Coal Bed Methane
CBM in Wyoming
Contact Information
- Federal
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Field Office
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- State
- Department of Environmental Quality
Air Quality Division
Water Quality Division
- Game and Fish Department
- Geological Survey
- Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
- State Engineer's Office
- Industry
- Petroleum Association of Wyoming
- Powder River Basin Resource Council CBM Information
- Wyoming Independent Producers Association
- Citizens' Groups
- Powder River Basin Resource Council
- Wyoming Outdoor Council
Permitting Process
Wyoming DEQ, Water Quality Division, Watershed Management Program, web site containing information on the CBM permitting process in Wyoming, applications, water quality standards, TMDLs, and monitoring. Site also provides a list of contacts in the Water Quality Division.
Studies, Reports, EISs, Maps
- Final CBM Environmental Impact Statement, January 2003, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office
- Record of Decision on CBM Environmental Impact Statement, April 2003, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office
- Total Wyoming CBM Production, January 1987 to December 2001 May 2001, Wyoming Outdoor Council and Powder River Basin Resource Council
- Coalbed Methane Development in Wyoming's Powder River Basin: Natural Gas Development and its Threats to the Landscape, People and Wildlife,
- Field Conference on Impacts of Coal Bed Methane Development in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, U.S. Geological Survey, 2001, Open-File Report 01-126
- Revised Coal Bed Methane Maps, Each map contains updated CBM permit information , drilling, production, and other development activities through February 2003
- Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Project, Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Planning Amendment, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo Field Office, January 2002
- Powder River Basin Oil & Gas EIS Coal Bed Methane Activity Breakdown, (PDF 14 pages)
- Site Visit Report, Coalbed Methane Landowners and Environmental Impacts, Gillette, Wyoming. Draft report prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the Eastern Group, October 11, 2001
- Site Visit Report, Coalbed Methane Operations, Gillette, Wyoming, Draft report prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the Eastern Research Group, August 21, 2001 Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
- Stream Classification Map For Coalbed Methane Area,
- Subsidence Potential Related to Water Withdrawal in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming State Geological Survey, December 2000
- Water Co-produced with Coal Bed Methane in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: preliminary compositional data, by Rice, C.A.., Ellis, M.S., and Bullock, J.H., Jr., U.S.G.S. Open-File Report 00-372, 2000
- Wyodak Drainage Coal Bed Methane Environmental Assessment, Decision Record, March 2001, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo Field Office
- Wyodak Drainage Coal Bed Methane Environmental Assessment, December 2000 (PDF-189 pages)
