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Title: Coal underlying Federal lands in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain

Abstract

About 6% of the total coa resource was selected for assessment in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain region of the NCRA project underlies federally proclaimed management areas. Of the approximately 11 billion short tons of coal in this category, approximately 37 percent are estimated to be federally owned. Much of the coal in these categories may not be available for mining, and much of it is probably not economically recoverable. The dispersed nature of Federal holdings, the complicated nature of surface and mineral estate ownership, and the existence of various legal and technological restrictions may remove a significant portion of this coal resource from consideration for development. Continuing work by USGS scientists suggests that potentially viable energy resources of coal-bed methane are present within both Federal and non-Federal areas of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain coal-bearing region. 3 refs., 3 figs.

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Research Org.:
US Geological Survey (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
20674222
Resource Type:
Miscellaneous
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Fact Sheet 094-02
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; COAL; TEXAS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; COASTAL REGIONS; USA; COAL SEAMS; COAL DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SURVEYS

Citation Formats

Karlsen, Alex W, SanFilipo, John R, and Warwick, Peter D. Coal underlying Federal lands in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Karlsen, Alex W, SanFilipo, John R, & Warwick, Peter D. Coal underlying Federal lands in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. United States.
Karlsen, Alex W, SanFilipo, John R, and Warwick, Peter D. 2002. "Coal underlying Federal lands in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain". United States.
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title = {Coal underlying Federal lands in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain},
author = {Karlsen, Alex W and SanFilipo, John R and Warwick, Peter D},
abstractNote = {About 6% of the total coa resource was selected for assessment in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain region of the NCRA project underlies federally proclaimed management areas. Of the approximately 11 billion short tons of coal in this category, approximately 37 percent are estimated to be federally owned. Much of the coal in these categories may not be available for mining, and much of it is probably not economically recoverable. The dispersed nature of Federal holdings, the complicated nature of surface and mineral estate ownership, and the existence of various legal and technological restrictions may remove a significant portion of this coal resource from consideration for development. Continuing work by USGS scientists suggests that potentially viable energy resources of coal-bed methane are present within both Federal and non-Federal areas of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain coal-bearing region. 3 refs., 3 figs.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20674222}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2002},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2002}
}

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