A push to develop the Powder River Basin's 25 billion tons of available coal to spark a new carbon economy for northeast Wyoming aims to evolve the region into the Carbon Valley.
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This is way bigger than the immediate hardship that we face here in Wyoming." Lull in leasing. Coal production in the Powder River Basin — the nation's largest coalsupplying region — has declined 49% from 2008 to 2021, according to WyoFile's analysis of Mine Safety and Health Administration data. Even before Judge Morris ...
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The Sheridanbased landowner advocacy group Powder River Basin Resource Council was a driving force behind recent efforts in Wyoming to replace selfbonding for coal mine reclamation with stronger ...
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This 37,500squaremile region known as the Powder River Basin is home to some of the largest coal mines in the world, and it supplies around 40% of the country's 700 million tons annually.
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Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the largest coalproducing region in North America, suffered two major coal supply disruptions in the span of three weeks. A loaded coal train derailed four miles southeast of Lusk on Monday morning, overturning 21 rail cars and temporarily closing two "main lines."
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The Powder River Basin (PRB) is a region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming about 120 miles east to west and 200 miles north to south known for its coal deposits. It is the single largest source of coal mined in the United States and contains one of the largest deposits of coal in the world. Most of the active coal mining in the Powder River Basin actually takes place in drainages of ...
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The stratigraphy, correlation, mapping, and depositional history of coalbearing strata in the Paleogene Fort Union and Wasatch Formations in the Powder River Basin were mainly based on measurement and description of outcrops during the early 20th century. Subsequently, the quality and quantity of data improved with (1) exploration and development of oil, gas, and coal during the middle 20th centu
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Coal cars stage for loading at the Black Thunder Mine near Wright, Wyo. Up to 100 coal trains are loaded daily in the Powder River Basin and leave day and night on railroad tracks bound for more ...
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A coal mine in the Powder River Basin has received state recognition for its reclamation efforts. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recognized the Coal Creek Mine with its 2022 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for coal. Coal Creek Mine is operated by Thunder Basin Coal Company south of Gillette.
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Coal quality in Southern Wyoming can vary considerably; however, coal deposits are characterized by high BTU, low sulphur and low ash. Arch Resources. Eagle Specialty Materials. Navajo Transitional Energy Co . Peabody Energy. Southern Wyoming (the Green River/Hanna Basins) consists of multiple major coal fields.
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This place is the Otter Creek valley, located in the heart of Powder River Basin, a region in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. Proposed Massive Coal Mine Would Put Wildlife at Risk. But with over 40 percent of coal production occurring in the region, wildlife habitat is under increasing stress from development.
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Oil and gas companies have targeted the Powder River Basin for even more energy development, mainly coal bed methane drilling, a form of coal mining that requires large amounts of water and draws down the water table. If allowed to move forward, the operation—already approved by the federal Bureau of Land Management—will bring an estimated:
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These coal deposits are the thickest in the Powder River Basin (PRB), where Fort Union coal beds like the Big George coal and the Wasatch Formation's Lake DeSmet coal bed can be more than 200 feet thick. For more information on what coal is and how it forms, see the What is Coal page. Wyoming's Coal Quality
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GREAT FALLS, Mont.—A federal judge late Wednesday struck down two Bureau of Land Management resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of lowgrade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.
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Powder River Basin 8,800 Btu, SO 2: Uinta Basin 11,700 Btu, SO 2: Data source: With permission, SP Global Note: Prompt quarter delivery coal prices by each region are shown above. The prompt quarter is the quarter that follows the current quarter. For example, the second quarter is the prompt quarter of a period from January to the end ...
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GILLETTE — Coal production in the Powder River Basin saw growth in 2021 after a significant pandemicrelated setback marred the extraction industry the year before.
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In 2010, Campbell County, where most of the Powder River Basin coal mines are located, produced nearly billion worth of taxable minerals, more than any other Wyoming county.
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This report presents the final results of the first assessment of both coal resources and reserves for all significant coal beds in the entire Powder River Basin, northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana. The basin covers about 19,500 square miles, exclusive of the part of the basin within the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations in Montana.
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The Powder River Basin (PRB) in Northeast Wyoming and Southeast Montana, which is traditionally more known for its coal production, was one of the fastest growing oil producing regions in North ...
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Other experts agree, with the federal Energy Information Association projecting that by the end of the year, coal production will increase by 15% over 2020 levels. That also could result in some idled coal mines reopening. That would be good news for the Powder River Basin, which produces 43% of all coal mined in the United States.
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The State of Wyoming is placing a million bet that, working with UW, it can help industry figure out how to tap into the 200 million barrels of oil reserves in the tricky Mowry Shale of the Powder River Basin. Signs outside an oil well site in Wyoming in this file photo. (Getty Images)
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Ecoregions of Wyoming showing the Pumpkin Buttes area within the Powder River Basin ecoregion. The Powder River Basin ecoregion covers rolling prairie and dissected river breaks surrounding the Powder, Cheyenne, and upper North Platte rivers. The Powder River Basin has low precipitation and low available water.
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dersonCanyon, RosebudRobinson, and Knobloch coal in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana; the Harmon, Hansen, BeulahZap, and Hagel coal in the Williston Basin; the Deadman coal in the Greater Green River Basin, and the Ferris, Hanna, and Johnson107 coal in the Hanna and Carbon Basins (fig. 2). The assessment units and the coal
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The future of energy production in parts of Wyoming and Montana remains uncertain following a court ruling last week. A federal judge rejected the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) two resource management plans for the Powder River Basin, which is a region in Wyoming and Montana that produces more than 40 percent of coal.. District Judge Brian Morris said the BLM failed to properly ...
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Maps are generated by combining digital ownership data with geologic resource estimates and other spatial coal data in a geographic information system (GIS). For example, we merged the newly compiled Federal coal ownership files with resource calculations from the 1970's for the Powder River Basin (Trent, 1986). For the first time, we are able to visually display the location of Federally owned co
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The National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) project by the Geological Survey is designed to assess US coal with the greatest potential for development in the next 20 to 30 years. Coal in the WyodakAnderson (WA) coal zone in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana is plentiful, clean, and compliant with EPA emissions standards. This coal is considered to be very desirable for devel
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Coal is mainly found in three regions: the Appalachian coal region, the Interior coal region, and the Western coal region (includes the Powder River Basin). Facts and data for each coalproducing region for 2020. ... About 57% of total coal production was mined in the Western coal region. Wyoming, the largest coalproducing state in the ...
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In a region better known for coal mining, the next decade will be all about fracking. ... Powder River Basin. The Powder River basin in Wyoming is a prospective shaleoil play. It has 5,000 feet ...
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Powder River Basin coal has ranged from less than 4 per ton in the 1990s to about 10 a year ago. ... they make up 53% of Wyoming Powder River Basin coal production and 51% of coal production statewide. Both saw their stocks rally after fourthquarter 2021 reports to investors this month, based on strong earnings that mostly erased 2020 losses ...
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Coal produced in the Appalachian region, for example, sells for 63 per short ton, but Powder River Basin coal sells for a shockingly low 13 per short ton—50 less per short ton.
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Peabody stated that exports of coal from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming will be central to its expansion goals. The Oregonian in September 2010 reported that Northwest ports, and in particular ports in Portland, Oregon, may be used in the future to export coal to Asia. The Port of Portland said it doesn't have the space for coal ...
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Over the years, the federal government has sold leases in the Powder River Basin for about per ton of coal or less. The market price of Powder River Basin coal is about a ton ...
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Wyoming Coal Data Coal Statistics ... Powder River Basin Steve Wright High Plains District Office Phone: Fax: casper_wymail Additional Contact Information. Green River Hams Fork Region Joanna NaraKloepper Rock Springs Field Office Phone: Fax: Rock_Springs_WYMail Quick Links.
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Wyoming coal is having a good year in 2022, but few are betting on a longterm comeback. In its most recent quarterly reports, Arch Resources Inc. saw solid profits for its Powder River Basin operations, but during the company's sales call last week, CEO Paul Lang stated frankly a good quarter doesn't change the company's longterm plans ...
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