Coalbed Methane (CBM)
Coalbed Methane is considered an "unconventional" source of natural gas. This section provides information about Coalbed Methane projects and formations in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.Major CBM Formations
| South Africa CBM | |
| South Africa - South Africa | |
| Major formations for CBM projects in South Africa. | |
| Tanzania CBM | |
| Tanzania - Tanzania | |
| Major formations for CBM projects in Tanzania. | |
| Horseshoe Canyon Formation | |
| Southwest of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada - Canada | |
| The Horseshoe Canyon Formation is part of the Edmonton Group and is up to 230m in thickness. It is Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian in age and is composed of mudstone, sandstone, and carbonaceous shales. The Horseshoe Canyon Formation includes numerous beds of subbituminous coal, which can only... | |
| Vermejo CBM Formation | |
| Northeastern New Mexico & Southeastern Colorado. - United States | |
| The Vermejo Formation is a geologic formation of Upper Cretaceous age, which outcrops in the Raton Basin. Numerous discontinuous and thin coalbeds are located in the Vermejo Formation and the Raton Formation, which overlie the Trinidad Sandstone. Individual coalbeds in the Vermejo Formation range fr... | |
| Raton CBM Formation | |
| South - Central Colorado - United States | |
| Raton is the southernmost of several major coal-bearing basins along the eastern margin of the Rocky Mountains. It is an elongate asymmetric syncline, with 20,000 to 25,000 feet of sedimentary rock in the deepest part. Coalbed methane resources in the basin, which have been estimated at approximatel... | |
| Uinta Basin CBM Formation | |
| Eastern Utah - United States | |
| The Uinta Basin CBM play is located on the west side of the San Rafael Swell, at the Southwest edge of the Uinta basin and is considered one of the major coalbed methane producing areas in the U.S. | |
| Piceance Basin CBM Formation | |
| Northwest Colorado - United States | |
| The coalbed methane reservoirs are found in the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Group. The depth of the coals in the Piceance Basin inhibits permeability, making it difficult to extract the coalbed methane. This, in turn, has slowed coalbed methane development in the basin. | |
| San Juan Basin CBM Formation | |
| Southern Colorado/New Mexico - United States | |
| The San Juan basin has been the major source of CBM in the United States. | |
| Powder River Basin CBM | |
| Northwest Wyoming - United States | |
| The Powder River Basin is the fastest growing CBM play in the United States. The vast coal deposits of Wyoming contain massive quantities of methane gas and the Powder River Basin is one of the thickest accumulations of coal in the world. | |
| Black Warrior Basin CBM Formation | |
| Alabama - United States | |
| The Black Warrior Basin has been the most productive CBM basin outside the Rockies. | |
