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Methanol from coal in Australia?

Journal Article · · Chemical Week
OSTI ID:577013
Brisbane, Australia-based metals producer MIM has begun research to develop coal bed methane as a new energy source that could lead to gas-fired power stations by 1995. MIM had contracted the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) for a three-year research program at two sites in Queensland`s Bowen Basin. It has also joined a local unit of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to research viability of supplying coal bed methane from a third Bowen Basin site for a possible methanol plant. The director of CSIRO`s institute of minerals, Alan Reid, says there is more gas in the coal seams of eastern Australia than in the offshore reserves of the northwest shelf.
OSTI ID:
577013
Journal Information:
Chemical Week, Journal Name: Chemical Week Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 150; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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