ROCKY MOUNTAINS
June 1st, 2001
BY KATE REW
A US Department of Energy study has concluded that natural gas bearing regions in the Rocky Mountains may be much more restricted by planning regulations than previously thought. Analysts have studied federal lands in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming and Colorado and found that nearly 68 percent of the area's technically recoverable natural gas resource - as much as 79 trillion cubic feet of natural gas - is either closed to development or under significant access restrictions.
A US Department of Energy study has concluded that natural gas bearing regions in the Rocky Mountains may be much more restricted by planning regulations than previously thought. Analysts have studied federal lands in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming and Colorado and found that nearly 68 percent of the area's technically recoverable natural gas resource - as much as 79 trillion cubic feet of natural gas - is either closed to development or under significant access restrictions.
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