Coalbed Methane.Possibilities in Kentucky
Acknowledgments
Firedamp is a mining hazard
How does CBM form?
Coalbed Methane?
Kentucky Coal Basins
CBM Resource (Bcf)
Evidence for CBM in Ky.
Explosions and Ignitions
Areas with R0 > 0.6
Cleat Strike Data
Summary of Cleat Data
Measuring Gas Content
Kim Formula
Limitations of Kim Formula
Use of the Kim Formula
Coal-Quality Database
Coalbed Methane Data Set
Gas Content of Kentucky Coals
Desorption Data
Observed Desorption Data
Gas Content (E. Ky.)
Gas in Place (E. Ky.)
Gas Content (W. Ky.)
Numbers Are Low
CBM Activity in Kentucky
CBM Production: 1928
CBM Production: 1957
CBM Production: 1990
CBM Production: 1998
Nami Resources, SMEPA
AKS No. 13 SMEPA
SMEPA Production
Cumulative Production
Western Kentucky coals?
Disclaimer and warning
Modeling: Can It Make Money?
Model CBM Production
Balance Sheet: Decline Analysis
Western Kentucky Targets
Major Coal Seams
Greatest CBM Potential
Current Interest Area
Springfield Overburden
Conclusion
Kentucky Geological Survey
Email: bnuttall@kgs.mm.uky.edu
Home Page: http://www.uky.edu/kgs
Other information: Kentucky Oil and Gas Association CBM in the Illinois Basin Workshop, Evansville, IN, 22-Aug-2002