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Article: DOE PROJECT STARTS CO2 SEQUESTRATION IN NEW MEXICO COALBED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 4, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its Southwest Regional Partnership (SWP) recently began injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) in a large coalbed while simultaneously recovering valuable natural gas.
The SWP plans to inject up to 35,000 tons of CO2 in a 6-month demonstration at the San Juan Basin near Navajo City, N.M. Unlike other enhanced coalbed methane recovery projects, this demonstration will develop ways to maximize permanent storage of the injected CO2, a process called geologic carbon sequestration.
Many coalbeds in the United States are saturated with natural gas (methane), but the gas is difficult to produce ...
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