| 摘要 |
One undeveloped alternative fuel is methane gas dissolved in ground water. Equipment for extracting methane from ground water is readily available. This Application presents a process to produce and use dissolved natural gas in Canada. The process includes the use of production wells, pumps, gas/water separators, compressors, low pressure gathering lines, and water disposal wells. Dissolved methane is present worldwide in virtually every basin now known to produce oil and dry gas. The Great Valley of California in the USA alone contains undeveloped dissolved methane resources of about 1,200 trillion cubic feet (TCF). Dry gas production in 150 years was about 10 TCF. The first full scale test of the extraction process was completed at the Gill Ranch Gas Field on July 7 - 8, 2010 in California. Laboratory analyses of the gas produced showed that it was equal in heat value.
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