Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150103467
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Mudstones as methane sources: gas production from coal seam interburden. Carbonaceous mudstones associated with coal measures already exploited for gas present an attractive reservoir of methane. This project seeks to provide methods for accessing this gas. Mudstone associated with coal seam gas developments are very extensive and gas quantities may exceed even that in the coal itself. Further infrastructure and access permits are already in place for coal seam gas recovery. Unlike shale, which is fissile, mudstone is much softer, more malleable and plastic, and consequently will respond abnormally to hydraulic fracturing and propping, so new methods proposed to be developed in this project are needed for stimulation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2015
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $310,700.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Chemical Engineering | Powder and Particle Technology | Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering
