Assessment of continuous gas resources in the Phosphoria Formation of the Wyoming Thrust Belt Province, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, 2017

Fact Sheet 2018-3001
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered, technically recoverable resources of 198 billion cubic feet of continuous gas in the Phosphoria Formation of the Wyoming Thrust Belt Province, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah.

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Schenk, C.J., Mercier, T.J., Tennyson, M.E., Woodall, C.A., Finn, T.M., Pitman, J.K., Gaswirth, S.B., Marra, K.R., Le, P.A., Klett, T.R., and Leathers-Miller, H.M., 2018, Assessment of continuous gas resources in the Phosphoria Formation of the Wyoming Thrust Belt Province, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2018–3001, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20183001.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Total Petroleum System and Assessment Unit
  • Geologic Model for Assessment
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of continuous gas resources in the Phosphoria Formation of the Wyoming Thrust Belt Province, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, 2017
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2018-3001
DOI 10.3133/fs20183001
Year Published 2018
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 2 p.
Country United States
State Idaho, Utah, Wyoming
Other Geospatial Wyoming Thrust Belt Province
Online Only (Y/N) N
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