The heat value is reflected in the rank of the coal, which is measured in British thermal units per pound (Btu/lb). In southwestern Wyoming, the heat values average 10,000 Btu/lb (as-received raw coal sample, not heat dried or baked). PRB coals range from 7,710 Btu/lb to 9,410 Btu/lb, averaging 8,580 Btu/lb.
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Abstract Fracture-filling minerals in coal-bearing strata are the product of water-rock interactions under specific geological conditions, which reflect the accumulation process and characteristics of CBM enrichment and migration. In this study, vein-bearing sedimentary rock samples from coal-bearing strata in the Huaibei coalfield were selected …
Wyodak Coal Mine: Mining Powder River Coal to Power the Nation. December 21, 2016. Founded nearly 100 years ago, Wyodak Resources Development …
[¶9] Wyodak annually reports its coal production, expenses and resulting taxable value to the Department. Wyoming statutes establish that the point of valuation for coal, when reporting its value for tax purposes, is the mouth of the mine. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 39-14103(b)(ii) (LexisNexis 2015); DOR Rules, ch. 6, § 4(b)(i) (2006).
Wyodak Resources Development Corp., a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH), is a surface coal mine near Gillette, Wyo., and is the oldest operating …
A few months later, TerraPower picked Kemmerer's Naughton Power Plant, where the two remaining coal units were set to retire in 2025, the soonest of electric utility Rocky Mountain Power's ...
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Nearly all of the mine's production is sold to our on-site generation facilities under long-term supply contracts. ... Wyodak's coal seam is approximately 80 feet thick, and average daily production is between 11,000 and 12,000 tons. ... 2015: 2014: 2013: 2012: Corporate Filings & Presentations: Document Year; Annual Report: 2022: Form 10-K ...
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Whether the board erred in holding that the department properly valued the sales of coal from petitioner to the Wyodak power plant for the use of both Black Hills Corporation and PacifiCorp for coal production years 1995, 1998 and 1999 as mine mouth sales under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 39-2-209(b) and its identical successor statute.
The company plans to stop burning coal at the Naughton plant by 2025, Dave Johnston by 2027, Jim Bridger by 2037 and Wyodak by 2039. Once again, that doesn't guarantee a smooth transition.
Regardless of how long the well has been in production, coal bed waters have positive δ 13 C DIC, whereas non-coal bed waters are negative. Although the carbon isotopic compositions of produced waters from individual PRB coal beds vary on a regional scale, they are uniform on a local field scale, and different coal beds have distinct δ 13 C …
The retirement schedule for America's coal-fired power plants is likely to accelerate, moving up the timeline for big changes in communities that rely on the facilities — and the mines that supply them — for jobs …
Production of coalbed methane usually involves withdrawing water from the coal bed to lower the reservoir pressure and allow the methane to desorb from the coal. ... This simulated drawdown attributed to CBM development for the Wyodak-Anderson coal zone during the 15-year period to 2015, shows maximum drawdown of as much as 550 ft in the ...
The Wyodak coal zone, including the Lower and Upper Wyodak and Wyodak Rider zones, contains the Canyon, Anderson, Smith, and Big George coals, which are CBM production targets. Vertical and lateral correlations in the Fort Union Formation show successive splitting of thick coal beds resulting in overlapping coal zones (Flores et al., 2010).
coal - subbituminous 402.3 subcritical 1978 2039 (planned) Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator ... South Dakota Electric 20%; Retirement discussions. In September 2021, PacifiCorp listed Wyodak's coal unit retirement as scheduled for 2039 under its Integrated Resource Plan's preferred portfolio. Emissions Data. 2006 CO 2 …
Wyoming Totals – 2018. 5,535 Employees. 304,180,569 Tons. 54,966 Tons Per Employee. Source: 2018 Annual Report of the State Inspector of Mines of Wyoming. Wyoming Coal Production and Employment 1912 – 2018. US Energy Information Administration Weekly Coal Production Report.
The highway was moved, and, in 1989, Wyodak reported $687,975 of indirect costs associated with this relocation in valuing its coal production for tax purposes. In its 1990 production year, Wyodak reported an additional $54,525 of expenses that were associated with this relocation and again classified them as indirect costs.
The utility later promised to operate two of four coal-burning units there at lower capacities in order to emit fewer regional haze pollutants, then convert the units to natural gas in 2024. Preparations are already underway to convert the units, the company said. PacifiCorp, however, plans to continue burning coal at Wyodak beyond 2030.
Coalbed Methane: Boom, Bust and Hard Lessons. Dustin Bleizeffer. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Today Wyoming's coal-bed methane gas play in the Powder River Basin is a bust. Few of the 24,000 wells drilled during the heyday of the 2000s produce much gas, many sit idle and approximately 3,000 wells are left orphaned—a liability for the state to ...
Photo, Print, Drawing Processing plant at the Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming original ... photographer. (2015) Processing plant at the Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming. United States Wyoming Gillette, 2015. -08-22. ... Production Potters …
Abstract. This report presents the results of a screening study evaluating two coal-to-methanol routes via new processes under development. For the purpose of this study, two coals have been investigated in two different plant configurations: (1) Illinois No. 6 bituminous coal in an all methanol scheme, and (2) Wyodak subbituminous coal in a …
This report contains preliminary calculations of coal resources for the WA coal zone and is one of many products of the NCRA study. Coal resource calculations in this report were …
COAL RESOURCES—WYODAK-ANDERSON COAL ZONE, POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING AND MONTANA WYODAK-ANDERSON COAL ZONE RESOURCE ESTIMATES—AN OVERVIEW • Coal resources are calculated using the specific gravity of the coal calculated from apparent coal rank, which is the weight of coal per unit volume, …
More recent empirical data from wells in the Wyodak and Big George coal zones has shown an average of 8 years of production with the average peak production rate typically observed after 1.2 years ...
- The operation utilizes a truck and shovel mining method to produce a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal that is used for domestic energy generation. The mine ships …
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – This week the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with polluters in a case that would have reduced air pollution in Wyoming's national parks and public lands across the region. National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club and the Powder River Basin Resource Council have argued in court since 2014 to bring some …
Home. Utilities & Businesses. Energy Production. Wyodak Resources. In operation since 1923, Wyodak Resources Development Corporation is the oldest continuously operating …
Production (short tons): 5,049,231. Reserves (metric tonnes): 167.83 Million tonnes (Proven and Probable, 2019) [1] Type of coal: Sub-bituminous coal. Mine type: …