Useful LInks on Coalbed Methane Development

Alaska DNR Division of Oil and Gas: Links to Healy Lease Application:
http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/

Alaska DNR Division of Oil and Gas: Coalbed Methane Study:
http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/programs/shallowgas/coalbed_methane.htm

Alaska DNR Division of Oil and Gas: Shallow Gas Leasing Program:
http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/programs/shallowgas/shallowgas.htm

Alaska Oil and Gas Reporter: Lapp Industries is Awarded several shallow gas leases near Homer: http://www.oilandgasreporter.com/stories/062403/ind_20030624006.shtml

Greater Yellowstone Coalition reports on Gallatin County resident’s “chess game” with gas developers: http://www.greateryellowstone.org/coalbed_methane_gallatin.html

High Country New has a special collection of Coalbed Methane articles from their newspaper: http://www.hcn.org/specialcollections/coalbedmethane.jsp

Lapp Resources, an oil and gas company based in Anchorage is currently drilling in the Houston Wasilla area and holds leases for the Homer and Delta areas: http://home.gci.net/~lapres/

Mother Jones features article on Coal bed Methane in the Western US: http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2002/45/we_187_02.html

Northern Plains has put out an excellent brochure: Doing it Right: Responsible Methane Development: http://www.northernplains.org/Issues/CBM/Do_It_Right_Index.asp

The Oil and Gas Accountability Project is a national organization dedicated to responsible oil and gas development: http://www.ogap.org/

Powder River Resource Council provides a network of Coalbed Methane Information: http://www.powderriverbasin.org

USGS Coalbed Methane fact sheet: http://energy.usgs.gov/factsheets/Coalbed/coalmeth.html

USGS Field Conference on CBM development in the Powder River Basin:
http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/energy/OF01-126/

USGS Water Co-produced with Coalbed Methane in the Powder River Basin:
http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/energy/CBmethane/OF00-372/


University of Montana: Coalbed Methane: Problems and Solutions

http://www.umt.edu/biology/flbs/Research/CBM.htm

Wyoming Outdoor Council’s Environmental Law Reporter Analysis: http://www.wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org/news/CBM_Law_Review_v1.pdf