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<br />" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.' \ <br /> <br />000.>' '- <br /> <br />has b~en detilgnated to handle tne classIflcation on all <br />other lands w,tn,n tne State. Tne purpose of tne ~GPA is to <br />eventually deregulate gas prices from new gas ~elLs. Gas <br />wells tnat nave been drllled or surface drlLllng wa. begun <br />on or atter Fe!)f'Jary 1'3, lYII, are netlned a.') new ',rJ'!lLS. <br />It WIll be thIS agency's responslblLlty to reCelVe and <br />evalllate applicatlons for classification of gas wells from <br />the industry and f~rNard a determl~atlon to the Federal <br />~~nergy Regulatory Commlsslon who Wlll maKe the ga3 prlce <br />.' determlnatlOn. It will taKe the fUll time of a hlghly <br />skilled professionaL to process the appllcations for the <br />proper cla3S1flcatlon. In some instances it wIll be nec- <br />essary to make electric 108 lnterpretatlons and seuloglcal <br />d"ter:IlLlatlons to properly clasSlfy tne wells. TnlS will <br />be an ongoing program llntil all cla3S1flcatlons of natural <br />ga~ are deregulated because some gas under the j'GPr\ ~lll <br />nev~r b~ dcreg1dated only sllbject to escalat10n 1n prlces. <br /> <br />Pr"gram Tltle: Methane fro", CO~~'1ed3 <br /> <br />Target Pll111lC: General publtc. <br /> <br />PlJrpose: CoLo~ad(} has some uf the !TI:;st g,:usy coal ~lnes in the nation <br />due to metha'1e in the coal beds. This g,.3.3 '['~?(~SE'!.~ts a <br />P\)t~!l[laL source of g<l;:; supply to sllppLeme:\t our reserves <br />of natural ga3. T01S r!"'J~;ram IS to be cond:l:::ted 1:1 con- <br />junctlun '..I1.t.h the c~Jrret1t pr.'Jgram of tne ColuraoQ Geoluglcal <br />SlJrvt!y to help 1dent1fy are;]3 in Wh1Ct1. rn~'tnanc appears 1n <br />clJul and dcter~lne If the quantities are such that they can <br />b~ 1Js!:d 0n a c":lmm~r:::ial or economi..::al ba~is. <br /> <br />Pr0~ram fltle: Ter.tlarv Recov~rv <br /> <br />Tar'5~t punlL":: Gen~ral pIlOlLC. <br /> <br />Purpose: CurrentlY over 6U% of Colorado's 011 productIon comes <br />from flelds that are lJnder water flooding or secondary <br />recovery proj~cts. ThlS program e~talls a study by t~e <br />COLoradt) SChOOL of MLnes to maKe reserve estlmates of <br />c~ude 011 that may be reco"ered atter prImary and secondary <br />means have been exhausted, and dete~mlne what type of <br />tertiary recovery method would be most suitable for ~a~- <br />illl~lIn recovery. <br /> <br />46 <br />