DOE (U. S. Department of Energy) to continue funding for two SRC (Solvent Refined Coal) projects
DOE's Morgantown Energy Technology Center has produced SNG, for the first time from eastern coal, by burning a coal seam underground at a site near Pricetown, W. Va. Western coals had previously been gasified, but the tendency of eastern coal to swell when heated has made the in-situ method difficult. About 1 million cu ft/day of low-Btu SNG is being made at the test site. According to DOE, a large unminable coal resource in the Appalachian region may become available if techniques used on the small-scale test can be applied to other eastern bituminous coal seams. Planned SRC projects at Newman, Ky., by Wheelabrator-Frye Inc. and Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and at Morgantown, W. Va., by Gulf Oil Corp. will now be included in the annual DOE budget requests, with $40 million for the Newman and $45 million for the Morgantown projects in 1980 and even more in 1981. The Newman project is expected to cost $725 million, of which $605 million will be paid by DOE.
- OSTI ID:
- 6300149
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 77:39; ISSN OIGJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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