Raton basin coalbed methane production picking up in Colorado
- Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
Coalbed methane production in the Raton basin of south-central Colorado and northeast New Mexico has advanced past pilot testing and is entering into a development stage that should stretch out over several years. At last count 85 wells were producing nearly 17.5 MMcfd of coalbed methane from the basin`s Raton and Vermejo formation coals (Early Paleocene to Latest Maastrichtian). This development work is currently restricted to roughly a 25 mile by 15 mile wide ``fairway`` centered about 20 miles west of Trinidad, Colo., in the headwater area of the Purgatoire River. The paper discusses the companies involved in the basin development, geology of the coal seam, and water disposal from coal seam dewatering.
- OSTI ID:
- 395407
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 94, Issue 46; Other Information: PBD: 11 Nov 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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