Assessment of undiscovered continuous tight-gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Wasatch Formation, Uinta-Piceance Province, Utah and Colorado, 2018

Fact Sheet 2019-3027
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Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 24 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Mesaverde Group and Wasatch Formation of the Uinta-Piceance Province in northeast Utah and northwest Colorado.

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Drake, R.M., II, Schenk, C.J., Mercier, T.J., Le, P.A., Finn, T.M., Johnson, R.C., Woodall, C.A., Gaswirth, S.B., Marra, K.R., Pitman, J.K., Leathers-Miller, H.M., Haines, S.S., and Tennyson, M.E., 2019, Assessment of undiscovered continuous tight-gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Wasatch Formation, Uinta-Piceance Province, Utah and Colorado, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2019–3027, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20193027.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Total Petroleum System
  • Assessment Units
  • Undiscovered Resources Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of undiscovered continuous tight-gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Wasatch Formation, Uinta-Piceance Province, Utah and Colorado, 2018
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2019-3027
DOI 10.3133/fs20193027
Year Published 2019
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description Report: 2 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State Colorado, Utah
Online Only (Y/N) N
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