Economics for enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) and CO2 sequestration with horizontal wells

SPE Eastern Regional Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Jikich, Sinisha A ^a,b,c   Bromhal, Grant S ^a,d   Sams, W Neal ^a,e   Gorucu, F Burcu ^c,f   Ertekin, Turgay ^c,f   Smith, Duane H ^a,d  

^a National Energy Technology Laboratory   (United States)

^b Parsons ^*  (United States)

^c SPE   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^e EG&G   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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