Determining Coalbed Methane Production and Composition from Individual Stacked Coal Seams in a Multi-Zone Completed Gas Well

dc.contributor.authorRipepi, Ninoen
dc.contributor.authorLouk, Kyleen
dc.contributor.authorAmante, Josephen
dc.contributor.authorSchlosser, Charliesen
dc.contributor.authorTang, Xuen
dc.contributor.authorGilliland, Ellenen
dc.contributor.departmentMining and Minerals Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-29T20:07:52Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-29T20:07:52Zen
dc.date.issued2017-10-02en
dc.date.updated2017-11-24T11:57:57Zen
dc.description.abstractThis work proposes a novel and cost-effective approach to determine coalbed methane (CBM) production and composition from individual coal seams in a multi-zone completed CBM well. The novel method uses water to cover individual coal seams in a low pressure CBM well followed by an Echometer fluid level survey to determine the water level. Corresponding gas flow measurements and natural gas chromatography analysis are used to determine gas production and composition from unique zones. A field test using this technology is conducted in Central Appalachia for a multi-zone CBM well containing 18 coal seams. Test results show that the shallow coal seams contribute the majority of the total CBM production in this multi-zone well, and the deeper coal seams contain more heavy hydrocarbons like ethane and propane.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationRipepi, N.; Louk, K.; Amante, J.; Schlosser, C.; Tang, X.; Gilliland, E. Determining Coalbed Methane Production and Composition from Individual Stacked Coal Seams in a Multi-Zone Completed Gas Well. Energies 2017, 10, 1533.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/en10101533en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/80559en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectmulti-zone CBM wellen
dc.subjectCBM productionen
dc.subjectCBM compositionen
dc.titleDetermining Coalbed Methane Production and Composition from Individual Stacked Coal Seams in a Multi-Zone Completed Gas Wellen
dc.title.serialEnergiesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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