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Vol. 7, No. 22 Week of June 02, 2002
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Jumpstarting coalbed methane

Test coalbed methane well planned at Chignik this year; in addition to gas, DGGS, USGS looking at small-scale GTL plants to provide rural energy

Kristen Nelson

PNA Editor-in-Chief

State and federal agencies have been trying to jumpstart coalbed methane as a source of local energy in rural Alaska and plan to drill a well near Chignik Lake on the Alaska Peninsula this summer to test coals for gas content. But long-term possibilities for rural energy are not necessarily limited....

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Solves gas storage problem

Economics crucial

First core test in 1994

Coal long known in Chignik area


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