Fall may be imminent for Kansas Cherokee basin coalbed gas output
Oil & Gas Journal
By: K. David Newell
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Abstract
Natural gas production in the Kansas portion of the Cherokee basin, Southeastern Kansas, for 2008 was 49.1 bcf. The great majority of Cherokee basin gas production is now coal-bed methane (CBM). The major producers are Quest Energy LLC, Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. LLC, and Layne Energy Operating LLC. Most CBM in Southeastern Kansas is from Middle and Upper Pennsylvanian high-volatile B and A rank bituminous coals at 800 to 1,200 ft depth. Rates of decline for the CBM wells generally decrease the longer a well produces. A gentler collective decline of 13.8% is calculated by averaging the number of new producing wells in a given year with that of the previous year. By the calculations using the gentler overall 13.8% decline rate, if more than 918 successful CBM wells are drilled in 2009, then gas production will increase from 2008 to 2009.
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Newell, K.D., 2010, Fall may be imminent for Kansas Cherokee basin coalbed gas output: Oil & Gas Journal, v. 108, no. 5, p. 33-40.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Fall may be imminent for Kansas Cherokee basin coalbed gas output |
| Series title | Oil & Gas Journal |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | PennWell Corporation |
| Publisher location | Tulsa, OK |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 33 |
| Last page | 40 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |