This presentation provides a description and research update for a project being performed for the Ground Water Protection Research Foundation. The project involves performing a feasibility study to analyze coal bed methane produced water management and beneficial use alternatives in various basins throughout the western United States. The project emphasis areas include the Powder River Basin and the San Juan Basin, but incorporate basins in other western states. The analysis being performed includes technical and regulatory feasibility and preliminary conceptual engineering options of highly feasible alternatives. The project is being funded through grants provided to the GWPRF by the Department of Energy’s National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO) – part of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Bureau of Land Management. The U.S. Forest Service, more than a dozen CBM producers, several states, and other organizations are providing additional in-kind funding. Lead researchers for the project are ALL Consulting and Ft. Lewis College. Matt Janowiak of the BLM is managing the project for the GWPRF.
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