AAPG Studies in Geology No. 50, (Section Title: The Ferron Coalbed Methane Play) Chapter 22: Coalbed Methane Production from Ferron Coals at Buzzard Bench Field, Utah, by Robert A. Lamarre, Pages 551 - 558
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AAPG Studies in Geology No. 50: Regional to Wellbore Analog for Fluvial-Deltaic Reservoir Modeling: The Ferron Sandstone of Utah, Edited by Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., Roy D. Adams, and Thomas H. Morris
Copyright © 2004 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. All rights reserved.

The Ferron Coalbed Methane Play

Chapter 22:
Coalbed Methane Production from Ferron Coals at Buzzard Bench Field, Utah

Robert A. Lamarre^1
1Lamarre Geological Enterprises, LLC, Denver, Colorado

ABSTRACT

Buzzard Bench field is one of three fields that produce coalbed methane from high volatile A bituminous coal within the Upper Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale. The field is 1 mi (1.6 km) west of Orangeville, Emery County, Utah. It was discovered in 1994 and produced 10,384 mcfd and 6277 bwpd from 49 wells during July 2003.