RESOURCE ASSESSMENT & PRODUCTION TESTING FOR COAL BED METHANE IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN

Eble, Cortland ; Drahovzal, James ; Morse, David ; Demir, Ilham ; Rupp, John ; Mastalerz, Maria ; Solano, Wilfrido

University of Kentucky Research Foundation (United States)

关键词: Black Shales;    Desorption;    Methane;    Testing;    Isotope Ratio;   

DOI  :  10.2172/827162
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  FC26-03NT41876
RP-ID  :  827162

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The geological surveys of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky have completed the initial geologic assessment of their respective parts of the Illinois Basin. Cumulative thickness maps have been generated and target areas for drilling have been selected. The first well in the Illinois area of the Illinois Basin coal bed methane project was drilled in White County, Illinois in October 2003. This well was cored in the major coal interval from the Danville to the Davis Coals and provided a broad spectrum of samples for further analyses. Sixteen coal samples and three black shale samples were taken from these cores for canister desorption tests and were the subject of analyses that were completed over the following months, including desorbed gas volume, gas chemical and isotope composition, coal proximate, calorific content and sulfur analyses. Drilling programs in Indiana and Kentucky are expected to begin shortly.