Ministry of Energy and Mines
Coalbed Methane Resources
Table 2.  Coalbed Methane Resource of British Columbia
AREA

Estimated in place
Trillion cubic feet

SOUTHEAST BC
  Elk Valley Coalfield 7
  Crowsnest Coalfield 12
NORTHEAST BC 60
VANCOUVER ISLAND
  Comox Coal Basin 1
  Nanaimo Coal Basin 0.3
BOWSER BASIN 8
TELKWA COALFIELD 0.13
TERTIARY BASINS
  Hat Creek 0.5
  Merritt 0.052
  Princeton 0.08
  Tuya River 0.066
  Bowron 0.048
  Tulameen 0.042
   

TOTAL

89

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Last Updated April 02, 2007