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Article: Coalbed methane: Alaska's newest energy source.
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
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With the present decline in oil and gas production, a new energy potential is emerging that could provide a new impetus in resource development for the state. Coalbed methane, or more properly, coalbed gas, is present in Alaska in enormous quantities.
For many years, attempts have been made in rural Alaska to create local energy sources that would preclude or diminish the dependence on diesel fuel in rural areas.
Geothermal energy was tried at one time, but the remoteness of the villages, the great expenses involved, and the usually poor location of the village with respect to the resource, have generally thwarted such efforts.
Coalbed methane ...