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

May 13, 2019

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.

Publication Year 2019
Title Assessment of undiscovered continuous tight-gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Wasatch Formation, Uinta-Piceance Province, Utah and Colorado, 2018
DOI 10.3133/fs20193027
Authors Ronald M. Drake, Christopher J. Schenk, Tracey J. Mercier, Phuong A. Le, Thomas M. Finn, Ronald C. Johnson, Cheryl A. Woodall, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Kristen R. Marra, Janet K. Pitman, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Seth S. Haines, Marilyn E. Tennyson
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 2019-3027
Index ID fs20193027
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Central Energy Resources Science Center