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Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Produced Water in the United States.

In some coalbeds, naturally occurring water pressure holds methane--the main component of natural gas--fixed to coal surfaces and within the coal. In a coalbed methane (CBM) well, pumping water from the coalbeds lowers this pressure, facilitating the release of methane from the coal for extraction a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Committee on Earth Resources (Author)
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: National Academies Press 2010.
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