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TECHNICAL NOTE

Filing Code 3100 Date Issued 11/2^/69

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Bureau of Land Management U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Subject: Gas Reserves, Potential, U. S. by regions

Reference: Report of Potential Gas Committee, 1967. Available

from: Potential Gas Agency, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401.

Data :

Summary by areas shown on attached sheets.

Please send any additional references on this subject or other minerals subjects to DSC (D-310). If the complete article or pub¬ lication is needed, DSC (D-310) will attempt to obtain a copy or a loan for you.

Distribution: State Offices (only)

FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES WRITE TO DIRECTOR, PORTLAND SERVICE CENTER, BOX 3861, PORTLAND, ORE., 97208

POTENTIAL SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS

IN THE UNITED STATES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1968*

Prepared by Potential Gas Committee

Sponsored by Potential Gas Agency, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

A.G.A. Proved Recoverable Reserves and Potential Gas Committee Potential Supply of Natural Gas in United States, exclusive of Hawaii, as of December 31, 1968

Trillion Cubic Feet <p 14.73 psia and 60° F.

A.G.A.			Potent i al	Gas Committee
P roved Recoverable Reserves	Supply Area Probable	Poss ible	Specu 1 at i ve	Total
8	A + B - Eastern U.S .	44	20	57	121
	Ohio, Ky., Tenn. , and all States farther East
1	C - No. Central U .S .	2	1	2	5
	Minn., Vi is . , Mich., 1 owa , 111., 1 nd . , Mo.
18	D + F - N. La. , Ark. ,	18	32	70	120
	£• Central Texas (RR
	Comm. Dists. 5, 6, 7B S- 9)
(	E+G - Offshore La. &• Tex.	33	90	19	142
( 154 (	E+G - Onshore So. La.	80	55	9	144
(total for (	& Tex. Gulf Coast (RR
E+G Areas) (	Comm. Dists . 1 , 2 , 3 & 4)
9	H - Rocky Mtns.. No. S- So. Dak., Nebr., Mont., Wyo. , Colo. , Utah	14	26	21	6!
15	1 - Ariz. & N. Mex.	12	3	13	28
70	J - Kans., Okla., Vi. Tex.	29	75	21	125
	& Panhandle Tex. (RR Comm.
	Dists. 7C, 8, 8A, 10)
5	K - Alaska. Wash., Oreq.,	22	18	392	432
	1 daho
7	L - Calif. & Nev.	6	15	28	49
287	TOTALS	260	335	632	i ,227

* Corrected copy. Figures for Offshore and Onshore Louisiana and Texas were

transposed in a previous release.

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