Assessment of Underground Coal Gasification in Butuminous Coals: Catalog of Bituminous Coals and Site Selection. Appendix B. UCG Amenable Bituminous Resource Data Base. Final Report, Phase I. Volume II of IV, Book 4 of 4

摘要

This document contains estimates of bituminous coal resources amenable to underground coal gasification in the contiguous 48 states. Maps showing location of amenable resources in the various states accompany the resource estimates. This work was completed under US Department of Energy Contract DE-AC21-80MC14584. Instructions for use of this document are contained in Section 3.5.3 of the Phase I Report (Assessment of Underground Coal Gasification in Bituminous Coals), prepared under the same contract. That section of the Phase I Report should be refeerred to prior to using this resource catalog, particularly when using estimates of UCG amenable resources in western states. The summary sheet located in the front of this resource catalog smmarizes UCG amenable resources by state, on the basis of land ownership. Analysis of resource data indicates presence of UCG amenable resources in 10 states. Six of these states are located in the eastern US and have traditionally been major coal producing states. The UCG resource data presented is intended for use in identifying areas where resources appear to meet the criteria described in the Phase I Report. Prior to selecting any sit(s) for UCG development, additional field drilling will be necessary to verify resource estimates.