Rawhide Butte, Campbell, Co, WY
One of the First Commercial Coalbed Methane Production Fields in Powder River Basin
Sept 1989 – Mar 1991 Developed Coalbed Methane property – one of the first commercial CBM production fields in the Powder River Basin
| Drilled 25 Wells | |
| Negotiated and established gas market | |
| Built gas gathering system | |
| Established production from coals in the Basin – industry was slow to accept concept | |
| 1991 – 1999 | Low gas prices ($0.75 per MCF) hindered expansion and further development of the play |
| 1998 | Coalbed Methane boom hit the Powder River Basin, with thousands of wells drilled |