Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100200730
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Coals as methane bioreactors: significance of microbial methane generation in coal seams for coal seam gas (CSG) production and carbon dioxide (CO2) geosequestration. Australian coal seam gas, for domestic and export use, potentially rivals coal mining in national wealth creation. This project aims to demonstrate that coal seams can function as bioreactors, using naturally present micro-organisms to generate methane. The methane could come from injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the coal, creating a sustainable supply of clean burning gas by converting the CO2 into methane. A successful outcome will permit the reuse of wells and associated infrastructure, significantly increasing coal seam methane production and reserves, possibly several fold, as well as reducing the cost of their recovery. The project will investigate the geological, microbiological and engineering requirements to accomplish this.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 09-2011
End Date: 09-2014
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $330,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Petroleum and Coal Geology | Genomics | Geology | Environmental Engineering not elsewhere classified | Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Oil and Gas Extraction | Renewable Energy not elsewhere classified |
