Pipeline gas demonstration plant. Phase I: preliminary coal mining plan

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6777794· OSTI ID:6777794

Wagner, D. M.

Continental Oil Company will, as contractor, analyze, design, construct, test, evaluate, and operate a Demonstration Plant capable of converting high-sulfur bituminous caking coal to a high-Btu pipeline quality gas. One of the assignments under the contract is to prepare a preliminary plan for mining a coal reserve adjacent to the tentatively selected site for the Demonstration Plant. This coal reserve is one potential source of the coal feed to the plant during Phase III operations of the plant as a commercial venture. A large reserve of surface-mineable Meigs Creek Ohio No. 9 coal is located within about three miles of the tentatively selected Demonstration Plant site in Noble County, Ohio. This reserve is owned by Consolidation Coal Company, and Consolidation Coal has expressed a willingness to enter into a long-term agreement to supply ROM coal to the Demonstration Plant. The coal would be mined using a combination of stripping dozers and walking dragline. Conventional mining practices would be followed. Both the mining procedures and reclamation of the areas affected by mining would be in conformance with Federal and state statutes and regulations. The mining plan requires producing 1,468,000 tons per year of ROM coal for a period of 25 years. The investment in mining equipment and mine development over this period is estimated to be $83,104,000. A total of 168 employees will be required for the mining operations.

• Research Organization: Continental Oil Co., Stamford, CT (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-77ET13060
• OSTI ID: 6777794
• Report Number(s): FE-2542-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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