Coalbed gas play emerges in eastern Kansas basins

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 52, 2003, Pages 36-41

  Newell, K David ^a   Brady, Lawrence L ^a   Lange, Jonathan P ^a   Carr, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GAS INDUSTRY; GEOLOGY; ROCKS;

COALBED GASES;

COAL;

GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; NATURAL GAS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037164861     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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