T91 Microbial Origin of Hydrocarbon Gases in Coal Beds and Sedimentary Basins

Monday, 29 October 2007
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  NATURAL ABUNDANCE 14C AS A TOOL TO CONSTRAIN SUBSURFACE MICROBIAL METHANOGENSIS AND METHANOTROPHY
  Greg F. Slater, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON and Christopher T. Mills, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Kevin Mandernack, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Christopher M. Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
  128196 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  MOLECULAR, MICROBIAL AND GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES OF HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION AND METHANOGENESIS IN COALS OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN
  Steven T. Petsch, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA and Michael J. Formolo, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA and Anna M. Martini, Amherst College, Amherst, MA and Klaus Nüsslein, Univ of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA
  130807 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BACTERIAL AND ARCHAEAL COMMUNITIES IN COALBED METHANE AQUIFERS IN THE WYODAK-ANDERSON COAL ZONE OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WY USING POLAR LIPID ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
  Kevin W. Mandernack, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Raleigh A. Schmidt, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Romeo M. Flores, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and D.A. Klein, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  127851 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  ENRICHMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METHANOGENIC CONSORTIA FROM COALBED METHANE WELLS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN
  Patrick C. Gilcrease, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Michael S. Green, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Keith C. Flanegan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
  129068 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  MICROBIAL METHANOGENESIS IN LABORATORY INCUBATIONS OF SUBSURFACE COALS
  Steve H. Harris, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Richard L. Smith, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Charles E. Barker, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  129173 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  MICROBIAL METHANOGENESIS OF COAL: THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC INTERMEDIATES
  William H. Orem, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Arthur C. Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Mary A. Voytek, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Elizabeth J. Jones, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Harry E. Lerch, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Anne L. Bates, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Margo D. Corum, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Joseph E. Bunnell, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Steve H. Harris, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Peter D. Warwick, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  129266 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  MOLECULAR SEQUENCES DERIVED FROM PALEOCENE FORT UNION FORMATION COALS VS. ASSOCIATED CO-PRODUCED WATERS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR CBM REGENERATION STRATEGIES
  D.A. Klein, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and R.M. Flores, USGS, Denver, CO and R.E. Hanson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and C.N. Venot, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and K. Gabbert, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and R.A. Schmidt, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and A. Pruden, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and G.D. Stricker, USGS, Denver, CO
  128551 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  SOURCE OF HYDROGEN FOR BIOGENIC METHANE PRODUCTION FROM COAL AS REVEALED BY STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF COAL ENRICHMENT CULTURES
  Karen Budwill, Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, AB and Karlis Muehlenbachs, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  127821 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  MICROBIAL ORIGIN OF WILCOX GROUP GAS IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA
  Peter D. Warwick, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Jennifer C. McIntosh, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  124315 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF GASES FROM CRETACEOUS COALBEDS AND SHALLOW AQUIFERS IN ALBERTA, CANADA
  Katrina Cheung, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB and Patrick Klassen, ARC Resources Ltd, Calgary, AB and Bernhard Mayer, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB and Fari Goodarzi, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB and Hamed Sanei, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB
  132150 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  ISOTOPIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF GASES FROM THE HORSE CANYON FORMATION COALS IN ALBERTA, CANADA
  Barbera Tilley, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Marc P. Dubord, EnCana Corporation, Calgary, AB and Karlis Muehlenbachs, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  132496 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  CHEMICAL AND STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF WATER AND GAS IN THE FORT UNION FORMATION OF THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: EVIDENCE FOR WATER/ROCK INTERACTION AND THE BIOGENIC ORIGIN OF COALBED NATURAL GAS
  Cynthia A. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO and Romeo M. Flores, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Gary D. Stricker, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Margaret S. Ellis, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  131151 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  COUPLED HYDROLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF PALEOCENE-EOCENE COAL BEDS, NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
  Jennifer C. McIntosh, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Peter Warwick, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Anna Martini, Amherst College Geology and Environmental Studies, Amherst, MA and Stephen Osborn, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  128809 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL GAS IN UPPER DEVONIAN ORGANIC-RICH SHALES, APPALACHIAN BASIN
  Stephen G. Osborn, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jennifer C. McIntosh, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  132534 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  METHANOGENIC PATHWAYS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN: THE GEOLOGIC FACTOR
  Romeo M. Flores, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Gary D. Stricker, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Cynthia A. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Augusta Warden, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Margaret S. Ellis, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  124768 (Technical Sessions)