Vertical Borehole Design and Completion Practices Used to Remove Methane Gas from Mineable Coalbeds

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• Personal Author:
  Lambert, Stephen W. ; Steidl, Peter F. ; Trevits, Michael A.
• Description:
  Coalbed gas drainage from the surface in advance of mining has long been the goal of researchers in mine safety. Bureau of Mines efforts to achieve this goal started about 1965 with the initiation of an applied research program designed to test drilling, completion, and production techniques for vertical boreholes. Under this program, over 100 boreholes were completed in 16 different coalbeds. The field methods derived from these tests, together with a basic understanding of the coalbed reservoir, represent an available technology applicable to any gas drainage program whether designed primarily for mine safety or for gas recovery, or both. Much of the subject matter contained in this report is derived from past work sponsored by the Bureau of Mines. The most recent work presented was later completed under the Department of Energy, which, after October 1977, assumed responsibility for many of the vertical borehole programs previously initiated by the Bureau 0f Mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Methane Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Technical Papers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  172 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002495
• NTIS Accession Number:
  TR-80/2
• Citation:
  Technical Report 80-2 1980 Aug; :1-171
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Technical Report 80-2, August 1980
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9191932b3674f165e4d4bd106d85038f7f5962faa4007e20f176e5d747445109a97439603e821e5fa4f9f2af64fa73c583b7d5bce2f987e494886277d6a12996
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205994/cdc_205994_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.76 MB ]