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Assessment of undiscovered gas resources of the Fruitland Total Petroleum System, San Juan Basin Province, New Mexico and Colorado, 2020

November 30, 2020

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 39 trillion cubic feet of gas within continuous and conventional reservoirs of the Fruitland Total Petroleum System in the San Juan Basin Province, New Mexico and Colorado.

Publication Year 2020
Title Assessment of undiscovered gas resources of the Fruitland Total Petroleum System, San Juan Basin Province, New Mexico and Colorado, 2020
DOI 10.3133/fs20203047
Authors Kristen R. Marra, Christopher J. Schenk, Tracey J. Mercier, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Thomas M. Finn, Cheryl A. Woodall, Michael E. Brownfield, Phuong A. Le, Ronald M. Drake
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Fact Sheet
Series Number 2020-3047
Index ID fs20203047
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Central Energy Resources Science Center