Coalbed Methane

The production of Coalbed Methane is an issue of substantial interest to producers and citizens in Montana and throughout the United States. As a means of making pertinent data on Montana's Coal Bed Methane issues readily available to the public, the board has devoted a portion of its web site to this issue. From this area of the web site, visitors can access board orders specific to coal bed methane (left), well and permit lists (left), and links to other related sites on the Internet (below).

Coalbed Methane Links...

	BLM Miles City Field Office CBM site
	Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality CBM site
	BLM Washington, D.C. Site
	Coal Bed Natural Gas Alliance
	Alabama Coalbed Methane Association
	EPA Coalbed Methane Program
	USGS Coalbed Methane Project Site

CBM Documents...

	Powder River Gas, LLC -Castle Rock-Stevens POD EA (November 2005) and Tables; MBOGC FONSI and Decision Notice
	Trust Land Management Division Dietz POD EA (Nov.2005) (link to DNRC site)
	Pinnacle Gas Resources Inc. - Dietz POD EA (Sept 2005) and MBOGC FONSI and Decision Notice
	Fidelity - Deer Creek and Pond Creek PODs - EA (August 2005)MBOGC FONSI -Decision Notice
	Pinnacle Gas Resources Inc. - Coal Creek Field POD EA (August 2005) and MBOGC FONSI and Decision Notice
	Fidelity Tongue River - Coal Creek POD EA, January 2005 (link to BLM site) -MBOGC FONSI and Decision Notice
	Powder River Gas Coal Creek POD EA, Nov 2004 (link to BLM site) -MBOGC FONSI and Decision Notice
	CBM Primer, ALL Consulting and MBOGC, (26 MB - PDF file), Feb. 2004
	MBOGC Fidelity Dry Creek POD EA- May 19, 2004
	Trust Land Management Div. - Tongue River-Dry Creek EA -January 12, 2004
	MBOGC Fidelity Tongue River-Badger Hills/CX Expansion EA -August 6, 2003
	MDEQ Record of Decision - adopted on August 7, 2003
	MBOGC Record of Decision -adopted on March 26, 2003
	Final Statewide CBM EIS
	Handbook on Best Management Practices and Mitigation Strategies for Coal Bed Methane in the Montana Portion of the Powder River Basin. ALL Consulting and MBOGC (PDF file), 2002

CBM Water Management Issue Papers and Comments....

Handbook on Coal Bed Methane Produced Water: Management and Beneficial Use Alternatives , ALL Consulting - prepared for Ground Water Protection Research Foundation, U.S. DOE -National Petroleum Technology Office, Bureau of Land Management (PDF file), 2003

For more information on Coal Bed Methane in Montana, please contact:

Tom Richmond, Administrator
Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation
2535 St. Johns Avenue
Billings, MT 59102
FAX: (406) 655-6015

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Last updated: November 30, 2005.