Coalbed methane recovery and utilization in the United States

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6957675

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has a commitment to assist the private sector in the development of the commercial use of coalbed methane through the Coalbed Methane Project. This project is an intergral part of the Unconventional Gas Recovery (UGR) Program with lead responsibility assigned by the DOE Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy to the Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC). The DOE effort has been implemented as an integrated project, combining the research and development efforts of private industry, universities, and federal and state agencies to enhance the coalbed methane data base. The project goals are to estimate the extent of the resource with increased accuracy and reliability and to provide technically and economically viable means for methane recovery and utilization. The ultimate purpose of the project is to promote extensive private use of the resource as a source of national energy. To date, the major emphasis has been directed toward locating and estimating the magnitude of the resource, estimating the recoverable reserves, developing economical recovery systems and techniques, and demonstrating utilization in an appropriate manner. To ensure proper integration of ongoing activities, heavy emphasis is placed on project planning and review, tailored within the frameworks of the DOE Gas Resources Research, Development, and Demonstration Plan and the UGR Program Charter. DOE has made significant progress in the development of the technology data base. Major achievements produced by the project to date are discussed briefly in this report. Contents of this report include the following: introduction; resource research; recovery and utilization technology development; production constraints; technology assessment; appendices; and glossary of acronyms and abbreviations. 8 references, 20 figures, 9 tables.

• Research Organization: USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV
• OSTI ID: 6957675
• Report Number(s): DOE/METC/SP-202; ON: DE84000221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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Lignite
& Peat-- Mining
03 NATURAL GAS
030300 -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
ALKANES
COAL DEPOSITS
COAL SEAMS
DATA
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DATA COMPILATION
DEGASSING
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
METHANE
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
USA