The final buildout of the Rocky Mountains’ dry natural gas infrastructure is nearly complete. Now, new infrastructure plans are focusing on gas-liquids plays.

The Uteland Butte in Utah’s Uinta Basin is showing promise as an exciting new unconventional resource play.

Rocky Mountain oil and gas ready for markets thanks to new and planned pipelines.

The Barnett shale and Piceance/Uinta basins are coming out on top in regard to completions data.

The Rocky Mountains’ natural gas-resource potential and midstream infrastructure make this area a key part of the U.S. gas-supply base.

Such emerging shale-gas plays as Utah’s Manning Canyon and Illinois’ New Albany were the focus of researchers at the 2010 RPSEA conference in Denver.

The overall trend from Grand Valley to Gibson Gulch currently produces 1.3 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day, and has made more than 2.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) cumulative.

?Unconventional gas production in the Rockies is growing, thanks to new discoveries, contiguous-acreage strategies and better technology. Here’s how three producers are making the most of opportunities in challenging times.

?Rockies gas supplies moving to the Ohio Valley on the final leg of the Rex Pipeline will fight with increasing shale production from the Gulf Coast and Appalachia.

?Rising U.S. gas production has producers and pipeline developers scrambling for new take-away capacity against a backdrop of dicey financial markets.

The Uinta Basin is a beehive of activity thanks to improved frac techniques and a renewed focus on tight gas and shales.

?Bill Barrett Corp. has wrung an almost 100-fold increase in gas production from the West Tavaputs Plateau in Utah. Here’s how.

The Energy Information Administration says that in 2006, domestic CBM production topped about 1.7 trillion cubic feet, a 2% increase over the prior year.

The story in natural gas supply today is the ascendancy of the Rocky Mountain region. The Greater Green River, Uinta-Piceance, Powder River and Raton basins will deliver the lion's share of production growth going forward.

The world's richest share of oil shale lies in northwestern Colorado's Piceance Basin. The heart of the deposit, in the Green River formation, contains between 1.5- and 2.5 million barrels per acre.