Biogenic methane production enhancement systems

Jin, Song; Bland, Alan E.; Price, Herbert S.

Title: Biogenic methane production enhancement systems

Patent · Tue Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1531659

Jin, Song; Bland, Alan E.; Price, Herbert S.

Systems for enhanced in-situ or perhaps even ex-situ biogenic methane production from hydrocarbon-bearing formations (1) including coal seam, oil shale, coal, coal derivates and the like are presented in embodiments such as but not limited to: increasing and perhaps even selection of microbial populations (2), amending CBM water and other microbe-containing media, diminishing sulfate reduction competition, enhancing organic matter concentrations and generation of biogenic methane (10), universally treating hydrocarbon-bearing formations, and introducing amendments (3) to hydrocarbon-bearing formations.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC26-98FT40322

Assignee:: University of Wyoming Research Corporation (Laramie, WY)

Patent Number(s):: 7,832,475

Application Number:: 11/990,417

OSTI ID:: 1531659

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2006-08-14

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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