[PDF] Final Environmental Impact Statement And Proposed Plan Amendment For The Powder River Basin Oil And Gas Project Volume 4 Of 4 Us Dep eBook

Author : Romeo M. Flores
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 2013-10-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 0123972817

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Bridging the gap in expertise between coal and coalbed gas, subfields in which opportunities for cross training have been nonexistent, Coal and Coalbed Gas sets the standard for publishing in these areas. This book treats coal and coalbed gas as mutually inclusive commodities in terms of their interrelated origin, accumulation, composition, distribution, generation, and development, providing a balanced understanding of this energy mix. Currently considered a non-renewable energy resource, coalbed gas, or coalbed methane, is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. In recent years, countries have begun to seek and exploit coal for its clean gas energy in an effort to alleviate environmental issues that come with coal use, making a book on this topic particularly timely. This volume takes into account processes of coalification, gasification, and storage and reservoir characterization and evaluation and looks at water management and environmental impacts as well. Covers environmental issues in the development of coalbed gas Includes case studies, field guides and data, examples, and analytical procedures from previous studies and investigations Accessible by a large multidisciplinary market by one of the world's foremost experts on the topic

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File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Coalbed methane
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A group of oil and gas companies (Companies) has notified the BLM and Forest Service of their intent to develop additional coal bed methane (CBM) resources in Wyoming Powder River basin. The Proposed Action includes drilling, completing, operating, and reclaiming almost 39,400 new CBM wells and constructing, operating, and reclaiming various ancillary facilities needed to support the new wells. The Proposed Action would occur in an almost 8,000,000-acre Project Area. Drilling would begin in 2002 and continue for 10 years. Three alternatives were considered in detail. They were Alternative 1 - the Proposed Actions, Alternative 2-the Proposed Action with Reduced Emission Levels and Expanded Disposed Water Handling Scenario, and Alternative 3-No Action. Alternative 1 consisted of a combination of the Companies proposal and the BLMs Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenario. Alternative 2 was developed in response to issues raised during the public and agency scoping process. This alternative, which consists of Alternative 2A and 2B, would replace some to the proposed gas-fired compressors with electrical compressors and would involve less water discharged directly to the sub-watersheds. The No Action alternative is required by the National Environmental Policy Act for the comparison to other alternatives analyzed in the EIS. For this project, the No Action Alternative would not authorize additional natural gas development on Federal leases within the Project Area. Drilling could continue on State and private leases.