Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum

Alberta Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Project (Project Completed)

Nominators: Canada (lead), United States, and United Kingdom

Recognized by the CSLF at its Melbourne meeting in September 2004, this pilot-scale project aims to demonstrate, from both an economic and an environmental perspective, the overall feasibility of coalbed methane (CBM) production and simultaneous carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in deep unmineable coal seams.

Specific objectives of the project are to: determine baseline production of CBM from coals; determine the effect of CO2 injection and storage on CBM production; assess economics; and monitor and trace the path of CO2 movement by geochemical and geophysical methods.

Links to More Information

CSLF Project Presentation (pdf 1.25MB)
Poster from CSLF Workshop in Paris, France (left panel; right panel)
Poster from CSLF Workshop in Berlin, Germany (pdf)
Project Summary Report (pdf 141 KB)