Coalbed methane potential in the Appalachian states of Pennsylvania,West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee--An overview

Paul C. Lyons
Open-File Report 96-735

Acknowledgements

The author acknowledges R. H.Grau and W.P. Diamond of the U.S. Department of Energy (Pittsburgh) and J. R. Levine (Consulting Geologist,Tuscaloosa, Alabama) for supplying desorption data and information on Appalachian coals. R.T. Ryder (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia) supplied literature information and well data on Appalachian CBM wells. He and R. C. Milici (U.S. Geological Survey) provided many helpful suggestions for improvement of the manuscript. The manuscript was also reviewed by R.C. Milici. Jack Nolde of the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources supplied most of the information on CBM in Virginia. S.H. Stevens (Advanced Resources International, Arlington, Virginia) provided some data on CBM production in Pennsylvania. A.K. Markowski of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey ably supplied CBM coal production information for Pennsylvania, which was used to estimate annual production in that state. B.C. Nuttall (Kentucky Geological Survey) provided information on CBM in Kentucky. K.L. Avary (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey) supplied CBM production data for West Virginia. Rod Biggs (CNG Producing, New Orleans) supplied production data on the ventilation wells in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Jim Mills of Belden and Blake provided some general daily production data for CBM wells in Pennsylvania. Dave Uhrin of Coalbed Methane Consulting of Pittsburgh provided leads and general information on CBM in Pennsylvania.

I thank all these individuals for their fine help and cooperation.

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