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Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025

December 3, 2025

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean conventional and continuous resources of 4.7 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.

Publication Year 2025
Title Assessment of undiscovered conventional and continuous gas resources in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado, 2025
DOI 10.3133/fs20253048
Authors Jenny Lagesse, Christopher Schenk, Jane Hearon, Sarah Gelman, Thomas Finn, Benjamin Johnson, Tracey J. Mercier, Phuong A. Le, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Andrea Cicero, Ronald Drake II
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 2025-3048
Index ID fs20253048
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Central Energy Resources Science Center
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