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Amoco, 1994, “Pine River Fruitland Coal Outcrop Investigation”: Southern Rockies Business Unit, Amoco Production Company, Denver, Colorado.

 

Amoco, 1999, Tiffany Enhanced Coalbed Methane Production vs. Pre-enhanced Recovery.

 

Arnold, E.C., and Dugan, T.A., 1971, “Wildcat Near Durango Before 1900 Was First San Juan Basin Activity”, in Western Oil Reporter, August issue.

 

Beckstrom, J.A. and Boyer, D.G., 1991, “Aquifer Protection Considerations of Coalbed Methane Development in the San Juan Basin”, in: Proceedings of Low-Permeability Reservoirs Symposium; Denver, Colorado, April 1991, Society of Petroleum Engineers, p. 371-386.

 

Bell, Morris, 1999, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, personal communication.

 

Bennett, Philip, and Lee, Roger, 1996, “Pine River Ranches, Colorado; Soil Gas Investigation, Final Report prepared for the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission”, Department of Geological Science, University of Texas at Austin.

 

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BLM, 1995, “Fruitland Outcrop Soil Gas Reconnaissance”, Bureau of Land Management-San Juan Resource Area. unpublished report.

 

BLM, 1996, “Soil Vapor Study, Southern Ute Indian Reservation, La Plata County, Colorado”,  unpublished report by Bureau of Land Management-San Juan Resource Area.

 

Chafin, Daniel T., 1994, “Source and Migration Pathways of Natural Gas in Near-Surface Ground Water Beneath the Animas River Valley, Colorado and New Mexico”, USGS Water Resources Investigations Report 94-4006, p. 1-2.

 

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