This report contains the results of research conducted by the Rome Trough Consortium, a partnership of three state geological surveys, several energy industry companies and the U.S. Department of Energy. The Consortium was headed by the Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Research was also conducted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey in Columbus, Ohio and the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey in Morgantown, W. Va.. Members of the consortium are listed in Table 1-1. This consortium was formed to gain a better understanding of the geology and deep hydrocarbon potential of the Rome Trough, a Cambrian-age depositional basin located in eastern Kentucky, northern West Virginia, and southeastern-most Ohio. The Consortium was initiated in January 1999, and research lasted 2 years, with a final project review and core workshop on January 24, 2001 at the Kentucky Geological Survey in Lexington, Ky. At this meeting members decided to continue research on core material that arrived near the end of the project. This report documents all research done through mid-2002. Significant new research resulted from the extra time allowed to continue this work.