SBIR Phase I: Identification and Enhancement of Coalbed Methane Methanogenesis

Information

• NSF Award
• 0109699

Owner

• WELLDOG, INC.

• Award Id

  0109699

• Award Effective Date

  7/1/2001 - 23 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  12/31/2001 - 23 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 100,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will examine the feasibility of culturing naturally occurring bacterial consortium that exist in coal seams. These bacteria generate the bulk of the 450 million cubic feet of methane now being recovered daily from coal seams in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. However, only indirect studies have thus far been carried out on the character, environment, and activity of these organisms. Isolating the bacterial consortium will allow development of methods to detect critical parameters for biogenesis in the field and to determine conditions under which this biogenesis may be optimized.<br/><br/>The commercial application of this project is in detection of new methane rich coal seams and in enhancement of methane production from existing coal seams.

• Program Officer

  Om P. Sahai

• Min Amd Letter Date

  6/21/2001 - 23 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  6/21/2001 - 23 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  WELLDOG, INC.

• City

  LARAMIE

• State

  WY

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1482 COMMERCE DR., STE. T

• Postal Code

  820707041

• Phone Number

  3077212388

• First Name

  John

• Last Name

  Herries

• Email Address

  jherries@welldoginc.com

• Start Date

  6/21/2001 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000

• Name

  Regional & Environmental

• Code

  313000