 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Mesaverde-Lance-Fort Union conventional oil & gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-8 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Mowry continuous gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-9 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Hilliard-Baxter-Mancos continuous gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-10 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Mesaverde-Lance-Fort Union continuous gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-11 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wasatch-Green River continuous gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-12 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Mesaverde coalbed gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A1-13 Location of Southwestern Wyoming Province, Fort Union coalbed gas assessment unit, with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A2-1 Location of the Lance unit of analysis with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A2-2 Location of the Almond unit of analysis with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A2-3 Location of the Ericson unit of analysis with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A2-4 Location of the Lower Mesaverde unit of analysis with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Figure A2-5 Location of the Frontier & Muddy-Dakota-Morrison units of analysis with respect to Pinedale Field Office boundary
Tables
Table 1 Total number of wells within the Pinedale Field Office area, by status & ownership type (August 1, 2003)
Table 2 Production Data
Table 3 Status of directional wells drilled in the Pinedale Field Office area
Table 4 Distribution of federal oil & gas leased acres in the Pinedale Field Office area
Table 5 Summary of wells drilled in the Pinedale Field Office area from 1970-2001
Table 6 Estimated non-coalbed oil & gas development potential classifications for the Pinedale Field Office area (2001-2020)
Table 7 Estimated coalbed gas development potential classifications for the Pinedale Field Office area (2001-2020)
Table 8 Summary of the cumulative production of oil & gas from 1974-2002, & estimated production based on hypothetical no-new-drilling & continued drilling scenarios for the period 2003-2021 (non-hydrocarbon gases are excluded from estimates)
Table 9 & 10 Table 9: Estimated well location densities & area in each non-coalbed oil & gas development potential category within the Pinedale Field Office area; & Table 10: Estimated well location densities & area in each coalbed gas development potential category within the Pinedale Field Office Area
Table 11 Alternative 1(No Action) summary of the number of acres in each restriction category for each development potential type within the Pinedale Field Office area
Table 12 Analysis results showing the calculated reduction in federal non-coalbed oil & gas wells & federal coalbed gas wells for Alternative 1 (No Action) due to Category C restrictions
Table 13 Total wells projected to be drilled within the Pinedale Field Office area for the base line & each alternative for the period 2001-2020
Table 14 Historical (2001 through 2005) & future oil production (in millions of barrels) for the Pinedale Field Office area, estimated for the base line & each alternative
Table 15 Historical (2001 through 2005) & future gas production (in billions of cubic feet) for the Pinedale Field Office area, estimated for the base line & each alternative
Table 16 Projected total number of well pads by alternative for federal surface & federal minerals (2001 to 2020) in the Pinedale Field Office area
Table 17 Initial surface disturbance from oil & gas activity on federal surface & federal minerals in the Pinedale Field Office area
Table 18 Long-term surface disturbance from oil & gas activity in the Pinedale Field Office area
Table A1-1 Oil & Gas Accumulations
Table A1-2 Resource Quantities at Probabilities of Occurrence of 95 & 5 Percent & for the Mean Case
Table A1-3 Oil & Gas Accumulations
Table A1-4
Table A1-5 Resource Quantities at Probabilities of Occurrence of 95 & 5 Percent & for the Mean Case
Table A2-1 Unit of Analysis Areas Within Pinedale Field Office Areas
Table A2-2