Archived Documents

Documents, Tools & Resources
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- Identifying Project Opportunities
- Implementing Projects
- Finance & Policy
- International
- Technical Options Series
Identifying Project Opportunities
- Identifying Opportunities for Coal Mine Methane Recovery at U.S. Coal Mines: Profiles of Selected Gassy Underground Coal Mines (PDF, Sept. 2005) (202 pp, 1.2MB)
- Identifying Opportunities for Coal Mine Methane Recovery at U.S. Coal Mines: Profiles of Selected Gassy Underground Coal Mines (1997-2001) (PDF, 2004) (202 pp, 2.9MB)
- Identifying Opportunities for Coal Mine Methane Recovery at U.S. Coal Mines: Draft Profiles of Selected Gassy Underground Coal Mines (PDF, 1997) (378 pp, 1.5MB)
- Opportunities for Coal Mine Gas Projects Created by Electric Industry Restructuring (PDF, 1999) (31 pp, 293K)
- Economic Assessment of the Potential for Profitable Use of Coal Mine Methane: Case Studies of Three Hypothetical U.S. Mines (PDF, 1995) (43 pp, 163K)
- Overview of Coalbed Methane Development (published as "Chapter 4: Coal Mining" in "Options for Reducing Methane Emissions Internationally - Volume I: International Opportunities for Reducing Methane Emissions - Report to Congress" (PDF, 1993) (38 pp, 328K)
Implementing Projects
- A Guide to Coal Mine/Greenhouse Projects (PDF, 1998) (61 pp, 304K)
- Technical and Economic Assessment of Coal Mine Methane in Coal-Fired Utility and Industrial Boilers in Northern Appalachia and Alabama (PDF, 1998) (46 pp, 598K)
Finance & Policy
- Update on Application of Section 29 Credit to Coal Seam Gas (PDF, 1998) (18 pp, 66K)
- FERC Regulations of Gas Transmission Lines: Implications For Gas Quality Variances (PDF, 1998) (5 pp, 18K)
- The Impacts of FERC Order 636 on Coal Mine Methane Development (PDF, 1998) (12 pp, 153K)
- Legal Issues Related to Coalbed Methane Storage in Abandoned Coal Mines in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Utah, Colorado and Alabama (PDF, 1998) (64 pp, 161K)
- IPPC Good Practice Guidance on CH4 Emissions - Coal Mining and Handling (PDF, 1998) (21 pp, 152K)
- Coal Mine Methane in Today's Natural Gas Market (PDF, 1997) (34 pp, 190K)
International
- Ukraine Coal Mine Methane Inventories (1990-2001) (PDF, 2002) (16 pp, 566K)
- Business Plan for a CMM Development Project at Skochinsky Mine, Ukraine (PDF, 2000) (27 pp, 581K)
- Business Plan for a CMM Development Project at Komsomolets Donbassa Mine, Ukraine (PDF, 2000) (27 pp, 610K)
- Coalbed Methane Recovery and Electric Power Generation at the Wesola Mine in Myslowice, Poland (PDF, 1999) (109 pp, 735K)
- Reducing Methane Emissions From Coal Mines in China: The Potential for Coalbed Methane Development (PDF, 1996) (182 pp, 10.1MB)
Technical Options Series
- Using CMM in Coal-Fired Utilities and Industrial Boilers (PDF, Nov. 1998) (4 pp, 19K)
- Using CMM in Synthetic Fuel Production (PDF, Nov. 1998) (4 pp, 287K)
- Using CMM for Natural Gas Pipeline Injection
- Enriching Medium Quality CMM (PDF, Nov. 1998) (5 pp, 124K)
- Blending and Spiking Medium Quality CMM (PDF, Nov. 1998) (5 pp, 82K)
- Using CMM in Blast Furnaces (PDF, Nov. 1998) (5 pp, 122K)
- Using CMM in Brine Water Treatment (PDF, Nov. 1998) (4 pp, 348K)
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