As mentioned numerous times in previous posts, the U.S. has the WORLD's LARGEST COAL Reserves and is often referred to as the 'Saudi Arabia of Coal'. Recognizing the 'investability' of COAL as a super cheap, viable alternative energy solution in the face of $140 Crude OIL, I decided to dig deeper into the U.S.'s production of the fossil fuel courtesy of 2006 data provided by the EIA:* Coal is produced domestically in 26 states encompassing 3 Major Producing Regions:
1. Appalachian (34% of total production - Texas, Indiana, Illinois, etc.)
2. Interior (13% of total production - West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania)
3. Western (53% of total production - Wyoming, Montana, Colorado)
* The bulk of coal production domestically comes from the Western Region and the state of Wyoming...the Western Region accounted for 53% of total U.S. coal production in 2006
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WYOMING is by far the Largest Coal Producing State in the U.S...some interesting Wyoming coal production stats:
* 38.5% of the U.S.'s TOTAL Coal production in 2006 was mined in WYOMING (next largest state producer is West Virgina with 13% share...3rd is Kentucky with 8% share...and 4th is Pennsylvania with 6% share)
* Wyoming’s “Black Thunder Mine” mine individually produced more coal than 23 other coal producing states
* Wyoming accounted for about 72% of the Western Region production total
* Wyoming produced 56.9 million short tons more than the entire Appalachian Region in 2006
* Wyoming's 2006 production was almost 3 times the production of the Interior Region
Data Courtesy: EIA
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