Eastern Gas Shales Mineback Program: facilities and mine design report

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6747334

Zielinski, R E; Johanan, W L

The Eastern Gas Shale Mineback Program (EGSMP) has evolved from an assessment of the state-of-the-art problems of gas recovery from the Eastern Devonian Shales. After ten years of Devonian Shale research, the remaining major issues for developing the shale resource have been defined and this program has been formulated to address those specific recovery problems. The earlier EGSP activities focused upon identifying the resource and sufficiently characterizing it to encourage exploration. With this mission successfully accomplished, the EGSP emphasized increasing recovery rates and maximizing recovery by developing improved stimulation techniques. Numerous field, laboratory, and theoretical stimulation studies have been conducted. However, the large number of reservoir pre-existing extraneous conditions and the numerous post stimulation effects that cannot be measured or observed have virtually stagnated further stimulation technology development through normal indirect engineering Research and Development techniques. Thus, it has been concluded that in-situ observation of stimulation effects is the most immediate, realistic and cost-effective means of advancing technology. A host of other gas shale recovery issues can also be optimally resolved by mineback observation and an in-situ experimentation approach. This document provides the information concerning the mine design and its related supporting facilities for the Eastern Gas Shale Mineback Program. It provides the criteria for fully developing a model mine which can be used as the vehicle for performing the Eastern Gas Shale Mineback Program. The mine and facilities design has been prepared in such a way that it complies with all federal and state requirements and provides not only a safe but also a versatile facility for the researchers to meet all the objectives of the EGSMP.

• Research Organization: Mound Facility, Miamisburg, OH (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00053
• OSTI ID: 6747334
• Report Number(s): MLM-MU-82-66-0004; ON: DE83001479
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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