The serendipitous association of sediment basins and greenhouse gases

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry

OSTI ID:430377

Hitchon, B ^[1]; Gunter, W D; Gentzis, T ^[2]

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1. Hichon Geochemical Services Ltd., Alberta (Canada)
2. Alberta Research Council (Canada)

Sedimentary basins are the major world repository of fossil fuels-these include petroleum and natural gas, and coal. Industry has grown up over some of the sedimentary basins and in many cases is the source of major greenhouse gas emissions, the most important of which is CO{sub 2}. This is a relationship which might be expected. The realization that greenhouse gas emissions may be contributing to global warming has led to research into the mitigation of the effects of these emissions by natural processes, by use in manufacture of chemicals, and by disposal into oceans or sedimentary basins. This paper describes the disposal od carbon dioxide in deep coal beds, and the utilization of the carbon dioxide to recover methane from the coal bed.

• OSTI ID: 430377
• Report Number(s): CONF-960807--
• Journal Information: Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Journal Name: Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 41; ISSN 0569-3772; ISSN ACFPAI
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
03 NATURAL GAS
CARBON DIOXIDE
COAL SEAMS
GASEOUS WASTES
METHANE
NATURAL GAS
PRODUCTION
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
WASTE DISPOSAL