Exploration for coalbed methane starts up in northwestern Nova Scotia

Journal Article · Mon Mar 29 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6558236

Sakashita, B J ^[1]

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1. Resource Enterprises Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

A consortium of three Canadian companies and a U.S. firm, Resources Enterprises Inc. (REI), Salt Lake City, has been awarded the rights for coalbed methane gas exploration on 250,000 acres in the Cumberland basin of Nova Scotia, Canada. The license agreement requires that geological and engineering studies be performed during 1993 to select exploratory well locations. Three slimhole wells must be drilled by yearend 1994, and three production test wells must be completed by yearend 1995. The paper describes the Cumberland basin exploration license; market outlets for the methane; and geothermal potential of the Cumberland basin in combination with dewatering the coal seam.

• OSTI ID: 6558236
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 91:13; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL SEAMS
DEGASSING
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
EXPLORATION
NOVA SCOTIA
EXPLORATORY WELLS
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS
LICENSING
MARKET
METHANE
WATER REMOVAL
WELL DRILLING
ALKANES
CANADA
COAL DEPOSITS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRILLING
FLUIDS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HYDROCARBONS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
REMOVAL
RESOURCES
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
WELLS
030200* - Natural Gas- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
011000 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration