Coalbed Methane in the Illinois Basin: Development Challenges in a Frontier

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn 2001-October, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Lombardi, Tracy E ^a   Lambert, Stephen W ^a  

^a TICORA Geosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; COAL; COAL BED METHANE; COAL GAS; COAL INDUSTRY; DIGITAL STORAGE; FIREDAMP; GAS INDUSTRY; INFILL DRILLING; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CURRENT PERCEPTION; ECONOMIC CONDITION; EXPLORATION PROGRAM; PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNICAL INFORMATION;

COAL DEPOSITS;

EID: 33645126549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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